Trying to scan 120 negatives. After 2 whole days of corresponding with Canon Support and uploading various drivers on their instructions, all without success, your video solved my problem in 5 minutes - clear, succinct and comprehensive. Extremely professional. Thank you. I have recommended your video to Canon Support in the hope that they might learn from it !!
I have had a Canon 9000F for 5 years scanned my first negative today! Your tutorial was a life saver. We scanned 36 negatives from the mid 1940s the format was rectangular about 120 x 200. I was able to put 2 in the 120 film guide for each scan. After looking at the scans and the file size we settled on 1200 dpi. After viewing them 12" x 16" I am well satisfied. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this professional quality tutorial.
I've had mine for 11 years and haven't used it. Beat ya! ...i'm in the same boat....to figure out how to use this thing. What's fascinating is they still sell this thing. This video is great! Sub'ed.
Your settings knowledge has saved me so much time and given me greater confidence in tackling this task. I have so many slides and negatives to scan in. Thank you! :-)
Thank you for doing this battle for us. I was getting very disappointed with my purchase, but now you have explained how to use it by providing useful set up & trouble-shooting. Bought this recently unused in intact packaging from original purchaser.
I watched about countless videos before I made this, never could figure it out. Once I figured it out on my own, I just HAD to make and share this. It felt like I had the cure for a disease or something.
Thank you. I bought one yesterday, and was completely frustrated until I found you video on how to access the detail. While I normally love Canon cameras and have bought and used several, the instructions for the 9000F were almost completely missing.
I have the 9000F. Mac OS10 does load a driving for this scanner, and it works fine for scanning documents and photos. But only has settings for scanning slides when scanning film. 35mm is not listed as a setting using Preview, which is Mac's application for scanning.
Thanks for this useful video. Question: At the end of the video ( 5.05 min.)you show me a view of where you can edit, adjust and share. Can you tell me how to get in that folder? It reads SCAN TEMP.
Hello! Thanks for the review. Is it possible you can also provide some actual samples? I'm very interested in buying this scanner and I would like to compare them with some shots that I scanned at a local shop, which by the way are horrendeous.
Since you also got a Holga. Do you have a process where you can scan the entire 35mm film, even perforated parts since the Holga can also expose these areas. I think one could just remove the rail but this would result in warped images right?
Concise and entertaining! Question on scanning photos - many different sizes, quality. The specs state that the scanner will recognize my photo size automatically. How well does this work? And, how easy is it to set up a proper naming convention for each picture scanned? Or will this be manual? Looking at this and the Epson v600. Thousands of photos to scan. thanks
+phoenix olivia Absolutely, at 4800 dpi 35mm is scanned with a resolution of about 7000x4500(31.5 megapixels). Even the 8x12 prints I've done at Costco look great!
New to film scanning. The scanning software in the video seemed to say it would take 25 minutes to scan those 12 slides. Does the process really take that long?
Hey! Could u provide me with one of your scans? I‘d love to take a closer look at the scanning quality since I‘m debating on wether I should buy one or not
Anyone knows a 3d model for the film attachments ? I found my dad's old films and I wanted to suprize him by scanning them but I only found a 2nd hand Canon 9000f and it came without the right attachments for the film.
Very informative video! I bought a second hand CanoScan 5600F for scanning my BnW negatives. However no matter what setting I use, the images are just not sharp enough. Have you had any experience like that? Thank you.
Ok found setting that produces better scans of b&w. Even sharpness is loads better. In advanced mode have color mode as greyscale 16bit, image adjust none, unsharp mask on and press reset under the exposure/tone setting so the button shows "apply". I've done this and I'm getting so much detail from negs I'm rescanning all my negs.
This scanner says it has OCR, (optical character recognition) But i cannot find a single video/demonstration how it can scan a paper document and convert it to Text-to-Speech format so my computer can read the document out loud.. Does this actually have OCR capability or is this deceptive advertising by Cannon to get those with low vision to buy one..?
Thank you for this Demo! I bought scanner 2 yrs ago and only a week ago started developing at home w BnW. I use a lot of 120 film, are there any adjustments I need to make in scan gear?. I did check off that enable large image scans box . Is there anywhere I must input film size? I see after enabling color negative box under that has 35mm film and its greyed out so unable to chg value. and of course I kno to use 120 film bracket for 120 film. I did go on canon to update driver as well.
I don't see "Scan Mode". open tab advanced mode, under input I have select source select film size which is greyed to 35mm, and color mode and box with inches pixelsand mm
Are the images of a printable quality at 30x20? I would be sharpening them either using Nik or On1. My printer is the Canon Prixma MG7550, but I think it has a different number in America. I'm saying what printer I'm using in case there's any benefit of using a printer from the same manufacturer. Usually it's a pretty sharp printer, and I use it to generally proof check my images before outsourcing to get them done professionally. But I find if images aren't sharp on my Canon they won't improve on other more professional printers. Thank you in advance.
@Jayquist I've been struggling to get ScanGear to work with my 9000F (Mark I). Never seems to "find" the scanner. Just curious if you have any recommendations? I'm on Mojave (10.14.1)
The scanning masks that come with the scanner will not show much border. Lomography sells masks that do though: shop.lomography.com/en/digitaliza-35mm-scanning-mask shop.lomography.com/en/digitaliza-120-scanning-mask
In my experience, trying to get accurate colors when scanning is near impossible. But ScanGear seemed better than "Vuescan" though, probably because ScanGear was made for this scanner. Otherwise, you would need expensive chip carts and photoshop plugins (something like "ColorPerfect") but that's not really needed unless your world depends on it. Scanning high quality TIFFs and color correcting in Photoshop/Lightroom gets you 95% of the way there.
Hello! I know this video is a bit old but you mentioned something about Apple computers. I've had issues with scanning software working on my MacBook. Do you know if this scanner/software will work on a up to date MacBook? Thank you! Highly appreciated the video
I've done some scans of art and they turn out great! This scanner even has some built functions for auto-stitching multiple scans of large art pieces that are bigger than the flatbed. But I'm sure most flatbed scanners would work well for this. (Sorry, I originally answered this with my other account)
I'm having difficulty preserving grain detail with my scans. Do you have any idea why that may be? All of my grain comes out looking splotchy/pixelated, even at 2400+ ppi, and I'm not using grain reduction.
hey what do you think about epson v600 and canoscan 9000f mk ii? v600 is a lot slower than the canoscan but what do you think about their image quality? which one is more nicer?
I am scanning slides. What size is the best size for printing scanned slides after you are finished editing and adjusting them? I was thinking 4x4 inches. What size do you print them? Thanks!
Hi - Thanks for the helpful video. I'm looking into buying a Canon scanner after being very disappointed with my Epson V750 Pro - It produces streaking / banding on the edges of many negative scans. It's a hardware bug, no fix forthcoming. Have you ever experienced this issue with your Canon?
Great vid! Just had a quick question, since you seem much more capable of problem solving than the people at Canon.. At 4800 DPI and al settings maxed (color sampling etc, with no 'enhancements' within Scangear) I still get weird results in mid to high tone area's.. Almost a form of compression it seems, surely digital in my opninion! I really hope you can help! I could send you a screenshot just to give you an idea of what I mean.. Thanks in advance! PS make more vids, you're good at it!..
HELP :/ Hi great vid. I really want to know how big (dimensions) are the images (35mm film) at max res? I intend to use this to print the scans as big as possible. thanks a lot!!! :) :) :)
Thank you I have the Canon Scan 9000F the first model, I was very please when scanning 120 format, and also using it when scanning from my 35mm Horizant camera. I too scan set at TIFF setting... But Clean the film first, and then Hit the SCAN Button, and make coffee. Thank You...
Ouf! That is fast. I did stop and start many times. :) but complete. Do you think is adaptable to Mac 10.11.6 ? I didn’t found anything on that latest Mac version. Thanks! Well done.
TIFFs will give the highest quality, which is more color information and no compression. This is particularly useful if you want to edit your photos digitally. But this is all at the cost of file size and processing power.
ah ha ha , you are soo funny, this is the best review of a product I've ever seen, right from the get go you are hilarious, I love it, this made my day
just used walmart to test to make sure that my new film camera works normally since theyre super cheap. wow....was really not impressed (and i was already not planning on being impressed). when they gave me the disc of my images, the negatives had been scanned at 96dpi and the images were 1mb each.....investing in this scanner now and just going with mpix since i was told that they give back the negatives.
Vuescan works ok, Canon's software actually ends up being easier though, once you learn what to do. Canon's software makes it easier to batch scan multiple frames and the colors are generally more accurate.
I found this scanner to be junk. Very problematic software download and when it finally does scan they all come out dark even though they are bright and vibrant in my slide viewer. Mac OS 10.13.2 Compliments on your video though.
You are a hero for putting the CD iso... I think you are the only source for finding the scanner software.
This is how to create a really useful video, no blasting music just straight to the point - how to do it, BRILLIANT video - thanks
Trying to scan 120 negatives. After 2 whole days of corresponding with Canon Support and uploading various drivers on their instructions, all without success, your video solved my problem in 5 minutes - clear, succinct and comprehensive. Extremely professional. Thank you. I have recommended your video to Canon Support in the hope that they might learn from it !!
I totally know everything you went through, I spent months trying to figure it out. When I finally did, I just had to share. Thank you!
Thank you, it was such a relief to discover your
video. I hope that Canon Support take the time to watch the video.
I should add that, without this video, I would not have been able
to work this out myself !!
I've had this scanner for MONTHS and couldn't figure this out on my own I feel so silly but I'm so glad you put this video up!!!
God. Wish I had seen this video before I installed the 6,482 pieces of software Canon suggested. Thank you. This video worked for me.
Man, this video is better than any "quick start guide" or manual out there. Thanks so much!
I have had a Canon 9000F for 5 years scanned my first negative today! Your tutorial was a life saver. We scanned 36 negatives from the mid 1940s the format was rectangular about 120 x 200. I was able to put 2 in the 120 film guide for each scan. After looking at the scans and the file size we settled on 1200 dpi. After viewing them 12" x 16" I am well satisfied. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this professional quality tutorial.
I've had mine for 11 years and haven't used it. Beat ya! ...i'm in the same boat....to figure out how to use this thing. What's fascinating is they still sell this thing. This video is great! Sub'ed.
did you need the disk aswell? I have the same model but there is no disk
Your settings knowledge has saved me so much time and given me greater confidence in tackling this task. I have so many slides and negatives to scan in. Thank you! :-)
Thank you for doing this battle for us. I was getting very disappointed with my purchase, but now you have explained how to use it by providing useful set up & trouble-shooting. Bought this recently unused in intact packaging from original purchaser.
watched 4 videos until i found this, and wow am i glad i found this, nice video man
I watched about countless videos before I made this, never could figure it out. Once I figured it out on my own, I just HAD to make and share this. It felt like I had the cure for a disease or something.
Great review man. thanks a lot. I don't need to watch anymore videos on it. You have explained everything very well.
Thank you. I bought one yesterday, and was completely frustrated until I found you video on how to access the detail. While I normally love Canon cameras and have bought and used several, the instructions for the 9000F were almost completely missing.
Thanks a lot! You gave me all needed to know, and saved me the time to fiddle with the settings.
Great video! Does anyone know if the shiny side of the negative should be up or down? Thanks!
I know this is old, but thank you! It was incredibly helpful (and fun)!
Thank you so much ... finally I understand how to scan slides! Much appreciated!
Love your dialog! Why does the software look like it was made in the '90's? Appreciate your comments and tips. Thank you!
Thanks so much! You saved me a ton of time trying to figure this out myself.
This is the funniest video Ive ever seen. Thank you for helping and making this easy.
Thanks for the extremely well done demonstration.
I have the 9000F. Mac OS10 does load a driving for this scanner, and it works fine for scanning documents and photos. But only has settings for scanning slides when scanning film. 35mm is not listed as a setting using Preview, which is Mac's application for scanning.
Beautiful, man. Useful and entertaining. Thanks for making this.
great job!! simple, effective, and to the point!
Is there a way to increase the film size from 35mm or is 35mm the only option?
Thanks for this useful video. Question: At the end of the video ( 5.05 min.)you show me a view of where you can edit, adjust and share. Can you tell me how to get in that folder? It reads SCAN TEMP.
Hello! Thanks for the review. Is it possible you can also provide some actual samples? I'm very interested in buying this scanner and I would like to compare them with some shots that I scanned at a local shop, which by the way are horrendeous.
Thank you for a well done software roadmap.
Hey ! do you know any recommendations on how to scan negatives without the film tray ? the scanner cannot detect the film when i try...
Do you know if there's a way to not have it automatically convert my negatives? I want to use negative lab pro instead of the CanoScan software
thank you soo much. now i know how to enable large scans!!!
This was so helpful, big thumbs up!
Since you also got a Holga. Do you have a process where you can scan the entire 35mm film, even perforated parts since the Holga can also expose these areas. I think one could just remove the rail but this would result in warped images right?
Concise and entertaining! Question on scanning photos - many different sizes, quality. The specs state that the scanner will recognize my photo size automatically. How well does this work? And, how easy is it to set up a proper naming convention for each picture scanned? Or will this be manual? Looking at this and the Epson v600. Thousands of photos to scan. thanks
Thanks for the great video. Now can you make good quality 8x11 prints from these scans as well?
+phoenix olivia Absolutely, at 4800 dpi 35mm is scanned with a resolution of about 7000x4500(31.5 megapixels). Even the 8x12 prints I've done at Costco look great!
Very professional and informative video. Thanks so much!
I can’t change film size on it
Great video! Got me up and running in no time. Love the sarcasm as well.
New to film scanning. The scanning software in the video seemed to say it would take 25 minutes to scan those 12 slides. Does the process really take that long?
Thanks so much for this video, it was a lifesaver!
Hey! Could u provide me with one of your scans? I‘d love to take a closer look at the scanning quality since I‘m debating on wether I should buy one or not
Any tips for mounted 120 positive slides?
Incredibly useful video. Thank you so much!
I have the scanner but no software...can I download this and it will work?
The tamale is a nice touch.
Anyone knows a 3d model for the film attachments ? I found my dad's old films and I wanted to suprize him by scanning them but I only found a 2nd hand Canon 9000f and it came without the right attachments for the film.
I found them on amazon: www.amazon.com/OKLILI-QM3-2694-000-Negative-Compatible-CanoScan/dp/B08CKVGL6T
Very helpful and I love your humor.
Very informative video! I bought a second hand CanoScan 5600F for scanning my BnW negatives. However no matter what setting I use, the images are just not sharp enough. Have you had any experience like that? Thank you.
MrNinainaide ive the mark ii and have noticed my scans are not sharp too.
Do you have any idea what's the cause for that? Is it salvageable?
No idea. My colour negs come out pin sharp even when viewing them at 400%.
Spoke to ilford and they said their xp2 scans better then HP5. Tried it and xp2 scans are pin sharp.
Ok found setting that produces better scans of b&w. Even sharpness is loads better. In advanced mode have color mode as greyscale 16bit, image adjust none, unsharp mask on and press reset under the exposure/tone setting so the button shows "apply". I've done this and I'm getting so much detail from negs I'm rescanning all my negs.
will this work for the 8600F?
At minute 5:02 Does it really take 25 minutes???
Would you recommend turning on Image Adjustment (PHOTO) and Unsharp Mask (ON)? Or is it better just to switch everything off?
This scanner says it has OCR, (optical character recognition) But i cannot find a single video/demonstration how it can scan a paper document and convert it to Text-to-Speech format so my computer can read the document out loud.. Does this actually have OCR capability or is this deceptive advertising by Cannon to get those with low vision to buy one..?
This is unrelated to this video, but I personally recommend Finereader software for document OCR. It's the best one I've ever used.
It's a shame I didn't find this video sooner!
I downloaded the mac software from the link but nothing happens when I try to open the setup file... anyone else having this issue?
Anyone getting a blue hue to their scans? I can't figure out why my color negs have an Underworld like tint to them
Thank you for this Demo! I bought scanner 2 yrs ago and only a week ago started developing at home w BnW. I use a lot of 120 film, are there any adjustments I need to make in scan gear?. I did check off that enable large image scans box . Is there anywhere I must input film size? I see after enabling color negative box under that has 35mm film and its greyed out so unable to chg value. and of course I kno to use 120 film bracket for 120 film. I did go on canon to update driver as well.
In Scangear, on the "Advanced Mode" tab. Under Input Settings, check the the "Scan Mode" drop down menu
@@jayquist8514 ok will do! TY for quick response
I don't see "Scan Mode". open tab advanced mode, under input I have select source select film size which is greyed to 35mm, and color mode and box with inches pixelsand mm
@@REFIGUY69 Sorry, I meant "Scan Area". If it is greyed out, I'm not sure what is going on, I've never seen it do that.
Thanks for taking the time to put up this video. Appreciated!
Are the images of a printable quality at 30x20? I would be sharpening them either using Nik or On1. My printer is the Canon Prixma MG7550, but I think it has a different number in America. I'm saying what printer I'm using in case there's any benefit of using a printer from the same manufacturer. Usually it's a pretty sharp printer, and I use it to generally proof check my images before outsourcing to get them done professionally. But I find if images aren't sharp on my Canon they won't improve on other more professional printers.
Thank you in advance.
@Jayquist I've been struggling to get ScanGear to work with my 9000F (Mark I). Never seems to "find" the scanner. Just curious if you have any recommendations? I'm on Mojave (10.14.1)
is it possible to scan the images including the film borders, or do the holders for the film block it?
The scanning masks that come with the scanner will not show much border. Lomography sells masks that do though:
shop.lomography.com/en/digitaliza-35mm-scanning-mask
shop.lomography.com/en/digitaliza-120-scanning-mask
Unsharp mask - better to do it in Photoshop?
"The scanner is assigned to Image Capture. Do you want use Twain with this scanner?"
Come across this error, any way to bypass it?
Fujifilm looks horrible on scangear, can you suggest a way to fix the colors? Kodak porta and lomography color negative look great on mine
In my experience, trying to get accurate colors when scanning is near impossible. But ScanGear seemed better than "Vuescan" though, probably because ScanGear was made for this scanner.
Otherwise, you would need expensive chip carts and photoshop plugins (something like "ColorPerfect") but that's not really needed unless your world depends on it. Scanning high quality TIFFs and color correcting in Photoshop/Lightroom gets you 95% of the way there.
i totally agree balancing the levels seems like the only way for this.. try matching the r g b levels i know its hard but it works for me
Hello! I know this video is a bit old but you mentioned something about Apple computers. I've had issues with scanning software working on my MacBook. Do you know if this scanner/software will work on a up to date MacBook?
Thank you! Highly appreciated the video
If you can plug it in over USB it should work, finding the software is hard though. I have a download link in the description.
this is great
but can I ask if I can use it in scanning paintings like drawings on paper ?
+Brandon Lindquist thank you so much for answering .it really helps 😄
I've done some scans of art and they turn out great! This scanner even has some built functions for auto-stitching multiple scans of large art pieces that are bigger than the flatbed. But I'm sure most flatbed scanners would work well for this. (Sorry, I originally answered this with my other account)
mine will not let me instal the ScanGear. Idk what else to do :'(
Lauren Krohe I have downloads for the installers in the description
So, if the software is not online, and I bought it used without the cd... Do I basically have a useless scanner?
Alberto Santos I have a download link in the description ;-)
Jayquist oh, nice! thanks so much man!!
doesn't work with mac anymore.
I'm having difficulty preserving grain detail with my scans. Do you have any idea why that may be? All of my grain comes out looking splotchy/pixelated, even at 2400+ ppi, and I'm not using grain reduction.
Also I'm scanning B&W film, if that makes a difference.
mmm one question: you just pull out the film of the cartridge immediately after you take the photos?? Is not necessary do anything else??
Whoa absolutely not! They need to be developed! I turn in my negatives to a local photo shop and request "develop only; do not cut".
hey what do you think about epson v600 and canoscan 9000f mk ii?
v600 is a lot slower than the canoscan but what do you think about their image quality? which one is more nicer?
+yeah slit Haven't used it, but it seems about as capable and has good reviews. It's much older though.
Great tutorial. Thanks
Thanks for doing this. Helped me alot!
I am scanning slides. What size is the best size for printing scanned slides after you are finished editing and adjusting them? I was thinking 4x4 inches. What size do you print them? Thanks!
Rita Odle Pixels ÷ DPI = Inches. But your image editor should be able to tell you the print size as well
Thanks for responding so quickly. I will look at that in Photoshop.
Hi - Thanks for the helpful video. I'm looking into buying a Canon scanner after being very disappointed with my Epson V750 Pro - It produces streaking / banding on the edges of many negative scans. It's a hardware bug, no fix forthcoming. Have you ever experienced this issue with your Canon?
I'm happy I found this scanner, though I haven't bought yet. I will though. How are your scans with the Cano?
Besides the complex usability, I have had great results!
Great vid! Just had a quick question, since you seem much more capable of problem solving than the people at Canon..
At 4800 DPI and al settings maxed (color sampling etc, with no 'enhancements' within Scangear) I still get weird results in mid to high tone area's.. Almost a form of compression it seems, surely digital in my opninion! I really hope you can help! I could send you a screenshot just to give you an idea of what I mean..
Thanks in advance!
PS make more vids, you're good at it!..
no matter what i do, the computer cannot detect the scanner during install ;( i'm so frustrated
I would uninstall, reboot and reinstall. Make sure it's powered on!
you can download the drivers now
HELP :/ Hi great vid. I really want to know how big (dimensions) are the images (35mm film) at max res? I intend to use this to print the scans as big as possible. thanks a lot!!! :) :) :)
At 48,000 dpi my 35mm scans came out to about 6900x4600
How's scanning 120 film? Do you mount directly on glass or regular holders? Is it sharp when it comes out? Thanks, great review btw.
Thank you I have the Canon Scan 9000F the first model, I was very please when scanning 120 format, and also using it when scanning from my 35mm Horizant camera. I too scan set at TIFF setting... But Clean the film first, and then Hit the SCAN Button, and make coffee. Thank You...
great video!! super helpful :)
Ouf! That is fast. I did stop and start many times. :) but complete. Do you think is adaptable to Mac 10.11.6 ? I didn’t found anything on that latest Mac version.
Thanks! Well done.
wow this really saved me a lot of time!
I love Holga Camera too man
very helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Hi. Why tiff and not jpg?
TIFFs will give the highest quality, which is more color information and no compression. This is particularly useful if you want to edit your photos digitally. But this is all at the cost of file size and processing power.
Well what about jpeg?
JPEGs are fine if don't plan on doing much digital editing.
This helped a lot thank you!
Great review thank you.
Very entertaining - Thank you!
Great Video, very well explained. Is the software compatible with Windows 10?
I'm using it on Windows 10, so yep, it is! :)
wow.... so helpful, mang.
120mm??? You meant to say 60mm but you took the 120 film size designation and turned it into a measurement.
+photobobo Dang it. You're correct.
Great vid!
Hahahaha the comments about "smart" Canon are hilarious!!!
Great video!!!
LIFESAVER!
Is the software still this garbage or have they updated it?
FYI 120 film is not "120mm" - it's generally 60x60mm, 45x60mm or 60x70mm. Otherwise great review - thanks.
ah ha ha , you are soo funny, this is the best review of a product I've ever seen, right from the get go you are hilarious, I love it, this made my day
just used walmart to test to make sure that my new film camera works normally since theyre super cheap. wow....was really not impressed (and i was already not planning on being impressed). when they gave me the disc of my images, the negatives had been scanned at 96dpi and the images were 1mb each.....investing in this scanner now and just going with mpix since i was told that they give back the negatives.
you are the best.
Sounds like Canon software is crap. What about using Vue Scan?
Vuescan works ok, Canon's software actually ends up being easier though, once you learn what to do. Canon's software makes it easier to batch scan multiple frames and the colors are generally more accurate.
I found this scanner to be junk. Very problematic software download and when it finally does scan they all come out dark even though they are bright and vibrant in my slide viewer. Mac OS 10.13.2 Compliments on your video though.