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Get professional quality results from virtually any photographic original with the Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner. With groundbreaking 6400 dpi resolution, this powerful scanner consistently delivers precision color and detail, whether scanning slides, negatives or medium format film. With a 4.0 Dmax, it offers exceptional image quality, excellent detail in shadow areas and remarkable tonal range. But, the Epson Perfection V700 Photo goes one step further. With its Dual Lens System, this innovative product automatically selects from two lenses for the desired scan resolution. Plus, with Digital ICE Technologies, you can easily remove dust and scratches from film, and many types of surface defects from prints, minimizing costly retouching. And, with the convenient film holders included, you can even batch scan multiple slides and negatives to increase productivity. The Epson Perfection V700 Photo represents a breakthrough in flatbed scanning by offering the highest optical scan resolution (6400 dpi) available for photo studio applications. This powerful performer gives you the industry's leading scanner technologies, all right at your fingertips.

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Get professional quality results from virtually any photographic original with the Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner. With groundbreaking 6,400 dpi resolution, this powerful scanner consistently delivers precision color and detail, whether scanning slides, negatives or medium-format film. With a 4.0 Dmax optical resolution, it offers exceptional image quality, excellent detail in shadow areas and remarkable tonal range. 48-bit color and 16-bit grayscale provide subtle shades and accurate color reproduction for everything from professional slides to simple business documents.

Epson Perfection v700 Scanner with built-in 8' x 10' transparency unit

Professional quality film and photo scanning
But, the Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner goes one step further than typical home scanners. With its Dual Lens System, this innovative product automatically selects from two lenses for the desired scan resolution. Plus, with Digital ICE Technologies, you can easily remove dust and scratches from film, and many types of surface defects from prints, minimizing costly retouching. And, with the convenient film holders included, you can even batch scan multiple slides and negatives to increase productivity. This powerful performer gives you the industry’s leading scanner technologies, all right at your fingertips.

Flexible Options, Comprehensive Software
The Epson Perfection V700 Photo is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows operating systems, and includes FireWire and hi-speed USB 2.0 interfaces. Its comprehensive software package includes LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast SE 6, Adobe Photoshope Elements, ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus OCR, Epson Copy Utility and Epson Scan with Epson Easy Photo Fix Technology. Epson also provides a one-year warranty covering parts and service.



What's in the Box
Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner - with DIGITAL ICE technologies, 8' x 10' transparency unit (built into lid), four film holders: 35mm negatives, 35mm slides, medium format and 4' x 5', 8' x 10' film area guide, CD-ROM with Epson Scan software and productivity applications, CD-ROM with Adobe Photoshop Elements, CD-ROM with LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast SE6, hi-speed USB 2.0 cable, Epson setup sheet, AC adapter and power cable









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Customer Rating: - Four half stars, mostly perfect but not quite. For serious photographers.
My father in law, who has been scanning in thousands of slides, negatives and photos going back at least 60 years brought samples of every kind of photographic data to my house to test out this scanner.

In the past I have scanned in many, many 35mm with a Canonscan 9950F.
This scanner needed more stringent evaluation, it is obviously a powerhouse designed for serious users.

We set up on DELL XPS 600 with Windows XP. Hardware setup easy, even for beginners. Someone with experience would not even need directions.


Tried the scanner with 35mm slides, 35mm negatives, black and white color photos of different levels of quality. It worked well with all of them and was able to restore poor quality photos automatically. He had some slides that are in 7mm square cardboard frames (Ektacrome) takes more creativity to fit into the holders and has to be sort of kludged together. Those of us with some really old photographic material would appreciate the flexibility to perhaps purchase other holders for stranger sizes. Understandably, they would not be included since most people would not need them.

Color restoration on AutoScan was ok, but not Photoshop quality.
Professional mode has many good choices of setting and produced superb results. Digital Ice works well to remove dust.

We could not figure out how to do multiple scans in professional mode. This may be due to the designers figuring that if you are using professional mode that you want to tweak the inputs yourself. Went to create new field for storage and everything disappeared and had to spend time figuring out where the scan was sent.


It is an excellent idea that that transparency feature is built into the machine. Top does not flop down easily, might not seem like a big deal but makes the media much easier to load when you don't have to hold up the top with one hand. Scanning multiple pages to pdf is great and very functional. The computer file user guide was useful.

This is not a scanner for you if you want a simple product to input a few family photos. If you are serious about digitizing years worth of photos or want to do specific detail work with your pictures then you may want to invest in it. It has more flexibility than most scanners for digitizing images.

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Customer Rating: - If This Scanner Were a Man, I'd Marry It
My first scanner was an itty bitty Canon LiDE 30 and from there I moved up to an HP all in one that didn't scan any better or faster, then I got an Epson V500 photo and slide scanner and was in scanner heaven. I scanned my slides without effort and was a very happy scanner.

Now along comes the Epson V700. Boy I thought the V500 was big. This baby makes that baby look like a baby. This is one humongous scanner. But does size make a scanner good. I don't know, but this is one super scanner. With the V500 I could scan four slides at once, but now I can do an even dozen. Imagine, scanning a dozen slides at the same time.

I am so giddy every time I slide something onto the tray to scan, this is really a professional piece of equipment. Gotta have room for it though, because as I said, it's big, but it works a treat. The scans are beautiful. The V500 is the queen of scanners, of that I have no doubt, but the V700 is truly the king of scanners. It is simply a beautiful machine. If it were a man I'd divorce my husband and marry it, that's how much I love this machine.

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Customer Rating: - Good scanner
So far I am really happy with this scanner. Images are sharp and the color is accurate. You can scan 4 strips of negatives at a time, or 12 slides at a time, which is important to me because I still have a lot of film to scan. My other scanners only scan 2 strips of negatives, or 4 slides at a time. About the only thing I can really find fault with is it's appearance; it's big and ugly, but so what?

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Customer Rating: - Great scanner - more than does the job!
Epson Perfection V700 Photo Color Scanner

The Epson Perfection V700 is a dual lens scanner with documents, photo and slide capability, although its primary use would be to digitize large quantities of slides.

Four plastic slide holders are included, two for film strips, one for medium format and 4 x 5 negatives and one for slides (12 slide capacity). They do the job, but as has been noted elsewhere, they are flimsy. A slide-in white-backed panel allows print and document scanning.

Set-up was straightforward on my Windows XP computer with minimal directions provided in a large fold-out illustrated sheet. Included is a two-part power plug, USB cable, three software discs and a Silverfast manual. An online User's Guide is included.

Installation was straight-forward and took about five minutes. Make sure you follow directions and install the software before plugging in the USB cable.

My first test scans were accomplished easily (this scanner is fast!) and with excellent results.
As noted by another reviewer, I found the Silverfast software cumbersome and chose to use the Epson scanning software. Photoshop Elements 5 is included in this bundle, and I made adjustments with this program but find I am used to my Photoshop so will use that instead. Photos scanned to 48 bits on this 6400dpi are considerably faster and cleaner than with my Epson 1650. I am impressed.

I have yet to begin scanning my considerable slide stash, but based on the reports of other, I am certain the results for my older slides will be equally spectacular, especially when using the included Digital Ice feature for scratch and dust removal.