Average User Rating: 80% (30 Reviews)
5 / 5	Excellent Value Cumbria "lakesgirl" - 1 November 2007 Purchased in order to scan 35mm slides, choice based on the many excellent reviews. This is not my first Epson scanner, and as with all the others, I only use the Epson driver. Have never liked the packaged Epson software and no doubt the software supplied with the V200 will be no different. The driver, in contrast is excellent; it has 3 modes of operation according to the degree of complexity/control required. But even the "pro" mode is easy to use, provides great control, and overall, the results are stunning. I either use the driver, ie Epson Scan, on its own, or use it in conjuction with my editor, Photoshop Elements. Whilst not expecting a cheap scanner to be optically capable of 4800x9600, the results are particularly sharp and the colours are strong and true. The only criticism I could make is that one has to take care when inserting the 35mm slides into the frame. In summary, an excellent scanner at this price.... Read Full Review »
5 / 5	Exceptional Value Robert Rand (UK) - 10 November 2007 I bought this scanner primarily for 35mm slides & negs. It does a very good job - scanner software is comprehensive - particularly pro mode. I was a bit worried about the price - it seemed very reasonably priced (cheap!) - but it is just fine. Also works beautifully with Vista Home Premium - no problems at all with use or supplied software. The only possible fault is that the instructions are only available 'on line' - not as a download or even pdf.... Read Full Review »
5 / 5	excellent value D. L. Doyle (Loughborough UK) - 25 September 2007 I am a photographer and bought this for a client to complete a specific job of digitising over 1000 transparancies. Set up was fairly quick and simple to follow on screen instructions. I have already scanned a few transparencies and found the results excellent. The trans were over 20 years old and taken by an amateur but the restoration button improved dramatically. I will finish these in Photoshop but for those not conversant with image manipulation the bundled and integral software will serve you well. I scanned 6 trans at a time in the film holder but there is a holder for 4 mounted slides. took about 6-7 minutes. I paid £70 at PC world for this and find it superb value. ... Read Full Review »
4 / 5	Not perfect, but good value. Drowning Witch (Glasgow. UK.) - 7 December 2007 Like other reviewers. I bought this machine primarily to scan slides and negatives, and I have to say I'm well impressed for the money. Like a lot of computing-related equipment, you pay more for speed rather than quality, I find that at higher resolutions it can take about 10 minutes to scan 4 mounted trannies, but thankfully the 720dpi setting does fine, providing a file size of about 1.2-1.4MB, which is about as sharp as a lot of my slides are! Printing them to A4 size shows very good colour saturation and no pixellation at all. It's not the most sturdy-feeling device, the film holder being particularly flimsy, but if you're as careful handling it as you should be your slides, it should be ok. I also think the supplied software, particularly the Arcsoft image editing kit is excellent, considering the price of the thing. In answer to the reviewer who complained about the layout of the machine, I'm right-handed and it sits easily on the right side of my desk, and I have no problems with it, indeed I would find using such a device on my left hand side very awkward. Overall, 4 out of 5, I wouldn't expect to use it professionally, but for a home user or for a once only job of scanning all your old film onto PC, it does the job well.... Read Full Review »
1 / 5	Tony Cassandra - 13 October 2007 I was really disappointed by the software that came with this scanner. The scanner can do a lot but is let down by software that assumes that all you want to do is to scan 35mm film. I have many 126 format negatives which should not be a problem scanning except the software cannot be configured for any other frame size. I also have many B&W 120 and 127 negatives that I want to scan - but it can only scan 35mm negatives. The light source is not big enough for anything bigger - not even 35mm negative slides. The product description should really be updated to include the fact this scanner can only scan 35mm negatives and 35mm positive slides. Anything else is beyond it.... Read Full Review »