I want my old scanner back (Canon Canoscan N670U)

Member Name: Muhamed

Product:	Canon Canoscan N670U
Date:	17/10/01 (1456 review reads)
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Advantages: good design, good software

Disadvantages: poor scan quality, artifacts, visible scan lines

Three weeks ago I bought a Canon CanoScan N650U. I was very pleased with the scan quality, speed and software bundle that came with the scanner. The N650U is a great bargain - a perfect scanner for all around applications capable of resolving fine details and colors.
One week ago I read about the newest Canon scanner line including N670U and N1240U. On paper the N670U seemed like better performer than my N650. N670U manages 48 bit processing for finer color resolution, it has newer drivers it has new design, looks sturdier (and feels, by the way)and so on. Since I still had a 30 days return back guarrantee I decided to return my N650U and try a N670U instead. And so I did.
Instalation of the scanner was painless. Software bundle that came with the scanner is practically the same as that of N650U. The scan software interface looks and feels almost the same as that of N650U. There are some new settings like QARE scanning (Quality Automatic Retouching Engine) if you want to use automatic retouching of dust particles off your scans.
The scanner feels a bit heavier than N650 but in my opinion the old scanner is much cuter.
And to the scan quality. After scanning my first photo I was shocked. Picture was darker and details in the shadow have disappeared compared to a scan I took with N650U. There were blots of colors in shadows - (are those artifacts?).Colors felt stronger then with N650 but - were those the right colors?? No. Turquoise was not turquoise anymore - it was blue, orange is red!!! Another phenomenon that clearly appeared was noise in image's dark areas. I could see scan lines. It is very ugly I think. The image was overexposed in brighter areas compared with N650U. It felt like the details in these brighter areas were also gone.
Well what more can I say. While this scanner feels more solid than N650U it has far inferior scan quality. N650U is a real bargain - N670U IS NOT.
So I went to the shop and took my old scanner back. Tha
t was the only right thing to do.

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