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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 (61) 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:
 Epson V500 Scanner October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This scanner did an incredible job in scanning my 1200 slides into my computer. I was utterly amazed by its simplicity and capability. It is equally as good for all other pictures including black & white ones. I highly recommend it.
Great Scanner September 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Finally found a scanner that can convert 35mm slides to prints without an involved hassle. Altough a bit slow it does a good job of all types of scans, perfect for my home/office needs.
Excellent quality for negative scans, but could take a while to scan a lot of negatives. September 27, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was eager to try out this scanner. Several years ago we bought a Canonscan 9950F to convert all our film into digital. At that time I converted 12,000 negatives into digital format. Since then I have used my Canonscan mainly as a flatbed scanner, although occasionally I need to convert a few negatives, for other people or when we use a disposable camera.
I set it up on a Dell Dimension 8100 on an external powered usb port. No problems with installation, I was up and running in under 10 minutes.
To compare I took a new set of negatives and scanned 6 shots in both the Canonscan and the Epson both at the same resolution and using the dust and scratch removal programs for both. Here are my comparisons
The Canonscan is faster, it took about 7 minutes to scan the 6 shots.
The Epson took a little longer, 9 minutes for 6 shots. The quality of the Epson was better, dust removal was more precise and the Epson software was better able to pick up where the edges of a very light photo were than the Canon. I wonder if the LED, (being one wavelength) helps with this clarity.
However, the Epson only has 2 slots for putting your negatives into on the plastic mask. Theoretically it can hold 12 images, but that is only if that is how your negatives are cut.
If your negatives have, say, 5 images each, you are only going to be able to do 10 a time unless you are willing to cut up the negatives.
The Canonscan mask has 5 slots, each for 6 negatives. In theory you could do 30, but I found that because of how the negatives were cut I could usually do 24 to 28.
Not an issue if you are just doing a few, but if you have a backlog of thousands it can make a real difference in how long the project would take. The scan time is not hugely different but the time involved in physically placing the negatives into the slots and setting up the scan would take longer with the Epson. The mask with the Epson is more difficult to work with than the Canon mask. The Canon has a hinge on one side, the Epson the whole front snaps out. It seems a bit flimsy, but so did the Canon and it lasted through the 12,000 scans.
I really like the LED instant on being the impatient person that I am. You do not have to wait for the scanner to warm up, great for a quicker scanning of a couple documents.
The Epson is much more intuitive. It took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to scan a negative (I, too, made the error of not putting the mask in the correct place). With the Canon I remember it taking me an hour to get the general idea and a couple hours to figure out exactly how to get it to do what I wanted.
I also could not get the front buttons to work, but you can do it all from the software. Being able to scan to a PDF is really nice.
 Unable to Setup on PC with Vista. Photoshop Software not Vista-Supported. September 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, I've spent over 2 hours trying to install the scanner software on my PC running Vista Ultimate, and so far have not succeeded. The basic software to run the scanner won't start, so I am currently dead in the water.
Hopefully, I'll get this worked out and be able to update this review with scanner performance details.
Also, while the product description for this scanner says that it is designed and optimized for Windows Vista, the included version of Photoshop Elements software is version 4.0, released in 2005. The current version of Photoshop Elements is 6.0. Version 4.0 seems to open and may function somewhat in Vista, but it is not supported for Vista, and you do get a "known compatibility issues exist with this software" warning when you launch it.
Fascinating and a great value September 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a remarkable, fun and useful device.
Just a few years ago, you would have had to pay through the nose to get a slide and film scanner this good.
Now it is affordable, simple to use and a lot of fun to boot, You really learn quickly that that the slides and negatives you thought were focused sharp as a tack, weren't.
The Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 included with the package will not work with Vista and it is at least two versions behind. Still a good, useful package, though.
Setup could not be easier, as it generally is with Epson products. Setup instructions are on a single two-sided sheet. Make sure you follow each step, because there are a couple of "gotchas" for the impatient.
The unit ships with a carrier for 35mm film strips and 2x2 slides. You can insert two film strips (12 exposures) or four slides.
The Epson Scan application is reasonably well featured, but some may want to consider specialized third-party scanning applications.
You can scan at up to 1200dpi optical resolution.
Scanning speed is nothing to write home about. In fact, it is on the slow side.
The results on both slides and negatives are excellent. The dust removal feature works well and the backlight color correction less so.
For documents, the Abby Fine Reader works well for simple OCR. You can also scan directly to Adobe PDF or email.
Overall, this is a great value for the money. If you have a moderate qyantity of prints, slides and 35mm negatives you want to convert to digital, it's wonderful. For ordinary scanning of documents and light OCR, it is also excellent. You can, by the way, get an ADF (Automatic Docment Feeder) for the unit.
Jerry
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