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Canon CanoScan Lide 700F
alaTest has collected and analyzed 782 reviews of Canon CanoScan Lide 700F. The average rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the size and design. The price and usability are also mentioned favorably, whereas reviews are divided on the reliability.
usability, price, design, size
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Canon CanoScan Lide 700F is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.
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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
Amazon.co.uk review summary for Canon CanoScan Lide 700F
alaTest has collected and analyzed 149 user reviews of Canon CanoScan Lide 700F from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the reliability and design. The price and usability also get good reviews, whereas many are critical about the size.
usability, price, design, reliability
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87% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
Apr, 2025
Consumer review (amazon.com)
Amazon.com review summary for Canon CanoScan Lide 700F
alaTest has collected and analyzed 393 user reviews of Canon CanoScan Lide 700F from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Views about the size and design are overall positive. The price and usability also get good views, but there are some negative comments about the reliability.
usability, price, design, size
reliability
87% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Apr, 2025
Expert review by (pcmag.com)
Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F
Unfortunately, as a film scanner, the 700F is ... well ... wimpyso much so that it's easy to argue that Canon should have left the feature out. The good news is that the limitations for film scanning don't take anything away from the scanner's...
Reasonably capable for photographic prints. Backlight correction and color restore features in driver
Film scan doesn't work for slides. Scans only one frame of film at a time. Film scanning is extremely cumbersome
The Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F handles photographic prints and, to a lesser extent, documents reasonably well, but its film scan capability is best ignored.
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Expert review by : Christopher Brennan (macuser.co.uk)
Canon CanoScan Lide 700F
Nowadays, you're more likely to find a scanner stuck to the top of a printer, but there's still a market for standalone devices. The CanoScan Lide 700F is the latest compact home scanner from Canon. A slim device, it packs in plenty of features for its...
The Canon is an excellent scanner, and while the integrated stand is a bit of a gimmick, the 700F has some great features. The film scanning attachment and software are just two of the main highlights
Apr, 2009
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Go with the older LiDE's. This one was worse
Worse than the canoscan lide 110 it was suppose to replace BY FAR! Slower, noisier, more expensive, and plagued with bugs. It's possible I got a defective scanner, however the scan misalignment is something I really only find with low-end cheap scanners.
Easy design Powered by USB lots of added things that have little use, (scanner for my film?)
- VERY SLOW AT HIGH RESOLUTIONS! SLOWER THAN MY OLD LiDE 110 - Won't accurately scan. There is a slight deformation, (square box appears skewed and not paralelle) - CONSTANTLY gives me error "cannot communicate with scanner" half way through a scan!
Jun, 2013
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Does NOT require separate power supply
One of the images for this scanner shows the scanner, box, USB cable, and what is incorrectly labeled as a power adapter. That is NOT a power adapter, it is the attachment for scanning film negatives. This scanner is powered by the single USB cable...
Great scanner. See "Other Thoughts".
See "Other Thoughts".
May, 2013
Consumer review (newegg.com)
excellent quality
Works without any effort with my mac. The available resolutions have been great for scanning family pics (high) and travel receipts (low). Relying on USB power, something I didn't care about when I bought it, turned out to be a nice feature, making...
After downloading drivers for windows, I still got errors. Thankfully, I can just switch over to using my mac to get work done.
Mar, 2013
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Great speed and value
Cover feels very delicate. I just have to handle it like a piece of equipment and be gentle. Not a con, though. Picked it up when they had a Christmas sale and it was well discounted. I would have gone with a cheaper version otherwise.
I love this thing. Scans fast, clear and crisp.
Cover is not heavy enough to press anything flat if you need to scan that sort of thing. I do from time to time, but put a book on the top.
Jan, 2013
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Great speed and value
Cover feels very delicate. I just have to handle it like a piece of equipment and be gentle. Not a con, though. Picked it up when they had a Christmas sale and it was well discounted. I would have gone with a cheaper version otherwise.
I love this thing. Scans fast, clear and crisp.
Cover is not heavy enough to press anything flat if you need to scan that sort of thing. I do from time to time, but put a book on the top.
Jan, 2013
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Only 9600 maybe for film, 1200 for paper media
If you can't scan a document or picture or whatever over 1200 DPI, they should state that in the specifications.
Fast, compact, easy to use, comes with film adapter
Under XP using Canon software, the maximum is 1200 dpi for anything except film, and for film it means 35 MM slides using the adapter and it refuses to do it if the adapter is not plugged in. Typing in anything higher bounces it back to 1200 or lower.
Nov, 2012
Consumer review (newegg.com)
LiDE 700F
Cheap, easy to set up, lots of features
In my experience Canon scanners in this price range tend to wear out after about 3 years. 5 years would have garnered 5 eggs, but 3 years does not quite cut it
May, 2012
Consumer review (newegg.com)
LiDE 700F
Cheap, easy to set up, lots of features.
In my experience Canon scanners in this price range tend to wear out after about 3 years. 5 years would have garnered 5 eggs, but 3 years does not quite cut it.
May, 2012
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