Epson Perfection V500 Scanner

[Graybeard]

Consumer Reports (Jan 08 issue) has a brief article stating that the Epson
V500 scanner has a 64000 dpi resolution and makes good 11x14 prints from a
35mm film scan.

Has anyone looked at this machine? I have an old Epson 3170 scanner, and
scanning 35 mm and 2-1/4 negs or positives is not particularly good.

I wonder if the V500 is worth spending $250 (retail) for.

Is anyone out there familiar with this machine?

Thanks for any input.
Graybeard

 

[tomm42]

Consumer Reports (Jan 08 issue) has a brief article stating that the Epson
V500 scanner has a 64000 dpi resolution and makes good 11x14 prints from a
35mm film scan.

Has anyone looked at this machine? I have an old Epson 3170 scanner, and
scanning 35 mm and 2-1/4 negs or positives is not particularly good.

I wonder if the V500 is worth spending $250 (retail) for.

Is anyone out there familiar with this machine?

Thanks for any input.
Graybeard

I have an Epson V700, I have found not much increase in effective
image resolution after 3200ppi, you can try but the scans tend to get
long time wise. That said the V700 scans are quite good, I have done
16x20s from 2400ppi scans from 2 1/4x 2 3/4 film and they look great.
Done a few scans of older 35mm transparency film and they hold the
grain well, the one problem of making big prints from 35mm. The V700
has very good dynamic range, good shadow detail. One nice scanner.

Tom