Comments on: Why Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner is Better Than a Lab

By: Phogulum

Phogulum — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:30:07 +0000

I just scanned my parents’ slide collection with nearly 2000 photos in it and I know how much work it is. That’s why I think you should choose Epson V700. With it you can scan 12 slides at the time while V600 holder holds only 4 slides. For collections of 1000+ I think this is big difference if you have to load scanner 84 or 250 times. Epson’s software “Epson Scan” has two easy modes – “full automatic” and “home”. Both are very easy to use and provides two options for color restoration. Anyway I suggest to download a newer version of this software from Epson’s homepage under support section. Talking about speed, I used resolution 2400 dpi that is enough for A4 prints and scanning twelve slides took less than 10 minutes. That is the time between reloads which can be used for reading a book, surfing the Internet or making a coffee

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:21:33 +0000

I am buying my parents a slide scanner for my dad’s 75th birthday. They have the classic 1000+ slide archives that we want to digitize. We need a balance between speed, quality and ease of use…with an emphasis on ease of use. My parents will only use automated settings with minimal to no post processing (they are EXTREMELY basic tech users). I have the money to get them the v700, but worry that it may over complicate things. I’m pretty sure the quality difference between the two is pretty minimal for their eyes, but what is the speed and out of the box experience difference between the two? Is the v600 easier to use? Especially if they aren’t post processing much at all (no Photoshop).

Thanks, V

By: Epson V700 Scanner

Epson V700 Scanner — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:42:53 +0000

Undoubtedly, Epson V700 is one of the bests canner. I recently got a chance to review few scanners and Epson V700 and Canon 8800F were the best.

By: Phogulum

Phogulum — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:24:12 +0000

There are no film holders for 110 film with Epson V700 in standard but seems that the holder is available for example in the ebay. If you're choosing between Epson V600 and Epson V700, it will come to what you're planning to do with it. Epson V600 doesn't have as good image quality as V700 but still much better than cheap flatbed scanners. Also V600 lets you scan only two 35 mm, one 120 film strips or four slides at the time. If that's enough and you don't need high end scanning quality, then Epson V600 should probably do the trick.

By: sheryl

sheryl — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:59:15 +0000

Will the negative holder holder 110 size film strips from 70′s? Would the Epson V600 work as well? In market for scanner that holds 110 strips and 7mm film would also be big great feature for under 300$. Thanks for your opinion!