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Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner

Manufacturer : Epson
In Stock : 41

List Price:	$249.99
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Features

Create crystal-clear photo enlargements and scan slides, negatives, and medium-format film
Easy Photo Fix quickly restores faded photos with one touch
Digital Ice technology removes dust particles and scratches from images
Energy-efficient LED light eliminates warm-up time while allowing faster scans
1-year limited manufacturer's warranty

Product Description

The Epson Perfection V500 Photo offers extraordinary quality and versatility with 6400 dpi resolution and an earth-friendly LED light source for greater productivity - all at an amazing value. Remove dust and scratches from slides, negatives and film. Or, restore faded color photos with one touch. Then, take your photos further with the included Adobe Photoshop Elements.When it's time to archive important documents, you can scan multiple documents fast with the optional automatic document feeder. It's all at your fingertips with this powerful performer. Best of all, the energy-efficient LED means you can work smarter with fast scans and lower power consumption. Plus, with no warmup time, it's easier than ever to get started.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Epson Perfection V500 photo scanner will create crystal-clear photo enlargements (13 by 19 inches, 17 by 22 inches, or larger) from film with 6400 dpi. The scanner's built-in Transparency Unit makes it easy to scan slides, negatives, and medium-format film, while the Easy Photo Fix quickly restores faded photos with one touch. The scanner's Digital Ice technology removes dust particles and scratches from images, while the 48-bit color depth provides vibrant colors and crystal-clear images. The scanner also features an energy-efficient LED light, which eliminates warm-up time while scanning faster at a lower power consumption rate.

This 18.8 by 10.7 by 4.5 inch, 8.9 pound flatbed color image scanner has a maximum resolution of 12,800 by 12,800 dpi, and comes backed by a limited 1-year manufacturer's warranty.

What's in the Box
Perfection V500 photo scanner, 35-millimeter and medium format film holders, scanner installation CD-ROM, Adobe Photoshop Elements CD-ROM, scanner setup poster, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable, AC power adapter and cord.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 58 reviews

Rating :
V5000 Scanner - Charles S. Goldstein, Jul 11, 2008

Quality Scanner with lots of features.Fully automatic mode for a beginner or pick and choose your settings in the manual mode for the more exsperienced. This scanner is very easy to operate and priced right.

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Great for Film Scanning - Holga Negative Tip - C. Segal, Jul 03, 2008

This is a great scanner. I bought it for scanning black and white film negatives, primarily medium format. Here's a tip. For medium format use the Professional Mode, which gives you the most options. Using the negative carrier is great for traditional cameras, but if you are scanning negatives taken with a Holga, place the film directly on the glass and uncheck the thumbnail button. This way you'll be able to select the portion of the negative that is scanned. Scanning Holga negatives using the negative carrier will cut off the cool edges of the frame unique to the Holga.

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I am very pleased with this scanner - Paul E. Kalisch, Jul 02, 2008

I am totally happy with this scanner. I got it yesterday and was scanning my first negative within 30 minutes.

The online manual is not very good and the one piece of paper that came with it for setup is really lacking.

How ever by trial and error and experimenting I figured it out. I got this primarily to scan my old medium format negs. I was hoping it would scan 4x5 negs but it won't. They don't tell you how to connect the little pigtail at the back of the scanner to do neg scans. I had to search out a few things in the online manual and figure out the rest, but the job it does is very good.

This is worth every dollar.

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Photo Scanner - Jeffrey B. Osstyn, Jul 02, 2008

I have only used it as a photo scanner so far, and it has worked flawlessly. No problems, scans fast and actuately.

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I Really Wanted This To Work - Flimsy Film Holders - Gary R. Rechtin, Jul 02, 2008

Right out of the box, this was clearly a nice unit. Set-up was hassle free. I had about 300 old slides to scan, as well as 30 rolls of old black and white 35mm film negatives. The software that came with the scanner had some really nice features as well.

I wasn't sure what resolution to set the scans at, so I went on line to get some advice. The prevailing wisdom was 2400 dpi, if you wanted 8 x 10 prints. This resulted in a 20MB file!!! There was a compression setting as well, and I had no idea at all what to set it to, so I experimented, and finally figured out settings that worked. There wasn't really anything in the Epson manual that was very helpful.

The actual scans were good - crisp pictures, worthy of printing. However, after about two rolls of film, I unplugged the scanner, boxed it up, and sent it back. My unresolvable gripe? The film holder would not consistently keep the negatives in place. I had to cut the film into 6 negative sections. This film was from the 40's and 50's, and wanted to stay rolled up. I would put it in the film holders, and quite frequently, they would pop open - quite unexpectedly, and I would have to start all over again. The problem is with the design of the film holder. The top sections that hold the film in place have thin sides, and they flex quite a bit, and won't stay locked into place. For me, this was frustrating, wasn't going to get better, and was a deal breaker.

I ended up getting a Canon CanoScan 8800F, and it is flawless! The film holders are more robust, and I had no popping open issues at all. The quality was every bit as good as the Epson, and interestingly enough, at a high dpi scan rate (2400), I ended up with about a 2MB file - I am really much happier with this unit.

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