Epson - Perfection V600 Photo Scanner - Black

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 a great scanner. Very easy to install and operate. Can scan in both color and black and white, negatives and prints. Documents too. I am extremely happy with my purchase and would recommend this product to anyone. I’ve included a picture from a scanned negative, which shows the quality of the transfer at 300dpi (can be adjusted).

I'm only giving this two stars, because I've discovered it will crop the edges of photos when lined up with the edge of the glass, as you would when making a xerox copy (see pic). I dug around in the manual and it says, if this happens, to move the picture about 3 to 6 mm from each edge when scanning. I thought the idea of butting up pics and docs into the top right corner (where the arrow is) was to keep it aligned! I find this extremely annoying, and fortunately, I've had this less than a week, so it's going back a.s.a.p.

Let me start by saying I am a photo snob and am mainly using it to scan 35mm and 120(Medium Format) film. The film holders the scanner comes with come be a bit more durable and could clasp better to the film but they work(4/5). For a better film holder use the Lomography Digitalizer 35mm or 120. The quality of the scans are worth it though, when set to 2400 dpi you can't expect much better for the price(saying that in a positive way). I would buy one again if this one ever breaks on me for any reason.

I was using a less expensive scanner and wanted better quality. This make and model was worth the cost. Not much adjustment needed . The ice feature is very slow but works well. I'm glad I bought it.

It works good scanning negatives and photo's .. I work with a lot of old photos and scan them larger to work on ... this scanner does a great job with the photos..

This scanner meets my needs for scanning photos and especially scanning negatives. Scanning negatives was my main goal and it is handling it well. I downloaded the scanning software from Epson's website and it is very usable. The dust removal option is good and there are other useful features. The negative holder is a little flimsy, but when you get used to it and put the leading edge of your negatives under the retaining clips, it works well. I am using this with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 and that is working well for me. You can get a 30 day trial from their website for a no risk evaluation of it.

This scanner is great because of all the things it can do and the high DPI is a really nice feature that a lot of other scanners at or below this price range can do. Unfortunately I had to return the unit because it was overkill for what I needed it for and it does have a rather large footprint. If you have the space for it and need something to scan a ton of photos, film, slides or documents, this scanner should fit your needs perfectly.