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| Brand: | Epson |
| Item Height : | 11.3 centimetres |
| Item Width: | 27.2 centimetres |
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| Hard Drive Interface: | USB |
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| Wattage: | 17 watts |
Technical Details
- Epson Perfection V500 Photo 6400dpi flatbed scanner
- 4 scan buttons including scan to PDF and email
- Integrated TPU with film and slide scanning up to medium format
- USB 2.0 Interface
- 3.4 optical density
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Epson Perfection V500 Photo
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Epson Perfection V500 Photo
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93 of 93 people found the following review helpful
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Traded up from Epson 4180 after 4 years of trouble free use to the new V500 from the award winning V Series. Huge improvement on scan speed and resolution. Colour rendition true to Epson scanners, brilliant. When coupled with Adobe's PSE version 7, makes light work of editing faded photo's. Compared to the 4180, the V500 is quiet...........really quiet. Warm up time is almost instant. Well made, not flimsy in any way. Have looked at HP's range of 6 colour scanners which although are great for documents, need a lot of tweaking to reach the instant standard of the V500. Well worth the money.
72 of 72 people found the following review helpful
I've grown up with digital photography but in the past few years have been increasingly interested in film. After amassing a hefty pile of prints and negatives and not being too happy with the resolution most photo labs provide, I purchased this Epson V500 scanner.
In my search I compared this Epson V500 to the similarly priced CanoScan 8800F Film Scanner but went with the Epson due to the inclusion of hardware-based ICE technology. I also looked at some HP photo scanner models but shied away due to some reviews noting the slow scanning speeds. Both this Epson and the Canon use an LED light source, as opposed to the old fluorescent lamps used in traditional scanners, which reduces warm-up time.
Unboxing and installing was very easy on my 13" Macbook. Sadly, the first scans weren't impressive; the software was a little fiddly to get used to and dust was showing up on my negative scans. However, after turning on the ICE (which increases scan time through scanning the transparencies with an infra-red beam) the scans came through very well, with minimal sharpening needed and almost all dust and scratches removed from the negatives.
This Epson V500 also comes with text-recognition software, to convert printed text back to digital. I found this software was very useful and with the minor exception of not being able to recognise words next to handwritten annotations, very easy to use.
A very nice flatbed scanner for scanning negatives and other transparencies. Also functions as a good traditional scanner for converting prints, paper and other documents. Highly recommended.
In my search I compared this Epson V500 to the similarly priced CanoScan 8800F Film Scanner but went with the Epson due to the inclusion of hardware-based ICE technology. I also looked at some HP photo scanner models but shied away due to some reviews noting the slow scanning speeds. Both this Epson and the Canon use an LED light source, as opposed to the old fluorescent lamps used in traditional scanners, which reduces warm-up time.
Unboxing and installing was very easy on my 13" Macbook. Sadly, the first scans weren't impressive; the software was a little fiddly to get used to and dust was showing up on my negative scans. However, after turning on the ICE (which increases scan time through scanning the transparencies with an infra-red beam) the scans came through very well, with minimal sharpening needed and almost all dust and scratches removed from the negatives.
This Epson V500 also comes with text-recognition software, to convert printed text back to digital. I found this software was very useful and with the minor exception of not being able to recognise words next to handwritten annotations, very easy to use.
A very nice flatbed scanner for scanning negatives and other transparencies. Also functions as a good traditional scanner for converting prints, paper and other documents. Highly recommended.
178 of 180 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a fabulous product at a fabulous price. I wanted to scan old family photos, some dating back to the early 1900s that were not in good shape. The scanner is not only easy to use but the results are excellent. There are slide cases, too, for scanning slides, which I haven't tried yet. I scan from Photoshop. Just go into Photoshop and select File - Import - Epson V500 and it's done, or you can simply press the scan button on the front of the machine. Scanners I have used in the past have been confusing and complicated - not this one. The machine wants to scan at 100%, but you can easily adjust the pixel amount in the Customize menu. This is great for my old photos, some of which are quite small. I have a great photo of a Victorian family gathered under an oak tree, complete with big mustaches and wasp waists. The picture is sadly fading, but the scanned image is a great improvement and has brought back a surprising amount of lost detail simply with Auto Contrast. You can also scan documents - if you are into family trees, this means wedding certificates etc - and you can even scan useable text. The quality of this scanner is great. Unless you are a professional photographer, why spend more?
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Epson Pwerfection v500
Does what it says on the can, including 6x9 negs; and unlike some other brand scanners, it talks to a Mac straight from the box.
Published 11 hours ago by John D
Replacement scanner
I needed a replacement scanner, one which would both scan and improve my Photos, slides,and documents. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Grindell Shaefe
Absolutely delited with this
At a very reasonable cost this has met all my needs and expectations for use with Windows 7, to replace my now obsolete Cannon Lide scanner. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Geoff
A word about scratch removal
The ICE feature in the software is a great tool for removal or fixing-up scratches on old negatives. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Ron Cairns
Great for scanning unusual sized negatives
I've been looking to scan a large collection of old family negatives for some time and finally bit the bullet purchasing the Epsom Perfection V500 a couple of weeks ago. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nick Delves
Rather good
This scanner is designed specifically for handling photo prints as well as 35mm negatives and slides. As such, it performs extremely well. Results are excellent across the board. Read more
Published 1 month ago by AJ
miracle scanner
I think this scanner deserves more than 5 stars. It has allowed me to recover paper photos, digitise them and pass them onto the next generation for another 50 years, hopefully. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Peter
v500 is perfection for the money!
Results are great, simple to use, good value for the money, arrived in very short time, have transfered slides, negatives , colour and black and white, using "picassa" to final... Read more
Published 2 months ago by themoods
Good multi purpose scanner
Good quality scanner good value.Beware Epson does not provide nor does it intend to provide 64 bit plug ins for use with non Epson 64 bit software (e.g.Vuescan).
Published 2 months ago by Gabriel
Epson v 500 scanner
This is a fantastic scanner! It is so easy to work and scans black & white photographs with ease. Ice is of great assistance to old photographs. Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Stitt
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