Can anyone make good use of an Epson V700 scanner?

Submitted by David on Sun, 08/16/2020 - 15:38

I've just replaced my Epson V700 Photo scanner with the newer V800 model. The old one is still working, so if you can make good use of it please leave a comment below and I'll get in touch.

The good news:

  • It's free!
  • I've been using it until very recently - any of the detailed enlargements you've seen from me on Gwulo came from this scanner.

The bad news:

  • It's quite bulky, so make sure you have enough space for it: 503‎ x 308 x 152 mm (Width x Depth x Height)
  • You'll need to come to San Po Kong to collect it
  • It's missing the slide holder, so it will be used for scanning prints
  • It has the CDROMs with the software on, but they're dated 2005 so I'm not 100% sure they work on modern Macs / PCs. (I use Vuescan, which costs USD70 and works with just about anything.)
  • The scanner's lamp is starting to fade, which is why I bought the newer V800 scanner. After processing scans through Photoshop or setting the scanner software to auto-levels there's little obvious difference, but as I've started scanning pictures for my next book I wanted to get the best from them. Below is a comparison of scans made by the new V800 and the old V700 without making any adjustments.
V700-V800-comparison-20200816.jpg

 If you can use it, please leave a comment below.

Hi David,

I can certainly make use of the V700, especially for scanning 35mm film strips and slides. I think any film holder should do instead of one specifically made for V700, I can pick one up from Golden Plaza, etc. In any case, it should give me better scans than the all-in-one photocopier I'm using for scanning photos.

As I'm not in HK right now, I can ask a friend to pick it up if it's still available.

Thanks,

TKJ Ho