Epson Perfection V750 Pro > Reviews > Epson Perfection.......Again

Author's product rating:   

Speed	Very fast
Colour sensitivity	Excellent
Resolution	Excellent
Ease of Installation	Good - quick to install
Value For Money	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Excellent scan quality, Full version of SilverFast Ai
Disadvantages:	Little Diffrence from V700, Film holders are a little flimsy for a pro scanner .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

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)