Kodak to offer neg and slide scanner

The Scanza is a film neg and slide converter from Kodak, accepting 35 mm, 126, 110, Super 8, and 8 mm film negatives and slides, converting them to JPEG digital files.

According to Kodak’s web page, the device offers adjustable scanning resolution, brightness and colouration, is PC and Mac compatible (software not required), also has Video-out for TV viewing, uses easy-loading film and negative adapters and inserts, and features a tilt 3.5-inch colour LCD screen.

No Canadian pricing on this as yet, but in the US the price has been posted as less than $170.

Epson debuts V39 scanner

Epson has added the Perfection V39 scanner to its line-up. Featuring 4800 dpi optical resolution, no warm-up time and buttons to scan directly to e-mail and PDFs, the compact scanner allows consumers to scan and share photos directly to Facebook, Google Drive and other cloud services, and scans oversized prints, documents and artwork.

The V39 features easy-to-use front buttons for simple scan jobs, plus a space-saving built-in kickstand for vertical placement. Additionally, the V39 comes with a robust software package, including ArcSoft Scan-n-Stitch Deluxe to scan oversized prints and documents, Easy Photo Fix technology to restore colour to faded photos, Advanced Digital Dust Correction to remove dust from scanned photos, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to convert scanned documents into editable text.

Interestingly, the scanner is USB powered, requiring only one source for power and connection to the computer; no AC adapter required.

Canon adds two printers, scanner

Pixma MG6320

Canon has added two new Pixma Wireless Photo AIO printers (MG6320 and MG5420) and a CanoScan photo scanner (9000F Mark II) to its lineup.

Details are on our companion site.