The Epson Perfection V500 Photo is one of the most impressive scanners yet for the price, delivering high-quality, fast scans in fully automatic mode.

High-quality scans for prints and film; LED light source eliminates warm-up time

A little weak on office tasks; but that's the trade-off you get for its focus on photos

Epson America recently started shipping the Perfection V500 Photo, its newest flatbed/film scanner. At a street price of around $250, this scanner is the first in its price range to feature a LED light source instead of a traditional fluorescent lamp.

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Decent Scans

Price

The first scanner I had was unacceptable. I wanted to scan old photos and make albums for each of my children. This epson scanner is incredible. Some of my pictures are 40+ years old but the color makes them look recent. It is easy to run, will scan four pictures at a time, and does so quickly.

Accurate Color; Easy To Set Up; Excellent Software; Good Resolution

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Accurate Color; Easy Setup; Excellent Software; Good Bit Depth; Good Resolution; Widely Compatible

The Mac Epson Scanner Driver & EPSON Scan Utility v3.9.4.0 software is downloadable from the Epson website. However you also need to download a Patch from the same page under Utilities EPSON Scan Common Updater v1.0.0. This will download the required patch.

I bought this scanner to scan negatives, as I had it's predecessor (HP reviewed on here as well).

Excellent speed and image quality; good price; holds 12 negatives

Difficult initial setup for me; odd resolution choices; small number of slides fit

Good scanner, and very pleasant seller. Does my 6x7 negs and transparencies perfectly. I always thought my EM-5 bested the results I obtained with my RB67 and carefully processed film, but I had not seen the negs for a while.

This scanner worked well once I figured out how to operate this item. Friends loved the picture I shared in Facebook. Finding the button that operate the scanner became an accomplishment. I am elated with this product.

My old printer had a scanner on it but for some reason it stopped working. So what I did was buy an Epson Perfection V500 Photo - flatbed scanner. IT didn't cost that much. I think I paid like $150 for it. Yes I know It sounds like a lot but really it isn't. Not for everything that it does.