Epson V700 PhotoFlatbed scanner excels at digitizing slidesQuick, full-specs hardware, software
No ADF option
If you want to get your old slides into a digital format but can't justify buying a dedicated slide scanner, your best choice is a really good flatbed scanner. The Epson Perfection V700 Photo certainly isn't cheap, but it turns out excellent scans and you can use it for photo prints and documents long af ter you've digitized your boxes of slides.
The V700 uses separate lenses for reflective (hard-copy) and transinissive (slide and negative) originals, with lens resolutions of 4.800 dots per inch (dpi) and 6,400dpi, respectively.The scanner lacks an automatic document feeder (ADF) option, but Epson includes a variety of slide carriers in the box and offers a useful scan to PDF function. Scanning speed depends on the image quality you want. We scanned two slides at 48-bit color, which took only about 44 seconds. If you scan at the highest quality setting, a single slide can take as long as 11 minutes.
Overall, scan quality was strong across a variety of originals. The V700 produced scans with a broad dynamic range, decent color accuracy, relatively neutral grays, and sharp line art. It even managed to produce printable photos from 50-year-old originals that measured just 8xllmm.The color restoration wasn't terribly accurate, but the scans were pleasing to the eye. Pros with thousands of slides may still be bet ter served by a dedicated slide scanner with a batch feeder, but most users will be happy with the V700's results.
Epson V700 Photo