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| Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Epson
Category: CE
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $180.81
You Save: $69.18 (28%)
New (60) Used (3) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  94 reviews
Color: silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.6
Dimensions (in): 7 x 15 x 21
nv:Scanner Type: Flatbed
Scanner Element: Epson MatrixCCD line sensor
Optical Resolution: 6400 dpi
Hardware Resolution: 6400 x 9600 dpi
Maximum Document Size: 8.5" x 11.7"
Color Depth: 48-bit
Gray Scale Depth: 16-bit
Interface Connectivity: USB 2.0
Power Source: AC Adapter
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: B11B189011
Model: B11B189011
UPC: 010343865372
EAN: 0010343865372
ASIN: B000VG4AY0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
plug it in, plug it in--directly to your PC October 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Before going into my details about this peripheral, I need to qualify my remarks. I don't have a lot of experience with photo and negative scanners, so therefore I limited myself to 4 stars. I don't know what makes a really great photo/negative scanner, though from a non-expert point of view, ease of use and convenience would have to rate high compared to the results. I have only done some test scans with the V500 and my initial impressions are that it scans quickly (I am using a Vista SP1 desktop w/2GB RAM, an AMD dual core processor, and a Vista performance rating of 5), and my biggest learning curve will be with the software in terms of selecting the optimal scan settings. In brief, there are three modes: home, full auto and professional, with the professional mode offering the most options. One feature that made me choose the V500 (besides the price) was that it comes with digital ICE. So that was one of the first things I tested. My initial results were disappointing. There seemed to be no difference between scans without and with ICE. I got better results by simply manually dusting my negatives with a soft brush, and blowing with a rubber squeeze bulb. I even sent an e-mail to Epson tech support expressing my disappointment, and asked for their help. While waiting for their reply over the course of a few days, I noticed that I had been using my scanner with the USB cable plugged into a hub. I reconnected the scanner by plugging it directly to the computer, and ran my test scans again. Voila! Digital ICE worked this time! It did get rid of dust on a dusty negative, though I would still probably manually dust all slides or negatives before scanning in the future. (When Epson tech support e-mailed back, they said they could not come up with a solution to my problem. I had to tell them that I fixed it by connecting the scanner directly to the computer rather than using the hub.) Don't forget also to clean the scanner glass and the glass in the scanner lid before scanning. This scanner has a maximum optical resolution of 6400 dpi, but I don't know what I would ever scan at that resolution. Epson provides plastic templates to hold and align negatives and slides for scanning. The negatives or slides just have to be placed into the appropriate space. You need to be aware of whether the shiny side of the negative or slide is facing up or down. The software can rotate the image after scanning. The scanning software is "smart" in the sense that it will separate the images after scanning whether you are scanning two strips of negatives (6 images per strip) or four slides at a time. The preview window will show each image separately, and each image can be "tweaked" separately. Speed was not an issue with my test scans, though I did not scan at higher than 1200 dpi. Scanners don't occupy much shelf space at computer retailers these days, and they don't get much attention lately in the technology news, but for those of use who transitioned from film cameras and who have thousands of prints, negatives and slides still sitting in shoeboxes, albums and binders, scanners cannot be ignored in making the conversion to digital imagery complete.
 Worked right from the getgo! October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great product. I was worried about choosing a photo scanner. I usually relied on my son to choose electronics for me. When he died I wanted to collect his photos from friends, relatives, phones, computers,old polaroids and digital cameras...This scanner is the tool I needed to put all his photos in the same format and move them to an online site. It works for me and right out of the box! I had it up and running within minutes (10-15) Seriously! There is a DVD to insert in the computer and that's all I had to do. When the directions said connect this to that, I did it and it works! I love it!
Worked as promissed October 15, 2008
The unit worked without issue with my Vista OS laptop. I've scanned almost 2,000 slides thus far. It takes about 3 minutes per slide regardless of the resolution I select, and the unit can scan 4 slides at a time. I haven't scanned any negatives yet, but the film holder would seem to allow the unit to scan 8 to 10 negative images at a time. I'm guessing that the scan time per image will be less as well, but can't say for sure until I try it. The quality of the images I've scanned is excellent. Overall, I am very happy with the unit.
Nice scanner! October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, so easy to use...
I was a little nervous at first. This scanner says it does so much! I didn't look forward to reading and then rereading instructions and things not working and having to figure them out. Blech.
I'm so happy I didn't have ANY problems getting this to work. It all went so smooth and so easy. It was amazing.
The scanning of old photos went great. The scanner does a really nice job scanning the good and not scanning the crud and dust. The old photos scanned nice and clear.
And I really like how it handled the negatives! They turned out beautifully! And again, sooooo easy. I can now scan all these negatives that I have and once I have what I want scanned, I can get rid of them. No more holding on to them 'just in case'. I'll have them safely on my computer (and backup hard drive, of course).
And I will be able to help my friends who don't have computers and scanners take care of their old photos or negatives. I have a very sweet friend who has been carrying around an old tattered photo of her mother in her wallet. She told me that she was going to get a copy made some day but was worried about what it might cost. Well, I feel confident now that I can help her with that for no cost at all for her!
This Is a Great Scanner October 10, 2008
I bought the V500 to use for archiving local history items I collect, and it blows away my all-in-one printer/scanner. Touch a button on the front and the scanning software comes up. The software is simple to use and makes it easy to specify which folder the scan files will be written to, lets you type in a root file name and set the number of the next file; all this makes it easy to pick up with a scanning job you started in an earlier session. The hardware sampling resolution is fantastic: I scanned an ambrotype (1850s photo on glass) at 1200 dpi and have been showing people at work how far you can zoom in on the scan before it starts to pixellate. I don't find it loud at all, and it's quite fast, though of course it slows down a little if you get into high sampling resolutions. The colors are true to the original, unlike my old scanner, which gave things a pinkish/rusty hue. This is a great product and I'm amazed you can get so much for such a low price.
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