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Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner Reviews

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Summary: Epson V500 is GREAT
Comment: I was trying to transfer all of my old slides to cd using one of those mirrored boxes and a digital camera. ( What a chore!) I ran across this gem in searching Amazon, and while it is definately not the cheapest, or most expensive, it is a great product. My old slides were in very bad condition due to age and lots of mildew, but this machine did an excellant job of cleaning them up. I transfered over 1600 pictures without any problems and it was simple to use. I was transfering pics within 10 minutes out of the box.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Top Notch Scanner
Comment: My old HP Scanjet II SCSI scanner gave up the ghost so I ordered the Epson Perfection V500. It's fast, quiet and scans better than my HP used to!
My only complaint is the OCR software -- ABBYY 6.0 -- that's included for some reason won't recognize the scanner. The ABBYY website says they're up to v 10.0, so it's a pretty old version.
Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner
Francis Moss

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Works great on slides
Comment: It took me a while to figure out. Once the software is loaded and the scanner is attached via the included USB cable you can click a shortcut on your desktop to read the manual. In order to scan slides and negatives you need to slide the white cover on the lid out and leave the black "slide" holder in. At first I couldn't figure out how to use the digital ice, but it is easy in "Home mode". Simply click the button for "Digital ice". The scans I did were 56 years old, pretty faded and full of artifacts. The program did a nice job. I have not tried photos yet, although it does scan them. I believe that the "digital ice" will only work on negative and slide scanning. It is slow to scan, but when you take into account the hours without the "ice" cleaning up the dust; scratches and particles found in scans; it is worth it. (you just don't have to do the work) When I scan 4 slides I leave for 10 minutes and come back and they are usually done. It is easy to install and worked great once I read the manual available via shortcut. NOTE: I have Windows XP. The scanner gets 5 stars for performance, but loses a star for slow scans. (at least at 720 dpi with "ice".)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Epson V500 Photo Scanner
Comment: Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner

I purchased this scanner to digitize old slides and photos after attempting to use a different scanner with very poor results. I based my choice on the recommendations of several photographers who use this scanner. The Epson V500 does an excellent job scanning slides, photo negatives, and prints. This is the scanner to purchase if you have a big scanning project and want quality results!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very nice. Lots to learn
Comment: I ordered this on 7-15 and it arrived on 7-19 with free shipping. Very fast. I loaded the software in about 30 minutes and then started to play around with the equipment. I used Epson scan and the included Adobe Photoshop 4.0. Photoshop is up to 6.0 now but what can you say for a free add on program? I needed to go on line to the epson site and the Adobe site to get detailed instructions for operations. The only written instructions that came with the equipment were limited to where to plug which cord into which socket. I scanned 3 35mm color negatives at 6400 dpi with 48 dpi color with 768x1024 screen size and backlight corrections and ICE and it took 15 minutes or 5 minutes per negative That is about as detailed as one can go and so this is the maximum scanning time for those settings. I haven't tried the auto function but I am sure it will be faster but I like the detail that comes with the 6400 dpi imiges. The individual files for these scans were 4.7 to 6.7 MB after working with them in Photoshop. I am very pleased. I have about 1-2000 slides to digitize so I will be working at it for quite some time but I am very pleased with the equipment and software. It will take some time to get used to but I have time. I am retired.

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