No Digital ICE with Photos? Works only with Slides/Negs? I was impressed with the ICE technology on my slides, but now notice that the option is grayed out when trying to scan photos. The Online Manual seems to indicate that ICE is available in Photo mode only with select scanners. Not the V500? Anyone else notice this? Is it just my set-up? No Digital ICE with Photos? Works only with Slides/Negs? I was impressed with the ICE technology on my slides, but now notice that the option is grayed out when trying to scan photos. The Online... » Read More No Digital ICE with Photos? Works only with Slides/Negs? I was impressed with the ICE technology on my slides, but now notice that the option is grayed out when trying to scan photos. The Online Manual seems to indicate that ICE is available in Photo mode only with select scanners. Not the V500? Anyone else notice this? Is it just my set-up? « Show Less
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Hi B. Woodcock, I am curious about your luck with scanning prints with ICE. The description on the Epson site says that ICE works with slides, negatives and film. Since I have done the majority of my transparancies (Yeah, without ICE so I should do them again), I am curious about the division in posts about this. I know that my old Perfection 2580 won't let me use certain focussing tools depending on the item scanned, but I was hoping that in the last several years print scanning would have improved too. Athena
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I read on Amazon review that ICE won't work with Kodachrome.I am considering the V500, it seems to be the best in its price class by far accdg. to the photo forums on the net.
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The v600 provides Digital ICE for BOTH prints and slides.Epson Perfection v600 Photo Color Scanner (B11B198011)
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I'm having the same problem ^^^. It is greyed out when scanning photos, in any mode.
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Bill, not sure if the ICE doesn't work with Kodachrome, or the dmax of the V500 is just insufficient for Kodachrome. I felt my V500 wasn't up to the task regardless, so I went with a slide duplicator on my digital camera. I can pump tons of light through it...but of course I have to deal with the dust manually. ;-)Golfer, I'm not sure what they are doing on the V600, whether they're really using the IR pre-scan to identify flaws (tears, etc) in the print, or they are just "rebranding" digital ICE to include software-based flaw removal.I don't scan enough prints to make it worth finding out. Bill, not sure if the ICE doesn't work with Kodachrome, or the dmax of the V500 is just insufficient for Kodachrome. I felt my V500 wasn't up to the task regardless, so I went with a slide duplicator on my digital camera. I can pump tons of light through it...but of course I have to deal with the dust manually. ;-)Golfer, I'm not sure what they are doing on the V600, whether they're really using the IR pre-scan to identify flaws (tears, etc) in the print, or they are just "rebranding" digital ICE to include software-based flaw removal.I don't scan enough... » Read More Bill, not sure if the ICE doesn't work with Kodachrome, or the dmax of the V500 is just insufficient for Kodachrome. I felt my V500 wasn't up to the task regardless, so I went with a slide duplicator on my digital camera. I can pump tons of light through it...but of course I have to deal with the dust manually. ;-)Golfer, I'm not sure what they are doing on the V600, whether they're really using the IR pre-scan to identify flaws (tears, etc) in the print, or they are just "rebranding" digital ICE to include software-based flaw removal.I don't scan enough prints to make it worth finding out. « Show Less
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ICE uses infrared light THROUGH the negative to identify dust. As such, it only works with color film, and won't even work with B/W silver negatives.Therefore, only software based dust removal is available for reflective scans like photo prints. This is included as an option as well.Greg
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I just received the V500 from Amazon and it also does not allow me to use the ICE with photos, just slides/negatives. I thought that it just meant different models, but that doesn't seem right if some of the same model have the option and others don't.
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I know it did not scan the old studio portraits I have of my ancesters, taken years ago. The cardboard material of those is not thin enough to pass through the scanner, maybe because it is curved. It may be the same for mounted slides, though I did not try any of my mounted slides. Sorry, that's all the help I can give.
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Don't know. It doesn't take good images. I bought a scanner. Haven't tried it with slides yet.
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Good Morning Karen, I'm sure that you can. There is a place and little devise that you use to scan them and slides. I believe it will work just a GOOD as the photo scanner works. I love my scanner. I have scanned approx. 500 photos in 3 different sessions and I still need to do many many more. I have negatives that I will be scanning also. Good Luck and again I LOVE MY PERSONAL PHOTO AND NEGATIVE SCANNER. YOU WILL TOO... Sincerely, Mary J. Kinch mkinch@aol.com
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thanks for the input .....I had gone ahead and ordered the Scan-Snap but had decided to return it before it even arrived. Your response just made me know that I made the right decision. My plan now is to sort through all those photos and send the best of the lot to a company such as Best Photo Scanning and let them preserve them on discs for me.
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Mine will only scan negatives. There is one out there that also does slides but this one isn't it. Unless you want to take your slides out of their cardboard holders and scan them as negatives.
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Hi, Richard! Thank you for your query about the Medi-2200, which we are happy to offer to Amazon customers. To answer your particular questions: 1. You don't wait for lamp warm-up, so save time there. It starts scanning immediately. It'll do that scan in under 30 seconds. 2. You can choose from several formats: TIF, BMP, JPG, PSD, PDF, GIF. We do have this on sale, now. Sale ends today. If, by some chance you miss that window please contact me and I'll put it back on sale long enough for yuo to get the sale price. You can find full details and even a demo video on our Website, if you need more information (also fine to ask me via Amazon)--click on the scanners link in that first bullet point row on the home page. Best Regards, Mark Lamendola Mindconnection, LLC
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Robert, I have scanned pictures from magazines but not photographs. These pics from the magazines are pixalated slightly but adequate. Poor quality pic to start with when scanning a magaizine pic. I use the scanner constantly and am more than happy with it since I'm always on the road. It travels nice and scans without any issues. If you're looking for top of the line scanned pics I think you'll be slightly disappointed. More than adequate for my needs though. Your question sparked my interest. I changed my settings to JPG @ 600dpi, just adequate not superb!
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4490 Has digital ICE, it's in the first part of the product description: "Powerful Digital ICE technology offers built-in dust and scratch removal capabilities for film, while Epson Easy Photo Fix provides one-touch color restoration." It also includes Adobe Elements.
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I have only fooled with this a little, but yes, you insert the slides one at a time and the slide is scanned to a memory card (you supply). I think there is a way to scan to a file on your computer but I haven't been home to try all the features. The operation is very simple, there is a way to specify bw negatives, color negative, or slides. I am a little concerned about the quality of the images, but I need to get an image from a slide I've had professionally scanned, and then compare the two scans.
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The scanning quality is excellent (max = 600dpi). I have not tried to scan in negatives, but the scanning that i did perform caught sufficient detail i would suspect it would be fine. As for slides, that is a different question, as they are in the cardboard; i don't know if that will mess with the focus (being off the glass). Scanning resolution: Max = 600dpi in Jpeg or Tiff. I will run a negative through the scanner hopefully tonight and will let you know for sure.
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I did not purchase this exact item because I think this is an updated version of the one I originally purchased. I returned it. It was extremely difficult to work with in scanning slides, very slow and the color resolution was awful. I eventually purchased a Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner from Amazon (probably five years ago) and love it! I scanned almost 15,000 slides and it is still going strong. Easy to work with, great for scanning slides, negatives, photos or documents. I have Windows XP and it is compatible. Remember, I purchased it years ago so I am sure there is an updated version of the one I have. I cannot say enough good about it. Not to mention customer service for Canon products is located in the U.S. I have contacted them twice and always received knowledgeable, understandable and quick resolution to my questions. I think I paid right at $200 for the Canon, but it would be worth it at twice the price. I would strongly encourage you to NOT purchase the Pacific Image unit.
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I have the same question! I am looking for something to scan the old black and white negatives- larger ones than 35mm. Have you found a scanner that will do that, mt gal? If you do, can you let me know at dlamp3300@aol.com ? Thanks
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Agree with BigBadBalrog - it works fine with mounted slides. But, it is a one at a time process. We have mostly used the scanner for 35mm negatives and that works well as long as the film piece is long enough - otherwise you need to insert the negative in a holder (included).
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I just purchased one myself. I have converted several hundred old (1974-1983) 35mm colored slides into digital images. I have had no problems. The one thing I noticed is the way the slide is put into the scanner. The slide cannot always be put into the scanner in the same position it is put into the viewgraph projector. Sometimes it must be turned 90 degrees or it will cut off some of the picture. Once the slide is scanned it can then be rotated back by the computer slide viewer. Don't know if this is your problem.
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My experience with the Pandigital for color and black and white photographs is absolutely wonderful. I love this machine. For negatives I am using another machine a negative converter to digital. You can find them everywhere, in Bestu Buy, Amazon.com and inclusive in Walmart. They are very inexpensive and work wonders on negatives. Again, I love my Pandigital but I use it only for photographs. I hope I was able to help. excelent
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I have never used it, but there is a menu choice in professional mode for either black and white or color negatives. I have used it to digitize slides as jpeg files and it worked fine.