Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner Review

[mhrfg]

So will this scan any old photographs on to a computer/laptop? Because I need such a device..

[DanielHjorthPhoto]

Are you going to use a green screen again? :-) That would be cool :-)

[davomrmac]

@DanielHjorthPhoto Possibly in the future.

[discy12345]

thanks so much! my granddad wants to scan his old negatives and you helped my decide very well :).

[afrocubanita1969]

Nice Review...! ;-)

[davomrmac]

@afrocubanita1969 Thanks.

[DontLookNowButUrGone]

how long does it take to scan a negative (without digital ice and retouching)?

[landini8550]

so that will scan negitaves from cameras and transphere them to your computer am i correct

[redmirror2]

Good review...

[avalyn5]

what a complete waste of time

[amirborhani]

what type of software is the best

[davomrmac]

@amirborhani I scan direct from in Photoshop, works a treat.

[viktoriomatta]

Dificult to compare scanners if we do not know how fast they are. Maybe you reviewers could show us how fast it scans on different modes and dpi-s. That would be very very usefull for all of us viewers. People generally have a particular need and to fulfil that they buy goods. For example HP multi-function printers scan too on low dpi-s and they are fast too. Again, on low resulution. So if you need a scanner for low res like books or magazines, than it may be good enough.

[LaserSoft5445]

Try to run your Epson Perfection with SilverFast scanner software to get maximum quality. Check out our youtube channel for more information about SilverFast

[rednwhite100]

@rednwhite100 . Thanks reply, Dave. I know there are cheap, slow little toys. Are there any "professional, high quality negative scnners? Names? Thanks very much.

[davomrmac]

@rednwhite100 I would try and find an older Nikon model.

[szekelybicska]

this is the worst review ever.. commercial junk

[daleclara]

Thanks for the help Dave good reivew

[davomrmac]

@daleclara Thank you for watching.

[divolt]

Thanks, Dave. The quick scan time due to the LED lamp did it for me. I'm off buying one. Cheers!

[davomrmac]

@divolt Nice to know, thanks.

[gugs2]

this can't be called a review, it is just a short commercial describing SOME features without any details, the scanner has not even been connected or used and no evaluation of speed or quality has been done. Close to the worst review ever.

[vossbra]

Thanks for the reivew. I have hundreds of medium format color negatives given to me by my wedding photographer a year after my wedding, so I have ownership of the professional negatives for use, but really want to digitalize all of them to make a book, and just to preserve them from age. Would this be an appropriate tool for what I want to do (which is preserve and re-print in good ( up to 11x14 print size) resolution? I am medium on tech-savy scale.

Thanks! Anne

[davomrmac]

@vossbra Hello Anne, this would be a good choice, however with hundreds of negatives it might be worth looking at a dedicated scanner that would be a lot faster.

[rednwhite100]

@davomrmac

thanks for the Epson V500 review. i too have 1,000's of negatives to scan. You mention a "dedicated" scanner. I will be so gratful if you would advise what you mean please. thanks

[davomrmac]

@rednwhite100 A scanner that is not flatbed, it only scans slides and/or negatives.

[VanMedia]

@davomrmac does it auto-crop each page you scan? does the default software do that? i

[davomrmac]

@VanMedia Yes.

[VanMedia]

@davomrmac thanks for the reply, do you know if the epson v300 auto crops? i searched google and found nothing. also your channel is great, YOU ACTUALLY REVIEW SCANNERS, most of the videos on youtube are just either fake, or just advertisement for the scanner, none of them are reviews. so thanks for making these videos!

[davomrmac]

@VanMedia Not 100% sure, but it uses the same software I think, so I would expect it to. I would suggest going on the Epson website, go to support, do an online chat with them to confirm.

[111Socrates777]

you review something but do not show us hands-on results from the product?

[axt947]

What review? All he did was mention specs. It was neccessary to spend the first 25 seconds showing us he's a gadget addict either.

[shinmiura0227]

This is one of the worst reviews I've ever seen.

[JoeTierno]

Thank you.  You did a very nice job.

Joe

[lucirz]

how fast does it scan? im more concerned about speed. the as long as quaity is somewhat decent, then im fine. but i need fast scan so i can scan books in my school library so that i do not have to buy books for class :D

[sparklerbombg]

to anybody who reads

i have an image 4 in long and 8 in wide. i scan it and brighten the color. so, now, i press file and print(cant do it from my copier/printer because it copies and prints the image but its not lightened) and when it prints its prints 1 third the size, how do i fix it so it goes back to normal size???

[pksmb1120]

We have an HP scanner at work and it does a preview scan of multiple slides at once and automatically crops the photos, but most of the time I have to adjust the crop areas on each photo before doing the final scan. Then, on the final scan, the scanner goes back and scans each slide individually, which is very time consuming. Can the software on this scanner scan all slides at once, crop them and put them in each their own file by doing one sweep? It would save a lot of time if it can do that.

[davomrmac]

I didn't test that TBH. However, from past experience I am pretty sure it can.

[sillyfatjj]

hey was wonderin if you could help

you mention fullframe adaptors and i was wondering if there is a 35mm fullframe adaptor? that would scan all the way past the perferations?

because i need a scanner from which i can scan the entire negative for contact sheets

[cHaRrOcK]

does it scans medium format film??

[akanathan]

Yeah I think it does....if not this model the one above it does.

[Goholga]

this scanner looks really good. I have to get one! thanks for the review

[cazthegamer]

congratulations on getting featured!

[davomrmac]

Many thanks.

[HPHQ10]

sweet new intro

[davomrmac]

Sorry, I deleted someone's comment. The green screen I am using was from ebay... it is very tricky to get a good key, though my October videos will be greatly improved.

[yoyo10231995]

It works really well!

[yoyo10231995]

I love that blue background. Are you using a green screen?

[davomrmac]

Yes.

[kylemcc899]

New intro looks awesome!

I wish i had that printer so jealous :P

[the0beast21]

i really love the new intro

keep up the good work Dave

[MrIPodable]

nice review

FIrst :)