Epson Perfection V750 Pro

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The Epson V700 Photo scanner was trageted at the high end consumer. Whereas the V750 is targeted for the more professional user.
The V750 has an Anti-Reflection Optical Coating as well as CCD Glass to help reduce the ammount of reflection. These are Features that Only a professional would look for when buying this type of product and are not all needed for you casual high end consumer in my opinion.
The V750 also ...
...I recomend sticking with the EPSON brand but selecting a newer model.

SPECIFICATION

Scanner Type

Flatbed color image scanner with Epson Dual Lens System®, High-Pass Optics and Digital ICE™ Technologies
Photoelectric Device

Color Epson MatrixCCD™ line sensor
Optical Resolution

Epson Dual Lens System, 4800 dpi and 6400 dpi
Hardware Resolution
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This is a top of the range flatbed scanner designed for professional photographers and designers who need only the best quality. I bought this product after my V700 Broke down. I saw little or no difference with this and its predocessor.

The Differences between the two are very subtle and are as follows :-

The Epson V700 Photo scanner was trageted at the high end consumer. Whereas the V750 is targeted for the more professional user.
The V750 has an Anti-Reflection Optical Coating as well as CCD Glass to help reduce the ammount of reflection. These are Features that Only a professional would look for when buying this type of product and are not all needed for you casual high end consumer in my opinion.
The V750 also includes a full version of SilverFast Ai 6 which i found as a good addition to the package as when i bought my V700 i had to purchase my Silverfast package seperatly, So it is handy to have the full version avaliable.

Even tho this product is aimed at the proffesional market i feel it would not last long in use as there is new technology being developed continually that can surpass anything you will find here.

For anyone looking for a high quality scanner such as this i would recomend picking up the V700 instead as it does basically everthing the same and comes at in somes cases a 75 quid difference in price from this product. If you are a proffesinol, I recomend sticking with the EPSON brand but selecting a newer model.

SPECIFICATION

Scanner Type

Flatbed color image scanner with Epson Dual Lens System®, High-Pass Optics and Digital ICE™ Technologies
Photoelectric Device

Color Epson MatrixCCD™ line sensor
Optical Resolution

Epson Dual Lens System, 4800 dpi and 6400 dpi
Hardware Resolution

4800 x 9600 dpi, 6400 x 9600 dpi with Micro Step Drive™ technology
Maximum Resolution

12,800 x 12,800 dpi with software interpolation
Effective Pixels

40,800 x 56,160 (4800 dpi), 37,760 x 62,336 (6400dpi)
Color Hardware Bit Depth

48-bits per pixel internal, 48-bits per pixel external (External bit depth is selectable to 48 bits depending on the image editing software.)
Grayscale Hardware Bit Depth

16-bits per pixel internal, 16-bits per pixel external (External bit depth is selectable to 16 bits depending on the image editing software.)
Optical Density

4.0 Dmax
Transparency Unit

8" x 10" Transparency Adapter built-in lid with four film holders: 35mm slides (12 frames), 35mm film strips (24 frames), medium format strips 2-1/4", 120/220, 6x20cm (2-6 frames) and 4" x 5" film (2 frames); 8" x 10" film area guide. Fluid mount tray and film guide for wet mount film scanning. (Mounting fluid and supplies not included.)
Buttons

1 button; Start
Maximum Read Area

8.5" x 11.7" (216 x 297mm)
Light Source

White cold cathode flourescent lamp
Interface

Hi-Speed USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Scanning Speed

4800 dpi high-speed mode: Monochrome 10.8 msec/line; Full color 10.8 msec/line
Reliability

MCBF - 100,000 cycles
Environment Conditions

Temperature: Operating 41* F to 95* F (5 to 35*C), Humidity: Operating 10% to 80%, storage 10% to 85% (no condensation)
Power Requirements

Voltage: AC100 - 120V, Frequency: 50 - 60hz, Power Consumption: 32W (US model)
Voltage: AC220 - 240V, Frequency: 50 - 60hz, Power Consumption: 45W (UK model)
Windows Requirements

Pentium® III equivalent or higher processor; 256MB RAM (512MB recommended); 350MB HD space (1GB recommended); CD-ROM drive. USB 1.1 - Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition/XP Professional, or Windows XP x64 Edition. Hi-Speed USB 2.0: Windows 2000 Professional (with Service Pack 4), Windows XP Home Edition/XP Professional, or Windows XP x64 Edition. IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition/XP Professional or Windows XP x64 Edition. (Hi-Speed USB 2.0 recommend for optimum performance). Note: Factory installed, or upgraded from factory installed Windows 98SE.
Macintosh Requirements

PowerPC® G4 500 MHz or higher with built-in USB; 256MB RAM (512MB recommended); 732MB HD space (1GB recommended); CD-ROM drive. USB 1.1 - Macintosh OS X 10.2.x - 10.4.x. Hi-Speed USB 2.0: Macintosh OS X 10.2.7 - 10.4.x. IEEE 1394(FireWire) Macintosh OS X 10.2.x - 10.4.x.
Physical Dimensions

Width: 12" (308mm), Depth: 20" (503mm), Height: 6" (152.5mm), Weight: 14.5 lb (6.6 kg approx.)
Software

LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast® Ai 6, MonacoEZcolor™ Adobe® Photoshope® Elements, ABBYY® FineReader® Sprint Plus OCR, Epson Copy Utility, Epson Scan with Epson Easy Photo Fix™ Technology (Epson Scan and LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast Ai 6 will run on Windows XP x64 Edition) 

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