It allows for a lighter scanner, a less power hungry scanner, a smaller scanner (thinner), and ah, technically, I guess with LED lights, you could build a USB powered scanner. I don’t think the servos need that much juice, its usually the light source. So you could have a much more portable solution.
LEDs though are not typically as “powerful” for the scanning sense. So depending on how old the technology is for them, I might have some concerns. First off would be can it scan uniformly? Will the light source light up the entire glass exactly the same? I would hope so if they’re selling this, but I would like to see it reviewed by like cnet or somebody of that sort. And I guess the other concern could be resolution. I would be curious if the LED source can crank out enough juice for high DPI scans (like 1200 and up). Though I imagine for the majority of home use that won’t come into play, so maybe Canon isn’t concerned about that.
It allows for a lighter scanner, a less power hungry scanner, a smaller scanner (thinner), and ah, technically, I guess with LED lights, you could build a USB powered scanner. I don’t think the servos need that much juice, its usually the light source. So you could have a much more portable solution.
LEDs though are not typically as “powerful” for the scanning sense. So depending on how old the technology is for them, I might have some concerns. First off would be can it scan uniformly? Will the light source light up the entire glass exactly the same? I would hope so if they’re selling this, but I would like to see it reviewed by like cnet or somebody of that sort. And I guess the other concern could be resolution. I would be curious if the LED source can crank out enough juice for high DPI scans (like 1200 and up). Though I imagine for the majority of home use that won’t come into play, so maybe Canon isn’t concerned about that.