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Epson - Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Average Customer Rating:
4.4
Rating breakdown 794 reviews
5 Stars
544
4 Stars
149
3 Stars
41
2 Stars
17
1 Star
43
90%of customers recommend this product.
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717 out of
794)
Customer Reviews for Epson - Perfection Flatbed Photo Scanner with Digital ICE Technology
Customer Rating
4
New Epson Scanner
on March 17, 2011
Posted by: Anonymous
from Springfield, MO
I just purchased this scanner and find it very user friendly. Scans are very clear and very easy to work.!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Product
on March 16, 2011
Posted by: Bob
from Fairhope, Al
I am now retired, but I worked with computers and computer hardware my entire career. I must say this was the easiest setup of any hardware I ever used. I had been looking for years for a scanner that I could use to digitize my old slides and this not only accomplishes that, but it also improves the color quality of the pictures. Thank you.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Epson perfeciton V500 Rocks
on March 16, 2011
Posted by: MediaMan44
from Baldwinsville, NY
I'm very impressed with the Epson Perfection V500 such that I bought a second one for my daughter. I'm writing a book on railroads and require a scanner to scan old medium format B&W negatives, Medium format positive film, Kodachrome Slides, 35 mm film, and documents. And this works as well as my Epson Perfection V700 that I've had for over 3 years.
I use the V700 for mass scanning of boxes of slides, 12 slides at a time, but use the V500 for doing one to four at a time. And at the pace I'm going with my book, scanning 1-2 negatives or slides at a time, I've been using the V500 more that the more advance V700. The Adobe Elements 6.0 software was a step above what I had been using and really makes a difference when cleaning up the older negatives and transforming them into stellar prints.
The V500 has a smaller footprint than the V700 and takes up less space. If you're doing mass scanning, it will take a little longer with the V500 as it doesn't do as many at one time as the V700. But I find that at the pace I'm going with my book its the right fit for me. The V700 is a walk-away scanner where the V500 requires a little more manual effort and yet I'm using it more that the V700. Perhaps, its because I don't like scanning more than one medium sized negative at a time as cleaning them up (removing dust) and setting it up on the scanner requires some effort.
As far as the quality, I cannot tell the difference between the scans on either scanner so the quality is the same. If the V500 is within you budget, you're comfortable doing small batches, you won't go wrong. If you're going to scan your lifetime collection of 35mm Kodachrome slides, you may want to do more than just four slides at time, the limit with the V500. I have them both and use the V500 most of the time. Its great - get one.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
Upload slides
on March 15, 2011
Posted by: Riitta
from Toronto Ontario Canada
Size and weight of machine are okay (smaller would be better), and the quality is good for the slides I am uploading. The manual is difficult to follow and the diagrams are not easy to comprehend. The slide tray is okay to work with, but it is difficult to remove the slides after uploading.
As the lid is lifted up, the cord at the back (for the slides) keeps moving out and at times changes the program and cannot do slides. Must keep checking the connection and pushing it back in.
As the lid is lifted up, the cord at the back (for the slides) keeps moving out and at times changes the program and cannot do slides. Must keep checking the connection and pushing it back in.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
AWESOME SCANNER
on March 15, 2011
Posted by: WENDUS
from Walla Walla, WA
I bought this scanner to digitalize old slides. Not only does this do an exceptional job with the slides, it makes these pictures look like they were taken yesterday and they were taken 50 years ago. Now I have these preserved for another 50 years. The negative scanner however did not perform to my expectations but I'm still learning how to operate it. I would recommend this scanner over any others in the same price category.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
Great Scanner
on March 14, 2011
Posted by: peppie
from Shreveport, LA
I bought this scanner to scan old pictures and negatives for genealogy records. It does a great job on scanning old pictures (both black and white and color). Scanning negatives is very slow but the end product is quite usable. The product description said that it shipped with Photoshop Elements (but did not say which version). The version that I received was version 6. Version 6 is at least 4 years old. Version 9 was released late 2010.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
V500 Photo Scaner
on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Foxtrot60
from O'Fallon, Mo
Works very well but is slow. I Scanned 1000 slides over several days. The slides were old but it did a good job on scanning them. I am pleased with it and it can be used as a regular flatbed scanner when finished with the slides.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
wow it works.
on March 14, 2011
Posted by: Charlie
from FORRESTON,IL.
I find your product to be of the highest Quality. It works Great and produces perfect picture reproductions. I will tell all my friends about it. THANK YOU. CHARLIE
I would recommend this to a friend!
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