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Do you really want to keep both scanners connected to your PC? While I was happy with my old Canon scanner for document, too, I didn't have desk space for two scanners. The Not Another PDF Scanner software does what I need for document scanning, so I had no reason to keep my old Canon scanner...

I have a Window 10 Pro version 2004 system, as well.

I think you will like the Epson V600, Dennis. That model has worked out really well for me. The only thing I wasn't happy with was the way the included software handled document scanning. I am now using Not Another PDF Scanner 2 to scan my documents - - it's free. The included Epson software...

Looks like several issues with the Wolverine scan, including contrast, exposure, blown highlights, loss of detail and color temperature. You are probably running into the limitations of using essentially a digital camera with a tiny sensor, plus some marginal scanning software, to accurately...

Correct. You tell the Epson scanning software what type of film you are scanning -- color negative, black & white negative, or positive (i.e. 35mm slide), and the software handles the conversion of the negative to positive when needed.

No, the output from the Epson Scan software included with the V600 can be either a TIFF (uncompressed or compressed), JPEG, BMP, Multi-TIFF (not sure what that is), or PDF format file. An uncompressed TIFF file will save the most information and can be edited by just about all the photo...

I found some negatives from an old Kodak Instamatic camera that I owned as a teenager. The color on the prints had completely faded into a sepia tone, but the Kodak 126 film negatives were somewhat better. While I wasn't able to get an image as good as from a quality 35mm negative, it was still...

A few 35mm negative scans from a road trip we took in 2002:

Matt, Thanks for the feedback. Yes, almost every negative needs some cleanup of dust and scratches. Most just need a little, but some had major scratches that took quite a bit of time to remove. That can be very time consuming -- especially when they occur within people's faces. I also use the...

I started to convert some of my own 35mm negatives yesterday. Here are a few from our trip to Yellowstone in 1994. This was our first time hiking to the top of Mount Washburn -- the highest point in the park at 10,243 feet. It became our favorite hike in the park, and is one we have...

I seem to be getting decent results in scanning 35mm color negatives, as long as it is quality film. The ones with Kodak labels have been turning out well. Here are a couple more examples from my dad's photos, from 1999:

@Traveling Matt , I took my first stab at scanning 35mm color negatives yesterday, as I picked up a new batch of photos from my mother's condo. Anything from Seattle FilmWorks was a complete loss (from my research their film was garbage, and that's what I have discovered). However, there were...

Today I scanned some negatives from Kodak Verichrome black & white film. These negatives are about the same length and width as the Kodak 116 roll film, but contain two photos per negative. The image quality is not as good as the Kodak 116, but the negatives were in better condition so many came...

I started on some negatives yesterday, as I found some loose individual 4.5" x 2.75" negatives (the image size itself is 4.25" x 2.5") -- from what I found online, the size seems to match Kodak 116 roll film. Of the 30 negatives I have scanned so far, they appear to be from the late 1920's and...

Well, I completed the scanning of the 35mm slides last weekend. It took me over 3 weeks to scan and process about 3,950 slides. I finished sooner than I thought, but I put in a lot more hours than I anticipated. With the lockdown in place and the weather being crappy around here the past few...

Yes, black & white conversion was really my only option. DxO PhotoLab has a B&W preset that I used as a starting point, but still had to make several adjustments from there to get results I liked. I then saved those adjustments as a new B&W preset in case I run into further slides with similar...

Today, I ran across a set of slides from 1966 where the color was so faded and off that neither Epson's color restoration option nor any tools or skills I possessed would bring the color back. There was no label on the slides indicating the type of film -- it was probably some off-brand. So, I...

Matt, Thanks for the feedback. I have not started scanning any negatives yet, so it's disappointing to hear you are not getting as good of results as with the slides. I am not sure how many negatives I saved from my prints, though, as I have been focusing on my dad's slides for now. Thanks for...

I started into the second box of slides yesterday. This box contains the oldest photos, dating back to 1963. I am amazed at how well some of these have held up. This one is over 56 years old:

I am a week into this project, with about 1,000 slides and prints scanned, and I am very impressed with this Epson V600 scanner. The scanning software that Epson provides does an impressive job of color correction of slides during the scanning process. It's dust remover option, though, doesn't...

My Epson V600 scanner showed up as promised on Wednesday, and I have spent the past couple of days scanning slides and prints. Size-wise, this thing is a beast compared with my previous Canon scanners -- 18" x 11" x 5" compared with 14" x 9.5" x 1.5". The unit came with two different holders...

While cleaning up my home office today, I came across a large box with prints and negatives, so it looks like I will have even more scanning in my future than I originally thought. This project could take me a year or more. I received a shipping notice from B&H, and the Epson should be here on...

Thanks, Andy -- that's great feedback. Per my last post above, I decided to go with an Epson V600 flatbed scanner, which also has a transparency lid and holders for various sizes of film and slides. So, it should be similar to your Canon 900F. The Epson will hopefully be here on Wednesday, so I...

Well, after more deliberation and research, and considering other issues, I decided to buy an Epson V600 flatbed scanner, so more along @ManW_TheUncool 's suggestion. One thing I lost sight of while trying to figure this out was that my current Canon flatbed scanner has been flaking out on me...

I am not sure I want to deal with a scanner, as each slide will take around a minute to scan. I was thinking that once the camera was setup properly for focus and exposure via the rail system, I could "shoot" each slide in a few seconds. Another option is a "scanner" of a different type -- one...

As some of you may know, my father passed away back in December. As we were going through all of my parents possessions during the process of moving my mother from northern Michigan to a condo near us in southeastern Michigan, I came across a plethora of old 35mm slides that my father had taken...