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I’d been thinking for a long time about weather to get the V800 or V850. As a professional photographer I demand high res scans. This can be very costly if you have them done by your processing lab £25+ per roll of 120 film. Plus you often only want one or two frames not the whole film. The V850 offers all the whistle and bells but at a price. If you have a high work output the V850 is probably the way to go with it’s two sets of film holders and marginally faster scan times. However I’m a fine art and landscape photographer so speed and high out put is not essential as I’m often working with just a few frames at a time so the V800 is more than up to the job and will save you a couple of hundred pounds. Both the Epson and Silver Fast 8 software are very good though the Silver fast takes a bit of getting use to. The scan quality for a 6x6 or 6x4/5 meg is exceptional producing tiff files of around 160mb. I’ve had these blown up to 20x20 exhibition size and the quality is spot on. The dust reduction is excellent and a must with flat bed scanners. If you want to squeeze the most out of the V800 upgrade the SilverFast software to the Ai this will give you multi exposure which will bring more detail out of shadow areas and the option to calibrate it. SilverFast offer a discount so it will cost you around £80. This will virtually bring the V800 on a par with the V850Read full review
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This is the third model of scanner I've owned. The previous two were also Epson scanners so I had faith in the name alone. In terms of resolution, DMax, and speed it is excellent. The Digital ICE film cleaning works a treat too, on colour film. However, ICE doesn't work with true black and white film such as Ilford FP4+, Kodak T-Max etc. In order to get clean scans from these films all dust must be removed from the light path between the LED and the TPU. This is where the V800 fails badly. To help keep the film flat, the film holders are fitted with ANR material made not from glass but perspex - no matter how much I tried, using blowers, compressed air, anti-static brushes, I found it impossible to remove the dust from the perspex. Third-party solutions are available, but this scanner costs enough as it is. It is beyond me why Epson have fitted the film holders with perspex inserts, because they make the scanning of film other than colour or chromogenic black and white (Ilford XP2, for instance) un-workable.Read full review
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Fairly simple to use and excellent image quality for a flatbed. Scans look as good as those produced from a dedicated scanner (Plustek) in my opinion but the convenience of being able to scan 12 slides or 18 negs in one go makes it so more user friendly. It’s quite large but appears to be fairly robust And well-made. Comes with free Epson Scan software which is basic but gets the job done and is ideal for batch scanning very quickly. The best images can always be re-scanned using the included Silverfast SE software which allows more control and tends to produce slightly better results, certainly when sharpening images or removing dust and scratches etc.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
So far I have only used this as a negative scanner for 35mm film. Once I got past the initial learning curve I have found it to be a good fast scanner. Being able to scan up to 18 negatives at a time is a real time saver and so I am able to proof my old negative collection at a steady pace. The initial problem I had with it was static on the negative carrier, however I bought a spray bottle of an antistatic solution, sprayed a soft microfibre spectacle cleaning cloth until it was barely damp and wiped it with that. It has largely cured the problem. The colours of the scans are good, the software differentiates between different film types very well and the grain and dust removal tools in the software are very effective. It comes in a large solid cardboard box which is an excellent storage case when not in use.Read full review
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This printer is absolutely amazing. I have read things online saying this one was not great for scanning medium format negatives but I had no problem at all. The images look great!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned