There are several classes of flatbed scanner, from cheap and cheerful top-of-an-all-in-one class to multi-thousand pound professional art capture devices. Epson's Perfection V600 Photo is aimed at the photo enthusiast, either keen amateur or semi-pro.

Digital ICE dust removal; Excellent OCR results; Good range of transparency holders

Substantial footprint; External power supply; Noisy head drive motors

The Epson software installed on my Mac faultlessly and integrated with my current Epson printer/scanner/copier. I have been enjoying scanning my archive of colour slides and colour negative film. The document scanner will usefully save in PDF or jpeg formats.

Easy To Set Up

None To Speak Of

Good value (scanning quality and included software). Though the slide and film holders are flimsy, they are good enough for occasional use.

Nice software bundle; All cables included; Scanning old photos seem to render better contrast using included ICE software

Not as fast as I hoped; Negative and slide holders a bit flimsy

This is a decent general purpose scanner. It performs well with non-transparent materials. Be aware that it will scan 35mm and 120 (medium format) film, but not to the same quality as a dedicated film scanner; if are primarily interested in scanning film however, look for a dedicated film scanner...

I have used other scanners for slides but this scanner is by far the best one. A little slow but get the job done with excellent results. Highly recomend it. Over 1,000 slides scanned and 2,000 more to go.

I have several thousand pictures, negatives and slides that I intend to convert int digital images as I have just retired and am under pressure to share lots of them!

I have just started to use it. Since I am not experienced in anything electronics I have only used the simple feature of scanning in the photo format both for the 2 pictures I did and the 3 documents I emailed. I hope to be able...

After 3 tries with a different Epson V370 Scanner, I through in the towel and decided to no longer do business with them. It would never scan my color negatives correctly; if I tried to scan 4 or 5 frames, the photos would be split or divided with a bunch of partial pictures.

" I recently purchased the Epson Perfection V600 based on recommendations by several members in my photography club. Based on the price for this unit my expectations were low - what a pleasant surprise when I started using it.

The Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner is an excellent photo scanner that offers all the tools and capabilities that photo buffs of every level could want, including a built-in transparency unit and the ability to scan slides, negatives, and medium-format film.

Fast and high-quality scans of photos and documents; Four buttons with commonly used utilities on the machine; Comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements; Customizable scan interface for different levels of users

Missing a paper instruction manual (all details via a Web site; Lots of scanning options means more time trying to figure out what you need