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Customer Reviews for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Model: V500
SKU: 8460747
UPC: 010343865372
This flatbed scanner can restore faded color photos with a single touch. Create enlargements up to 17" x 22" directly from film at up to 6400 dpi resolution. Take a product tour.
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
out of 5
(8 Reviews) 8
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Customer Reviews for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Review 1 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
3 stars is only 75% and really it deserves a 95%
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Scan quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
4.0
It is a nice scanner, does a good job on documents and I've scanned about 100 35mm B&W and color negatives with great results. The included Adobe Photoshop I really really like. Only one small complaint; the film holder is a bit flimsy.
What's great about it: Has a nice preview and can make many adjustments without using other software.
What's not so great: The photo negative holder is a bit flimsy.
About me... Demand high scan quality, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 2 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Great Gem
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: wilber
from Goshen, IN
on 09/15/2008
Value for Price
4.0
Scan quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
4.0
My 5 year old Visioneer 9020 died so I first bought a Canon 8800F but returned it because I could not get a clear scan no matter what I did. Bought this and have been nothing but happy with it so far. Everything I have scanned has been very clean and clear with good color matching. I should have known to make this my first pick since I have an 8 year old Epson 1160 printer and a 3 year old Epson all in one; both have been flawless with great results and I have never even had to clean the heads on the 1160 model. I highly recommend this scanner for all but the extreme cases. Great job Epson.
What's great about it: LED instant scan technology, quieter then most, fast, scans film, lid latches @ 45 & 90 degrees, works with PaperPort
What's not so great: Comes with very old version 4 of Photoshop Elements
I would recommend this to a friend!
+16points
19out of 22found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Great Scanner
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Alrobbie
from Justice, IL
on 07/18/2008
My old scanner would not work with Windows Vista so I bough this one and its great. Scanes fast and lines up your photo for you. I tried tilting the picture out of square and it comes in scaned square every time. I can haRDLY WAIT TO START RESTORING SOME PICTURES.
Allen
Allen
What's great about it: Fast and easy set-up
What's not so great: none so far but I only had it 2 hours
I would recommend this to a friend!
+8points
10out of 12found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Super Great Machine
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Police
on 02/21/2008
Great Scanner, scans negitives from any camara, allowing you to print your pictures at home, makes old pictures look new with size variations, has picture backup also repairs cracks in pictures plus many other options. Scanner can be slow making it time consuming, this also depends on quility your looking to get, settings, size, well worth its price for the work it does. If your looking for a more professional easy to use scanner then chose this one, you won't be sorry. Give old photos a face lift, then move to a CD-disc for years to enjoyment.
What's great about it: Crisp Looking Scans
What's not so great: None
I would recommend this to a friend!
+18points
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Review 5 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Epson Scanner
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Gravin2
from Oklahoma City, OK
on 02/16/2008
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My husband bought this scanner with me kicking and screaming and we both love it. The first night I had it I stayed up all night scanning old pictures and restoring them. I have been using some of the restored pictures as gifts because they look that good!!!
What's great about it: Make old pictures look new.
What's not so great: Have not found one.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+21points
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Review 6 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Great Slide Scanner
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Peanut2
from Katy, Tx
on 02/10/2008
I was so glad to see this product on the market, I've been wanting to transfer our old slides onto DVD and now I'm able to, thanks to this scanner! I've scanned hundreds of slides now using the color restoration and digital ice technology features. The results are amazing! My slides range from the 1950's to the 1980's and the finished product looks like the pictures were taken yesterday! Truly amazing product! I would highly recommend this to anyone.
What's great about it: This scanner does a great job on slides no matter how old they are!
What's not so great: It's kind of slow, very time consuming, but well worth it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+7points
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Review 7 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Best for the Price in it's range
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: RichB
from San Diego, CA
on 02/10/2008
As an experienced professional in the publishing field, I find the v500 the best investment I have made in years. I have gone thru a number of scanners starting from the first HP scanjet to higher end units and low end units as well as mid price units. The Epson Perfection V500 is quite incredible. You can scan a picture to your hard drive or with one button scanning, email to a friend or client or create a pdf from one button.
For the more experienced you can setup all kinds of options including descreening of newspaper or magazine images. The speed depends on your resolution. If you scan at 300ppi you will have a quite fast scan, the higher you go the slower it gets, but remember, if you want quality or if you want to enlarge a small photo this will do it with quality.
Digital ICE is a nice builtin option as well as Abbyy FineReader 6.0 Sprint is one of the best OCR programs out there with great accuracy and ease of use.
I use both Mac and PC so whatever platform you have the V500 will work fine.
I use both Mac and PC so whatever platform you have the V500 will work fine.
Just remember your memory and hard drive space also have something to do with speed.
As far as slides and film strips go, yes you can scan both in small quantities. I feel this works fine, of course if you are scanning lots of slides on a regular basis, this might not be the unit for you. But when you need it you have it.
I give this 4 stars because it deserves it in more ways than one.
What's great about it: Ease of Use, fast scanning, quality scans
What's not so great: None so far
I would recommend this to a friend!
+20points
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Review 8 for Epson Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Great for Negatives
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: EJ45
from Charles Town, WV
on 01/02/2008
I got this right after Xmas, mainly for scanning negatives. So far they have all come out great. If the negative is a little bowed, put the 'crown' up, if you don't, you will get some distortion in the image. Make sure to select the size you want prior to finalizing the scan. Can't wait to try on older photos to see how the color restore will work.
The only thing to improve would be to add a negative feeder and bump up the speed a bit.
The only thing to improve would be to add a negative feeder and bump up the speed a bit.
What's great about it: Easy to use, one button operation
What's not so great: No negative feeder, a little slow
I would recommend this to a friend!
+8points
10out of 12found this review helpful.
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