Epson V330 a Great scanner, November 24, 2010

I started researching scanners after my old Epson scanner went south. I say old because I had it for probably a decade and it worked really well. Since i don’t need to scan everyday, I wanted to find a reasonably priced scanner. I came upon the V330 and after reading reviews I thought I’d give it a try. The thing that sold me was the added ability to Scan old negatives and film slides… more on that later.

I found it works really well with my Mac and Image Capture, the utility app that comes with all Macs. That way I bypassed the Epson scanner app that came with the scanner. By using Image Capture I can adjust resolution and select whatever area I choose to scan. It works flawlessly! BUT, be sure to go to the Epson website and download the “fix-it” update for Image Capture.

Now to the scanning of old negatives and film slides. WOW! it works great with film slides (I don’t have any negatives to try scanning those). I used the Epson scanning software for this. It scans 4 slides at once. Some other reviewers complained about the the resolution being not so good. Apparently they didn’t figure out that resolution can be ADJUSTED! Epson offers 3 modes with their software: Home, Business, and Pro. When scanning slides I used the Home set. Here are my settings:

Document type: Positive Film (Slides are usually NOT negative picture)

Image Type: Color:

Destination: Other (allows you to set resolution)

Resolution: 400 dpi (Any more takes too long to scan, any less the picture looks fuzzy)

Target size: 4×6

Do NOT use color restoration. The pics can be adjusted much easier in other applications.

I’ve already scanned hundreds of pics. Once you do a few, you will get into a groove.

DOWNSIDE: The scanning of 4 pictures using the above method takes about 6 minutes. Find a good book to read while you wait and if you have hundreds of slides, be prepared to spend your evenings scanning:)

UPSIDE: Totally worth the money. I highly recommend the Epson V330 scanner!

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A very good scanner, September 10, 2010

I was looking for a scanner to process a lot of 35mm slides I had collected over the years.I also had many negatives and pictures to do, so when I purchased this Epson scanner from Amazon, I got started.

I was very happy with the results! The Perfection V330 Photo Scanner was easy to set up and use, and the results were very good-considering the slides were 30+years old.The negatives and pictures are also turning out quite nice.

I definately would recommend this multi-purpose V3300 scanner for anyone.

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Good scanner for the price, September 27, 2010

I ordered this scanner based on a recommendation in a recent issue of Popular Photography magazine. I’ve had it for almost a month now and have used it mostly for scanning 35mm slides (up until a few years ago when I bought a digital camera, my primary film for shooting was slide film). I have scanned some older b&w and color photo prints as well, ranging in size from 2×3 inches to 8×10 inches.

The scanner powers up quickly and scans accurately. I wish the resolution on the slides was better (sharper), but for printed photos the resolution is excellent.

The scanner includes software for photo retouching & fixing, but I’ve not yet used that as I already have Corel (formerly Jasc’s) Paint Shop Pro (“poor man’s Adobe Photoshop”). The scanner produces the images as jpg files and uses an Epson color space scheme, but my Paint Shop Pro has no problem reading and converting that to a non-proprietary color space scheme.

Overall I am very pleased with this product and would recommend it for someone looking for a reasonably priced, capable scanner.

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