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Originally Posted by manthing
from a customer on amazon.uk... "I bought this scanner to digitise my old slides and film negatives. Unfortunately the plastic template used to hold the slides and negatives is very fiddly which makes the job very slow and tedious. Also, the quality of the end result is not great."
so is this true from your experience?
and that the power & usb cables are at the front of the unit and so the cables can get in the way? |
Remember that half of all online reviews are left by whinging idiots. This is no exception. (The other third are shills, leaving maybe 1-2 out of every 10 reviews to be useful and unbiased data.)
Some things to consider:
- Slide scanning is slow, period, even on pro scanners. This person is just impatient and clearly has never scanned slides before.
- Slides are tiny, and don't look as good scanned large as they do when viewed small. It's easy to see blur and other noise that was hidden at its native itty-bitty size.
- Scanning slides is a BONUS on this machine. If you want to scan lots of slides, and expect top quality, buy the next model up that does ICE, like the V600 -- or just get a dedicated slide scanner.
This Epson V300 tested very well against a professional Nikon V and Minolta. It actually looked better than the Nikon (which isn't really know for high slide quality -- it's a negative scanner first and foremost), and was almost as good as the Minolta dedicated slide scanner. It was not quite as sharp as the Minolta.
I also want to point out that "the quality of the end result is not great" is a generic nothing of a statement. It sounds like something politicians would say.
As far as cords "being in the way" -- it really depends on how your desk is laid out. My scanner sits on a dedicated cart behind the desk -- the location of the cable is perfect, in my opinion. This just seems like more crying by the reviewer -- not really a valid complaint, just his/her preference.
And then "the plastic template used to hold the slides and negatives is very fiddly" is true of any slide scanner. I think the only exception is the Nikon, which can only scan one at a time. But it's not the best at slides anyway.
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another question, using 300 dpi setting, how quickly will this scan the cover? under 1 minute? under 30 seconds?
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It takes me longer to put the piece in the scanner and walk around the desk, than it does to scan the whole page at 300dpi. We're talking maybe 5-10 seconds here -- just amazing fast. There's nothing special about the computer either -- it's attached to a Pentium 4 3Ghz system. No dual or quad CPU, nothing fancy.
Does that explain it all?
