This scanner has been used for several weeks now with a few flat prints and hundreds of 2x2 slides, many of which were 60-80 years old and not stored in the most ideal conditions for 20-30 of those years. My family and I have been quite pleased with the outcomes of color restoration and scratch/dust removal by the software when operating in Auto mode at 600 dpi. Not all imperfections have been removed and the color is not fully restored but it's been remarkable how much better than expected the results have been. I have used the additional software that came with the system only a little bit and not enough to comment yet. Overall, this system has performed strongly to expectations. For full throughput of 4 slides at a time at 600 dpi, it operates at 75-80 seconds per slide. Straight forward software operation.

The Epson V600 is great scanner for a multitude of reasons. If you need it for single document scans, you could get away with a cheaper scanner but the quality of scan in this scanner is amazing. Apart from that, it works well as a photo scanner as well if you want to digitize photo books. I personally use the V600 for film scanning and although there are better but more expensive ways to go about film scanning, it is a good way to get my foot in. The problem really only arrives in the film scanning software. As of now, Epson Scan 2 is only available for MacOS users and it greatly reduces the time for scans in higher resolutions, with Windows being my main operating system, I can only use Epson Scan 1 and I find myself waiting 15+ minutes for 12 (twelve) 35mm exposures at 6400 DPI. Other than that, this is a great scanner for anyone looking to do sharp scans of anything really. And for those using this for film scans, The Epson Scan software comes with its own negative coloring but I find that the colors usually don’t come out the way I want them, but can be fixed in whatever editing suite you prefer to use. Pictured are some of my own film scans using the V600 after color processing on Lightroom

I bought the Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner to digitize Kodachrome slides and color and B&W film negatives. After successfully scanning over 500 film images, I am favorably impressed with the V600 - especially given the cost. The scanned images are very true to the originals. With a little practice and investigation of how the scanner captures images, I am very pleased with the outcomes. Two considerations: Learn how to best capture your particular images. Some of the features are less than intuitive, but can be easily learned. A bit of patience is handy. Understand the more images scanned and the scanned resolution will determine how long the scanning actually takes. Second, the supplied Epson photo editing software works, but I recommend shopping for a more recent photo edit software in the $50 - $100 range if you want to do a really great job of improving scanned images. Overall, I readily recommend the V600.

This is the best scanner I have ever used, and I have used a lot; been doing photography for 30 years, it scans everything from negatives to film slides, to photos that are old. The scanner has a great ability to scan many negatives all at once with the negative holder that comes with it. Also the transfer is very easily done through ICE and Silverfast and is easily transfered onto my hard drive or MacBook. It is really amazing to see all my old images come to life agin digitally!

I've used the Epson V600 to scan color photos and negatives and black and white negatives. In every case. It is speedy even scanning at 600 dpi. The light it uses to scan negatives requires no warmup time. Each scan is flawless; only rarely do I have to adjust the brightness and contrast curve, and only on a previously "impossible" negative (the church ceiling lighted only by windows is just as it was scanned, with no corrections.) It's like it does all the thinking for me. The spot removal function works wonders, though it does add considerably to scan time. so you need to keeps a dusting brush handy if you have neglected your negatives. I have not used the front-panel buttons because the way I placed it on my desk makes them unhandy, but the included EpsonScan software gives you total control of functionality. I do worry about the film carrier, which seems fragile because Epson put slides and film function on the same carrier (see the second photo.) I would have preferred the solution of my previous Epson scanner, which had separate masks for slides, 35mm film strips, and 120 negs. Well worth the price, especially if it has the stamina of my old Epson 4100 scanner, which gave me more than a decade of reliable service.