Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner


Manufacturer: Epson
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List Price:$249.99
Our Price:$236.98
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Features:
  • Create crystal-clear photo enlargements and scan slides, negatives, and medium-format film
  • Easy Photo Fix quickly restores faded photos with one touch
  • Digital Ice technology removes dust particles and scratches from images
  • Energy-efficient LED light eliminates warm-up time while allowing faster scans
  • 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty

Description:
The Epson Perfection V500 photo scanner will create crystal-clear photo enlargements (13 by 19 inches, 17 by 22 inches, or larger) from film with 6400 dpi. The scanner's built-in Transparency Unit makes it easy to scan slides, negatives, and medium-format film, while the Easy Photo Fix quickly restores faded photos with one touch. The scanner's Digital Ice technology removes dust particles and scratches from images, while the 48-bit color depth provides vibrant colors and crystal-clear images. The scanner also features an energy-efficient LED light, which eliminates warm-up time while scanning faster at a lower power consumption rate. This 18.8 by 10.7 by 4.5 inch, 8.9 pound flatbed color image scanner has a maximum resolution of 12,800 by 12,800 dpi, and comes backed by a limited 1-year manufacturer's warranty. What's in the Box Perfection V500 photo scanner, 35-millimeter and medium format film holders, scanner installation CD-ROM, Adobe Photoshop Elements CD-ROM, scanner setup poster, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable, AC power adapter and cord.


Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner
Reviews:

starsV500 Photo copier
The product does a good work Unless IT puts a blue vertical line through the left side of each photograph at approximately an inch starting from the edge of a copy 4x6. I reloaded the software and added a recently qualified driver in vain. I need assistance but stripped however in found.


starsEpson V500 Photo Scanner
Simple to employ and the installation made more than 1500 slides in this moment and not to have encountered any problem. The tools to increase photographs are very well for a beginner like me. Come with elements 4 from Photoshop from adobe which functions with Windows Vista even however that an update is required but with the test and find it. I did not have any chance that the site of adobe has updates for worm 5 but not 4. All in all I find this module of sweeping to be with the Juste of what I had need. If I could make any improvement it would be that you could sweep more than 5 slides at the same time and perhaps more quickly.


starsEpson has done it again.
I like this module of sweeping. I did not have anything but headaches with my last module sweeping and printer of HP. I bought a printer of Epson one year ago and were so happy when time came to replace my module of sweeping of HP. This model of module of sweeping of Epson is perfect for the use at the house. It sweeps the color of quality. If it were a site of E-Compartment which I would say, A with the salesman, lol


starsVery good scanner for the money
I scanned and enhanced an old 25 year old color photograph of my 2 children. It had been in an album and was quite faded. The enhancement by this scanner during the scanning was unbelievable. The photo just came to life making the photo look brand new after it was scanned. I printed it with my photo printer and my wife could not believe it.


starsPhotographic Scanner
Excellent combination. Capture the smallist detail with a high DPI. The fast response time makes it possible one to sweep many sweepings more quickly than the majority of the other modules of sweeping. I do not regret any in the change of a module of sweeping of HP to my first module of sweeping of Epson.


starsAlmost perfection
I sought the slide and the modules of film sweeping during completely a moment. This left to be the best produced for the money on the market in terms of devices, Spéc. and others criticize on many sites of sequence. The installation went without problem. Software installed without problems. Swept in a group of slides, even old the evil maintained came out of large (I speak the slides going back to 50 years!). With my Gun, old man was thus covered in dust as for are almost unusable. The ICE did a great work cleaning the latter upwards. With liked how it took the 4 slides and automatically created 4 files of seperate. NO EMBLAVAGE! If I have any blows, it would be the software included of version 4 of elements of Photoshop. Other modules of sweeping embark with version 5. Epson went little a good market here. A handbook of printed paper form would be really nice addition. Instead of that, you have "a system of on line help". I prefer really a book. Final Recomendation.... Do not look at any futher unless you have much more money to burn, this is the product. Buy it.


starsGreat resolution, software needs work
I had used the module of sweeping to sweep the negative ones and slides. I think of work of this module of sweeping completely well, however there are several traps of software awaiting the avançé user who wants the ordering total of module of sweeping. Initially if you employ "at the house the mode" the module of sweeping applies the mask unsharp automatically though there is no indication but it makes thus. Not all the masks unsharp are equal and if you bourdonnez with the Pixel of level you can see that this one is heavy given little. It must well better capture the raw data of sweeping and then to apply the mask unsharp (with your being liked) in Photoshop. The second trap is the apparent incapacity of the program to maintain your arrangements in "professional mode". For example in professional mode there is a box of control for the mask unsharp. The mask unsharp of Uncheck and make a sweeping of forecast then. Control on the mask unsharp reappears as if the machine is not very satisfied with your choice. If you point out saved arrangements it requires that you remade the sweeping of forecast and your again in the place one. If all is well there difficulty in work is. At all events if you are an occasional user you will probably not note the straws.


starsI should have listened to the previous customer comments
Could not get the software to load. There appears to be a code conflict with Windows XP. I spent hours with tech support to no avail.

Next time I will listen to previous customer comments.


starsA winner for slide scanning
After wide I seek had good fortune to seek a module of sweeping of photograph at the same time as the perfection V500 d' Epson became available. After sweeping the first series of 60 slides, I can cordially recommend this unit. The most significant possibilities of this unit, particularly for the price, are the integrated technology of ICE for the scratch and de-dusting. They are, in a word, astonishing. And, it is economy I much of additional working hours doing the same work manually. There are scratch software-based and de-dusting included in the software of Epson, but it is ineffective and cannot compare with the ICE. I sweep 2.400 with the dpi, more than enough of resolution for any use other practises that the emblavage and the enlarging heavy. I employ the compressed air "cleans" the slides before sweeping. While sweeping with stopped ICE, the quantity of marks of dust are astonishing. ICE from turn above and 98% of dust went. That takes longer with sweeping with ICE, but off-centering is the time saved several times not in front of manually removing dust post-sweep. Elements 4.0 of Photoshop is included. I employ elements 6.0. Up to now, the unit functioned flawlessly. The software installed properly on the first buttons of panel before test can be reprogrammed for other than the defect (for example, I changed the button for the attachment of email to launch the ROCK to the software of the texts included.) An end for those which buy this unit for the sweeping of slide and/or film with ICE and sweeping 2-4 slips at the same time: Click the "whole the" button in the window of forecast after prescanning (to view) the multiple slides to choose all the slides, then click the checkbox so that the ICE ensures that all beforehand the slides are treated by ICE. You will not find this in documentation or on the Web site of Epson. I have passed time appearing outside why each 4 slide was not treated by ICE (I thought that the unit was defective initially because only the first slide, which is chosen by defect, was treated by ICE), so much now know you without spending time when I made. I used the module of sweeping for photographs and documents, and converted articles into text editable, all without problems and excellent results. Always, slides is where it shines, thanks to the ICE.


starsReturn to the store tomorrw
Right bought this module of sweeping last week to sweep old photographs (much sepia) and slides. Installed the last night. Unfortunately, I did not read the reviews before I bought the module of sweeping. With desired employing it with my imper PowerBook G 4. Installed all on Cd. The buttons on before do not function; however I can obtain it to sweep imper. Swept 3 photographs, but the restoration of color does not function with old photographs of sepia. Could not appear out way of removing scratches one or the other. Service with the customers called and obtained a woman who resembled recording. It repeated its name, that it was with Epson, and asked me which type of module of sweeping I had. I answered and it repeated its introduction. Finally on my 3rd test I asked whether it were alive. It answered that it could not hear me clearly. I could hear it perfectly. Tested twice more and then hung up again. I am initial and perhaps who of computer am the problem, but it resounds me as several of others also have buttons before which do not function. I need a good module of sweeping which functions as announced, or at least a center of service to the customers which can and halp I difficulty a problem.


starsGreat for slides
I bought this module of sweeping to sweep the value of years of old slides. It is little slow but it does a very good work. It sweeps photographs admirably.


starsEpson v500 Scanner
Bought it to copy slides..Read about it in Consumers. The article failed to mention however, that it is for the advanced, which I am not. The instructions are not detailed enough, and I found the phone support non existent. When I called, no one answered or returned my call when I left a message. So, I am stuck with a scanner that neither I or my friends can figure out.


starsGood scanner
I bought this scanner for my fussy techie brother in law who assumed that any scanner worth it's weight should be in the $8-900 range. But a salesman at a camera shop told him not to sell the unit short, so he gave me the go-ahead to buy it. Well, he is happy, enthused, even! He has been busily transferring his slides/negatives over using the scanner and hasn't a single "negative" comment to make about the unit. Sounds like a bargain to me.


starsGreat Scanner
It is a large module of sweeping. It seems to be able to make any good. Naturally it is slow at the rates of high resolution, but with these high resolutions the result is impeccable. The possibilities of displacement of dust/scratch are large, and do not seem to add any overtime tohigher rates of resolution the negative ones and the slides of 35mm sweep especially easily and I could quickly determine the necessary resolution to capture all the resolution in original film. It was connected very easily to Vista. The instructions leave something to be desired and I cannot determine the goal of some options yet, but it does what I want.


starsSupero Mis espectativas
Cuando me llego me sorprendio un poco el peso y el tamaño. Mas pequeño de lo que esperaba y mas pesado de lo que parecia.
Fue bastante facil de instalar, no muy rapido, pero facil. Las instruciones solo en Ingles y Frances.
La velocidad es excelente. Muy rapido.
Yo lo compra para escanear Diapositivas (Film) y cuando pones las cuatro diapositivas lo hace muy rapido. Pero si estan en mal estado le puedes poner unas opciones que son la Coreccion con Backlight y el DigitalIce que mejoran la nitidez y eliminan practicamente todas las imperfecciones de mis diapositivas que tienen mas de 30 años.
Estoy muy contento con mi compra.


starsVery satisfied
I purchased this product after reading several reviews on the amazon website. It performs well and gave me no suprises. I use it mainly to convert my old slide collection into digital files. It allows me to adjust the dpi as well as the jpeg compression so the time to print each slide is pretty much under my control and is directly proportion to the quality desired.
My only objection is that it handles only 4 slides at a time. But here again that is my choice. For a few hundred dollars more, I could have gotten an Epson which would print 8 slides at a time.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the V500.


starsSo far so good!
I used only my module of sweeping of Epson V500 several times, but up to now it is very that I envisaged. Perfect size, easy to employ, and I fixed a couple of the old photographs which were faded to look at almost as good as new with him. I do not have any doubt which while I continue to employ it I will continue to be satisfied. I did much research before buying this. I am a commercial illustrator, thus my colors must be exact top of the very happy scans!Very.


starsBest buy for the money!
After having made research on the best low with the modules of sweeping have the price indicated to semi-level for the use with my imper, I decided to buy the perfection V500 d' Epson of the Amazon. My daughter works on a project in which it sweeps all our photographs of impression of our collection of albums photographs. I have elements of Photoshop of adobe, but we noted that the software of Epson for the imper makes a course of operation automated well better. She makes it install thus she puts simply 3 photographs on the module of sweeping and the module of sweeping and the software take it from there. Moreover, when the price fell $50 little of time after me bought V500, the Amazon credited me for the difference - nice protection of the prices!


starsGood scanner
Easy installation, full feeling with the product, great output of sweeping. Certainly would still buy. Look at good too.


starsScanner device type unknown and Epson support no help whatsoever
Velocity Micro XP Pro with 4 Gb memory and Quad Core.

Using the USB cable that came with the scanner and connecting directly to a USB controller on the mobo that has no other devices. Tried multiple short very high quality USB-2 cables working like a charm, including one that works with an Epson R1800 Printer.

The scanner sofware driver claims it installs. When the scanner is hooked up and powered on directly to the usb port, Device Manager says the hardware is available. Device Manager driver details says the unit is operating properly [which just means it can communicate and read some Vendor info]. Device Manager knows it it an Epson Perfection V500.

Device Manager says the Device Type is Unknown.

Attempting to start Epson Scan directly says that Epson Scan cannot start.

Removed all hardware, removed all drivers.
Downloaded latest drive on Epson web site which is exactly same version as on CD.

No help same issue.

Took another computer and did a clean wipe install of XP Pro, then installed just the Epson scanner and driver, driver first, then connect and power on. Same Result.

Sent Epson support the debug output of Device Manager and detailed output of Microsoft USBVIEW.EXE

Asked them if the scanner is just defective. So far havent found a specialist that is even aware of what USBVIEW is.

Will be returning this unit, would be interested if this is just a very poor driver [although signed] or a problem scanner and I might be better off going back to Canon scanners.




starsEpson V500
This flatbed scanner is easy to use right out of the box. I was using it within 20 minutes. Excellent quality scans but speed is somewhat slow on some scans.


starsWonderful Results!
Some reviews mentioned a weakness of this module of sweeping were that it was slow. However the exits I absolutely zero have with how long it took with sweeping in fact him is extremely fast on my machine (below 8 seconds for a 4X6 on 600 Res)even by using the numerical technology of ice and other options of improvement (below 15 seconds). The module of sweeping does a beautiful work and very that I swept up to now was large. The can also is used to sweep directly in Photoshop CS2 which is an enormous advantage to make of it a good number of older images which need the work of restoration. The film sweeps seemed, nonlarge good, but it offers film sweepings of high quality considering this is not a module of independent film sweeping. I personally liked the software which came with Epson, very easy to employ. Some mentioned that arrangements are not remained in place by sweeping the multiple photographs which are incorrect. If you place the options of module of sweeping the manner you want, it have there a box of control which indicates arrangements of handing-over after each sweeping. Uncheck which and your loan outward journey! Epson V500 can sweep multiple images immediately and separate them in their own files, another advantage enormous by using CS2. I did not employ the provided copy of the recomend of elements and of I of adobe strongly not employing it because it is very limited in which improvements you can make with your photographs. On the whole, this is a large module of sweeping. Very powerful and fantastic results. Work marvellous in Vista and is extremely fast according to your installation.


starsEpson V500 - working well for negatives
When I read the poor reviews here on Amazon, I was hesitant to purchase this scanner. I have had the scanner for 2 days now and I have done about 15 scans -- all of which have been medium format negative film (color and b/w). I am importing directly into Photoshop CS, scanning 6"x6" at 300 dpi.

So far, I have been happy w/the speed of the scans and scan quality, especially considering the price of the scanner. 6x6 at 300 dpi w/no ICE takes about 1 to 1.5 min to scan. If I turn on the ICE feature, it seems like the scans take about 2.5-3.5 min. My first attempt w/ICE came out poorly b/c I was scanning a black and white negative, I later found out that ICE does not work for black and white negs on the Epson site. I tried ICE again today with color negatives and it worked well -- no banding, mystery marks, etc.

Only complaint so far - as noted by another reviewer - is that the negative carriers are flimsy and feel very cheap.

From my experience, I give the V500 a thumbs up.


starsGreat for B/W
I just obtained this module of sweeping because a first present and me of Christmas let us not can be happier. I run OS X on a imper of INTEL and did not have any trouble to install the drivers or to employ them with Photoshop. With the negative blacks and white, sweeping was a rupture in mode at the house. The negative ones of color were a little more difficult. I had to commutate with the professional mode and then to do a little change in Photoshop to obtain the colors to really jump. I did not test film or sweeping photos/documents of slide still. My only felt sorry for is with the negative supports. They seem a little too fragile... and as they could break constantly. Moreover, the average support of format is not almost rather long. I can only sweep two images at the same time. Three would be better.


starsATTENTION PHOTOSHOP USERS! TWAIN MALFUNCTION
I bought this scanner for a business trip, when I knew I would absolutely need to scan images, and couldn't bring my all-in-one Epson printer with me.
The set-up was really easy, but THEN...
I have a Mac Powerbook G 4. I usually scan directly into photoshop, using the twain import function. I tried to do the same with this scanner, and lo and behold... Photoshop would not recognize the scanner for some time, until it crashed entirely: not only could I not scan the images I needed to work on urgently, but I could not even open photoshop anymore. It crashed, everytime I tried to open it, while opening twain...
I called customer service as soon as I realized that photoshop wasn't recognizing the scanner. It was the beiginning of a 6 hours adventure on the phone with various customer services at Epson and Photoshop. Epson kept putting me on hold.... for 30 to 60 min. at a time, passing me on to various useless cutomer service representatives, to whom I had to repeat the same information over and over again, until I finally got to the "specialist" (the same one each time). It was when I was on the phone with him the first time that Photoshop crashed entirely. When it happened and I communicated that to him, the line miraculously broke off! I had to call again, put on hold again, passed through all the loops again, got that same specialist, gave my "case number" again, started menionning the photoshop problem and.... THE LINE CUT OFF AGAIN!!
This happened three times in total.
They finally said "the scanner is working, it is a problem with photoshop... call them"
The worst part of it is: the scanner comes with a cd of photoshop elements 3.0... I would think that since they send the photoshop cd along with the scanner, the two are compatible! I installed the photoshop elements hoping that I could at least use that during my stay out of town... same problem. When I called photoshop to try to understand what the problem was, they asked me to register the Photoshop Elements 3.0... I gave the serial number, and they refused to help me out because the product had already been registered... BY EPSON!!

Did I hear someone mention Kafka?

SOLUTION: if this problem happened to you, I finally found a semi-resolution on the internet, in five minutes (after my lost day on the phone): you have to disable twain from your Photoshop Applications folder:
Mac HD> Applications > Adobe Photoshop > Plug-ins > Import/Export > Twain
Just rename the Twain by adding a ~ infront of it (call it ~twain) and it disables it... you won't be able to import anything via phhotoshop, but at least your photoshop will be working again!

Apart from that, the scanner works fine.
Moral of the story: back from my business trip, I found my Epson all-in-one printer having died during my trip (an interesting coincidence). I bought an HP in replacement and will return the scanner as well. I am done with Epson forever.


starsEpson Scanner
We've been very happy with this scanner. It seems to work quickly and the copies are very clear.


starsEpson V500
The scanner underperformed to my disappointment. First of all, the scanning area for the transperancy area, which was the main reason I purchased this item was too small. Even if you wanted to scan something in two passes and then paste it, the scanner would not allow you to have anything overhanging from the edges, or it would not scan. Also, it consistantly failed to be recognized after the initial preview scan, so scanning was a very long and frustrating process. I returned it after 2 weeks.


starsGreat scanner, *HORRIBLE* software
Initially I was disappointed in this scanner. I was getting artifacts in my scans: posterizing, strange banding (like an old dot matrix scanner) and scans above 2400dpi didn't seem to have any additional detail. For a while I was convinced the optical resolution was 2400 instead of the advertised 6400.

Eventually I discovered that the Epson software sucks. I would recommend only using the Color Restoration (which seems to be first rate oddly) and Digital Ice options. Everything else seemed to ruin the photos upon close inspection. You will need to make any adjustments in photo shop.

In addition to this, the software is difficult to use. It has an option to save your scanning settings -- but it doesn't work (on OSX at least). I have to set the option manually for every scan. When you preview your scan, sometimes it only selects one photo when you mean to change the settings for them all. Between these two problems, I find myself scanning photos with the wrong settings on a regular basis. As a SW Engineer myself -- this is inexcusable.

Some people have complained the scanner is slow -- it is -- but if you compare specs it seemed to be in line with other scanners of this price.

Despite these problems I give the scanner 4 stars. I own a Canon scanner and the software is *far* worse *and* the image quality sucks, so Epson wins by default: Marginal Software and excellent image quality seem to be a winning combination.



starsExceeded Expectations
Primarily purchased to archive a 35mm slide collection. Results are terrific. Price was reasonable. Support from Epson left something to be desired, but Amazon solved a problem for me quickly.


starsWay to slow and it stalls
I wish I had read the review by Steve Kass below instead of spending 3 days on the phone with tech support. Scanning a 2 1/4 negative to 11x11 file went from 3 minutes with my old Epson 1650 to almost 12 minutes with the V500. It stalled at the 2 minute mark while the scanner stopped responding for 4 minutes before picking back up. The scan looked good but when you multiply that time by a sheet of negatives it's unrealistic. Returning the V500 and hooking the 1650 back up until I find something better.


starsAn almost perfect scanner
The quality of color and the speed of this module of sweeping are astonishing. The real speed of sweeping is about double that of the preceding modules of sweeping of the perfection of Epson. It is a module of astonishing sweeping. It adapts its light for the best interpretation of color on almost any surface. In my experiments it handled surfaces matt, frozen, and strongly r3fléchissantes without any problem. One problem that I had install the drivers on my imper of INTEL of twenty inches. I could not up to now obtain the buttons of front panel to function. I am sure that epson will leave with the new one install the software soon. I had used modules of sweeping maintaining for twenty years, the interpretation of color of the matches of this module of sweeping a part of best than I ever saw.


starsSlow. Really Slow.
Installing the V500 is a snap, and the scans it generates are excellent. So why am I returning it after just a day? It's too slow by a longshot, for me at least. You might have better luck or more patience.

Plain scans (no dust removal, no ICE) of 35mm negatives (24-bit color, 3200dpi) took 15 minutes each, not 2-3 minutes, like many people report from similar scanners.

The V500 scans paper or photos faster, but still not as fast, and with no better results, than my 1999-vintage HP6100C, including warm-up time for the HP lamp.

From reports on the web, it looks like other Epson scanners have similar problems - they work well for some users but are horribly slow for others. I'm apparently one of the others. Because I didn't find any happy endings for the unlucky owners, I'm not tempted to spend more time troubleshooting. My scanner is going back.

Here are some more details: a preview alone of film took anywhere from 30 seconds to more than 2 minutes. During that time, like during a full scan, Windows Task Manager shows the Epson Scan program using 99% of the CPU and loads of I/O, but not too much memory (over 2GB of RAM remained available).

There could a fix, but I checked for software and driver updates, and all the Epson support site suggested was that I scan with lower resolution. The computer has good specs: XPSP2 Pro, 3GHz Pentium 4 (HT disabled), 3GB RAM, unfragmented SATA drive with lots of space, 256MB GeForce 6800 video, and nothing else on the USB 2.0 hub with the scanner. Epson technical support is only open during regular business hours M-F.






starsWhat a GREAT scanner!!!!!!
I just purchased this scanner - primarily to scan my 1000+ slides. At first, I was a bit reluctant because this model is brand new to the market and I was concerned about those inital bugs. But I know that Epson makes a good product so I took the chance. And am I glad that I did. It has some outstanding features:
1. Very simple to set-up and then operate. I scanned my first photo within 30 minutes of unwrapping the package. No problems with the software and the on-line User's Manual is really easy to follow.
2. Very fast scanning. The scan (including preview) of photos is unbelievably fast. But I was really surprised at the speed of scanning slides. A normal scan (without using Digital ICE correction) of 4 slides took less than 5 minutes. Compared to some of the other products, I've been reading about this is lightning speed.
3. Very quiet. When scanning photos, you can barely hear it. A little more noise when scanning slides, but certainly not bothersome.
4. Offers 3 modes to choose from - Auto, Home, and Professional. The Auto is the easiest and results in a very good photo. The Home and Professional offer a number of correcting features (more with the Professional mode). I am an intermediate Photoshop user and the Professional mode was as close to using an editing software as I've ever seen. The scan time slows down a bit when you use these correcting tools, but again - no big deal). Once I get the hang of it, I'm sure it will speed up the amount of time I will need with Photoshop.
5. Digital ICE is fantastic! This feature is used when only scanning film or slides. I first scanned slides without using it. The waulity was very good, but my slides are almost 30 years old so there was enough noise (mostly dust)and fade in them to be noticeable (something I was resigned to fix in Photoshop). I then scanned them using ICE and was amazed! The noise was completely gone and the colors were remarkably restored. The Photoshop work is going to be a piece of cake.
6. The price is unbelievable for what you get. I've seen scanners costing much, much more that aren't nearly as good as this one.
In summary, Epson has come up with a real winner. I really can't find anything negative to say. If you're looking for a quality scanner at a great price, look no further. This is the one!



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