Epson FastFoto FF-680W

Epson FastFoto FF-680W Review

The Epson FastFoto FF-680W is a sheet-feed desktop scanner that excels at scanning stacks of snapshots while doing a credible job at document scanning. Rejoice! You won't have to scan photo prints one by one anymore, or risk having them ripped in your scanner's document feeder. The Epson FastFoto FF-680W ($599.99) is a worthy successor to the Epson FastFoto FF-640, which was the first sheet-feed scanner that could quickly scan a stack of photos with a minimal chance of them getting torn, creased, or otherwise damaged. Geared largely toward people who want to digitize and archive their photo-print collections (think shoeboxes full of snapshots), the FastFoto FF-680W does considerably better at scanning documents than the FastFoto FF-640. This makes it a much more versatile home scanner, one that won't become irrelevant once you've completed scanning your snapshot collection. It also makes it a PCMag Editors' Choice for photo-centric household scanners. A Photo-Happy Sheet-Feed Scanner Its photo wizardry notwithstanding, the matte-black FastFoto FF-680W looks like a typical desktop document scanner. It measures 6.9 by 11.7 by 6.7 ...

So Easy to Use.

This product is exactly what is says a simple, multi photo photo scanner. It is easy to install and brings up old, dark photo's so well - gives you the choice of keeping the original scan, the adjusted scan or both. Easy file naming system and works with very small old photo's and ones up to A4 size. This was exactly what I needed for my 100's of old photo's.

Great product

Love that you can scan up to 30 prints in one go and the machine automatically improves them. It then gives you the choice to keep either or both copies. Only thing I am having a problem with is doing mulitple copies of really small, old photo's.

Recommended for anyone with a box of photos

Makes it so easy to scan batches of photos. Just pop them in the hopper, tag them with some information and a date. It creates a folder for the scan run and adds the info to the photo exif data. This makes them easy to find if you upload to Google photos or similar. Scan quality is great but I did have turn off the auto enhancement/scratch removal features as these did not work well. The unit feels strong and sturdy. I got mine for 399 on a good guys deal

Very good but not perfect.

If you have a lot of photos to scan, and I do mean a LOT, then I can recommend this scanner. It can do an amazingly fast job, but it's not without some issues. The scanner sensor area can get contaminated from the photos sliding past it, so it's important to inspect the scans say every 50-100 photos to make sure there are no lines on them, or clean the sensor area frequently, which is thankfully very easy. Dark areas of the photos can appear quite noisy or grainy compared to the results from my old Canon flatbed scanner. The automatic photo enhancement functions get it wrong a lot. Results can be too bright, missing obvious red eyes or applying red eye fixes to the skin surrounding the eyes, leaving obvious dark spots where there should be none. Auto rotation causes more problems than it fixes but rotating the photos afterwards is very easy. Fortunately when applying any auto enhancements the scanner can be set to produce an unaltered copy too so you can select which photo version you ...

So far excellent!

I haven't used it a lot yet but very impressed so far!

Fast but the quality is poorer than a 1990's Scanner

I purchased this scanner after many glowing reviews for the sole purpose of scanning and archiving my prints. Even on the best quality scan settings the output from the scanner introduces artifacts that make areas of the photo look grainy or blotchy.

Excellent piece of kit

Blooming expensive I have to say but it does exactly what it says on the tin and is the only thing I could find that does scan boxes of stills. Quality is very good

This Scanner Rocks!

I had high Hope's for this scanner and I was not disappointed. I cannot recommend this scanner enough. Easy setup (on my iMac) and simple operation. I scanned 1400 family photos this weekend. I have thousands more to go and look forward to finishing a project that I had been sitting on for years.

Looking for a scanner that gives you the best possible quality scans of your old photos at the fastest possible speed The Epson FastFoto FF-680W promises to be one of the fastest scanners on the market. Here's why the Epson FastFoto FF-680W is a great choice for your home or office.