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: Perfection that Justifies the Investment
Summary: 5 Stars
Make no mistake, this is an expensive scanner. I purchased it to digitise slides, film and art. I bought this scanner several years ago, but started using it this year. The quality is breath-taking, so I cam on to write a review.
Slides: I am scanning in slides from WWII at the moment and they are almost 3D; I can see right into the image. You can scan 12 slides at a time, and the scanner automatically scans each one as a separate image. Dead easy.
There are 3 modes: basically fully or semi automatic, or pro fully manual. You can make a lot of edits on the fly. It's fast, quiet, and looks good on a desk.
But it's the quality that justifies the price. I agree with other reviewers who indicate that this is as good as it gets without spending significantly more. I've also had several other scanners. If you can step up in price, it's worth it. I figured I'm saving by doing it myself, and I just want to do it once, so I want to have very good quality images.
I back up everything from school photos to important documents, and I've not come across anything that this scanner has not handled. It's really stood the test of time, and I've now got a lot of hours on it sans problem.
Digital camera Review: Pricey But Worth Every Penny...
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are serious about getting high-quality scans from 35mm transparencies, as well as larger formats, this is your scanner. I am in the process of scanning hundreds of old slides of India and am bowled over by the quality of the images, even before tweaking them in Photoshop CS2. The V750-M Pro is worth every penny of its purchase price. I intended to buy the Epson Perfection 4990, but its lack of availability forced me into buying the V750, which I am very glad I did, after having a bad experience with a high-end MicroTek scanner.Digital camera Review: Resolution is over rated
Summary: 3 Stars
My application is probably more demanding than usual, so my rating may be lower than most. In my application I was looking to see if this scanner was capable of replacing the $40,000 plus Eversmart Supreme scanner made by Creo/Kodak. The Epson scanner has a higher rated maximum resolution, but in the end you get what you paid for.
The Epson has probably an effective maximum resolution of around 3000 dpi. The key limitation of this scanner versus higher end professional scanners is that it appears to have very limited focusing ability so even if it might possibly have the CCD resolution to go above 6000 dpi, it scans blurry images so you really can only resolve around 3000 dpi at best. Understand when I say blurry, I mean blurry for a 6000 dpi kind of image. For 2400 dpi images they'll look just fine. So the Epson scanner will make a very solid 2400 dpi scanner.
The $40,000 plus Eversmart scanners can get around 5600 dpi with good autofocus across it's entire scannable area.
Conclusion. For the price of one Eversmart scanner you can buy a bunch of Epson scanners and still have money left over to buy an expensive car. However, for specialized business applications where you need to scan in excess of 4000 dpi, the Epson will not meet your needs.
Digital camera Review: Sharp images intuitive to use.
Summary: 5 Stars
Quick setup, intuitive controls and function. Sharp images (extremely clear and sharp dust specks) correctable using the enclosed software. Contrast and brightness needs correction by editing. So far like it very much.
Somewhat bulky on the desk. Scans 12x35mm slides at a time. By the time I've selected the 12 images, put them into the slide holder, scanned, edited and assigned a name and replaced the slides in the box -- that's about all I can do in an evening. Maybe I'll get quicker and slicker as I learn.
Thousands of slides to go, but such nostalgia!
Digital camera Review: Streaks and banding on some transparencies
Summary: 3 Stars
If you plan on scanning transparencies, beware of a problem that afflicts the similar Epson V700 and V750 pro scanners - depending on where you place your negative in the film holder, and depending on the density of the negative, you may see slight streaks or banding in parts of your scans. There are multiple posts about this on various photography forums, and the consensus seems to be that there is no foolproof fix, and that dealing with Epson support is a hassle.
We are experiencing this problem - it happens with dense negatives (e.g. negatives that are of photos of bright areas/sky) but we can work around it by always placing negatives on the left side of the scanner.
UPDATE SUMMER 2009:
We worked with Epson high-level support about this issue. They provided us with a new set of film holders; although these holders did reduce the problem a bit, they did not totally fix it. My guess is this problem is inherent in the design of the scanner, and based on what I've read on various photography forums, Epson scanners aren't the only ones that can be affected.