Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner/ 4800 x 9600 dpi

I used this scanner to scan approximately 1,000 photos over the course of about 2 weeks. It scanned without incident. The colors of the photos were cleaned up by the scanner and software. I bought this on clearance for $19 at a retailer, brand new in the box. I scanned all the photos and gave USB thumb drives to my family. A monumental task scanning all the photos, but well worth it to have them in digital format for emailing and such.

So far, I've really enjoyed working with the scanner - it's so much quicker than the scanners I've been used to. I haven't tried the negative or slide scanner yet but plan to when I get the time. I believe it was worth the cost and the wait.

I purchased this scanner to use on a very large 35mm slide conversion project. I had 6,000 slides to convert to digital format! The project took me over 4 months to complete while I fit it in between other work. During the entire time, the scanner worked like a champ!! It worked flawlessly and I was very pleased with it. All 6,000 slides have been converted as of today. I can't say enough good things about this scanner's durability, accuracy and quality. I'm very pleased with it and can strongly recommend it to anyone who wants a good scanner to convert slides to digital format.

The Epson Perfection V500 exceeded my expectations for a film scanner. I bought it to occasionally scan 35mm and 120 film. I'll use the reflective scan option to scan contact sheets and prints as well. I've owned the unit for one year and seven months and all of the sudden I'm getting a red line down the middle of the glass. Honestly, I would be surprised if I have 50 scans on the thing.Luckily the red line is out of the area where I scan film, but now it's useless for reflective scans because of the location of the line.I miss the days of buying new computer hardware because you wanted to upgrade, not because you needed to replace.

I received the package on time and in good order. I had realized that I made an error with my order, so I repackaged it and returned it to the seller. I had to finally contact them to ask about my refund. There was some confusion about where it was returned, though I had a return receipt and gave them that information. They promised to take care of it, but they have not done so. They received the package on July 17th. I have e-mailed them repeatedly, but they do not respond.

My mother in law gave me this for Christmas and I love it. It was so easy to set up and use. I am now obsessed scanning. As a former model before digital cameras were around, we used to have to develop and print only the best pic. I am now scanning my slides and negatives and loving the results. I will get to my personal photo albums next. It will be great to finally get rid of the huge box of albums I have. I will back it all up on CD's and carry that when I move!

Will not recognize or scan slides. Followed directions in manual, on several websites, and various forums. Tried all the different modes, especially Professional....nothing. Nothing works. It just scans a copy of four slides sitting in the slide holder, but does not scan them individually.

I loved this at first, but now I cannot use it. It started creating a vertical red line two inches from the left on my scanned images. If I scan anything, I have to make sure that what I'm scanning will fit on one side or the other of where the red line will show up. Epson has NO customer service--not even an 800#. I've found out that there's really nothing I can do but buy a new one. I'm going to go with Canon this time and hope for the best. Otherwise, it really did a great job before all this happened.