Epson Perfection V500 Photo Flatbed Scanner

The Epson Perfection V500 Photo offers extraordinary quality and versatility with 6400 dpi resolution and an earth-friendly LED light source for greater productivity all at an amazing value. Remove dust and scratches from slides, negatives and film. Or, restore faded color photos with one touch.

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• Reviewed by: SJW826

  04-09-10

  Duration of ownership: 5 Months

  Strengths: no warm-up time, great resolution/output, great features/bottons on the front, easy to use

  Weaknesses:the bed fits a 8.5 x 11 piece of paper comfortably but I wish it was bigger (really not a weakness tho)

  Overall Evaluation: I originally had an HP scanner and thought it was amazing until I jumped ship and went with an Epson. This model is perfect for basic scanning but also awesome for pictures and items that require more detail. For around $200, I would high recommend this scanner to everyone. You won't be disappointed.

• Reviewed by: Mr_Bill03

  01-14-09

  Duration of ownership: 1 Months

  Strengths: good quality scans. Easy install (Mac OS X).

  Weaknesses:Bundled s/w is ancient.

  Overall Evaluation: A fundamentally good product, marred, IMO, by the inclusion of unsupported, ancient software in the bundle. Scanner itself was easy to set up. Produces good quality scans. At 6400 dpi and 24 bit color, a 35mm slide takes about 2 minutes and produces a .jpg of about 5MB. There is no printed manual, and the manual itself is very poorly organized. The slide holder only holds 4 slides. This is a big drawback if you are doing a lot of slides. My biggest beef is they included Photoshop Elements 3.0 (for Mac). My version keeps crashing when I run it. When I called Adobe, they told me that 3.0 is no longer supported and more or less laughed me off. The version in fact is 5 years old. Based on my experience, it won't run on OS X 10.5.5. So, in summary, good hardware and drivers, but the PE bundle is worse than useless. It cost me three calendar days and a couple of hours dealing with Adobe and their circular firing squad to get to the bottom line, which is buy some new software. I give it 4 stars because if you already own Photoshop, this problem is a non-issue.

• Reviewed by: kgivens

  04-09-08

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Start up time before scan much improved

  Weaknesses:Software still kludgy

  Overall Evaluation: I've been using Epson scanners for years; this is my fourth. It was an upgrade to a Perfection 4490. Functionally about the same, including the button layout and software. The higher resolution of the V500 has proved useful for transparency scans, but I most appreciate the shorter lamp warm-up time on this unit. However, I wish Epson would overall the software. After scanning, you have to maually close certain windows to proceed with the process, which seems like a stupid oversight. The software has had this glitch for as long as I have used their scanners.

• Reviewed by: Athenian

  04-03-08

  Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks

  Strengths: Fast scanning. Easy to use. Flexible handling. Powerful bundled software.

  Weaknesses:No printed manual and no way to print one yourself.

  Overall Evaluation: I was happy with my old scanner but the manufacturer decided not to supply Vista drivers so I found myself in the market for a new one. My wish list was simple: simple: high quality scans for both photos and slides. The Epson Perfection V500 more than fills the bill. Basic scanning is fast and easy with built-in buttons for regular scanning, scan to e-mail, and scan to PDF. It also includes a one-click copier utility. The scanner really shines though when it comes to the bundled software for image correction. By switching to "Professional Mode", I can access a whole range of options to enhance the photo as it is scanned and preview the effect of different options before generating the image file. This is one fantastic scanner!

• Reviewed by: gregaa53

  03-11-08

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  Strengths: Can't tell, won't power up.

  Weaknesses:Can't tell, won't power up.

  Overall Evaluation: I was very disappointed with Epson technical support. When I unpacked my Epson scanner it would not power up. I checked external power supply with a multi - meter and found than I had 118 volts in but no DC out. I called Epson's Non-toll free number and got a lady who could only read from a script. She was very rude and told me I'd have to take it to a service center about 60 miles away. So the bottom line is I'll be returning the scanner and stay away from Epson.

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