Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Color Scanner by Epson
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Digital camera reviews of Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Color Scanner
Digital camera Review: Epson V750 initial use
Summary: 5 Stars
At this point I have scanned a number of 35mm, 120 sq. & 6x12 transparencies. The results are beyond my expectations. A comprehensive manual would have been a welcome addition to the package.Digital camera Review: Epson V750-M is nice, but 4800 dpi is marketing hype
Summary: 4 Stars
In October 2007 my lab bought an Epson V750-M scanner. This is my second experience with it, having had a previous lab buy one in May 2006, soon after its introduction. The SilverFast software is ok, but I usually use Hamrick's VueScan Pro ($90, www.hamrick.com), because I often want its 16-bit "raw" (tiff) mode, where the data goes straight to disk (gamma = 1). I also have a lot of use for the V750-M's infrared scan mode, which is easy to set in VueScan Pro.
The 4800 dpi mode is just marketing hype. You would need your specimen to be in perfect focus to make use of this setting. An 24-bit RGB 8.5x11 inch scan is 1.3 Gigabytes, so a 4800 dpi scan would be 4x that size! Even at 2400 dpi, I needed to put a pile of copier paper on top of an archival warped photo in order to flatten it reasonably well (I bought the V750-M specifically because it has a large gap between the glass platen and full size transparency lid - I have thick objects to scan). On the positive side, at 2400 dpi, the way too fine to read by eye inscriptions/miniature photos on a colleagues family tree was easily read on the computer monitor after scanning (I further improved the readibility in Photoshop by switching to 8-bit monochrome mode, unsharp masking [filter menu - sharpen - unsharp mask: 100%, 5 or 15, 0], and contrast adjusting so that min and max intensity sliders were at the X-axis asymptotes of the histogram peak in Image - adjust(ments) - Levels.
Of course you 9or I) should not be scanning full page specimens at 4800 dpi. Professionally, I am a light microscopist, and one application for this scanner is to scan biomedical microsope slides. I have previously scanned and posted on the Internet a "whole slide image' of a mouse ( http://home.earthlink.net/~tiki_goddess/ ) using a Microtek 35mm slide scanner (Microtek 4000tf/Pathscan unit). The slide scanner does a much better job focusing and resolving fine details than the Epson V750-M. That said, unsharp masking improves the apparent sharpness of slide images from both scanners, with the Microtek being superior (also a bit more expensive at time of purchase 2 years ago).
The optical density range (a.k.a. Dmax) is ok, but a bit hyped, as tested using calibrated optical density step tablets and Edmund Scientific neutral density filters.
The Epson V750-M is far superior to any flatbed scanner from several years ago. If you are going to use it at high resolution (2400 dpi or higher), buy lots of computer RAM (RAM is cheap!), though recognize that Microsoft Windows (all versions) does silly things allocating RAM for applications.
Printing high resolution scans - there are now plenty of commercial and academic facilities that can print large enough posters to take advantage of your high resolution (i.e. 2400 dpi) scans. For example, my University photo place (http://calder.med.miami.edu/biomed/graphics.html) charges $8/square foot for archival quality prints on their Epson Stylus Pro 10600 printer ("up to 44" wide" in one direction, can be a very long banner in the other direction if you want). My calculations are that the family tree artwork I scanned for a colleague (~16x10", left and right scans merged in Photoshop) should look great printed full height on the Epson (i.e. ~64x40", for about $200 - not counting the price of an appropriate frame for his living room wall).
Digital camera Review: Epson perfection v-750
Summary: 1 Stars
I was most disapointed with this almost $[...] scanner. It's made of 100% plastic and has no weight to it. I bought it to replace a failing 6 year old Microtek Artixscan 1800f, which must weigh almost twice the Epson. The Epson arrived defective out of the box, small pieces of grey plastic attached to the underside of the glass. I ran a few quick scans with it, and the scans look ok, but the cover for the transparency unit is white, which can cause a small amount of image flare(all other scanners use a black background to avoid this). I did not use the negative scanning unit since I still have a working Microtek which scans negatives and transparencies without having to remove a cover sheet and scan through glass . I am so sorry that Microtek is no longer selling in the US or I would have bought a M-1 from them. Now, there are no other choices availalbe for a pro level scanner except this one or its twin, the V-700Digital camera Review: Excellent Multi-format Scanner
Summary: 4 Stars
I've first heard about this Epson scanner about 8 months ago and was very interested in its 6400 dpi scanning resolution capability. With that kind of resolution you can get decent prints from even Super 8 movie film. Check out the very thorough review of the V750 at the Photo-i.co.uk website.
After just a week of having this scanner now, I'm impressed with the very good film (slides and negatives) scans it produces. As noted in the above listed review though, the film holders are rather flimsy. For odd sized film, you basically just lay the film flat on the glass. This supposedly can produce ring type artifacts; but I haven't noticed any.
The User's Guide on the included CD isn't all that self-explanatory. For the price of this scanner, it would seem that Epson could at least provide a paper User's Guide that could be more detailed.
I haven't tried any of the included software yet. The scanner works fine as is.
Other than the cheap film holders and User's Guide, I'm very satisfied with it. This is a scanner that is competitive with much more expensive dedicated film scanners and can scan a wide assortment of film formats as well as just regular flat paper scans.
Digital camera Review: Excellent Performance
Summary: 5 Stars
This scanner is a top notch performer. I have scanned 300 slides so far and the quality of the scans is amazing. These slides ranged in age from 55 to 35 years old and if the color in the slide had faded the Epson's color enhancing capability restored the color almost to original quality. I have then viewed those slides on a 42 inch flat screen (using Apple TV) and the images are crisp, clear and full color. If you have slides/negatives/pictures to scan and quality is important, this is the scanner to buy.Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Color Scanner