The Epson Perfection V850 Pro photo scanner offers professional-quality scanning for photographic prints and for film (positive or negative) at up to 8 by 10 inches.

High-quality scans for photographic prints and film (including slides); Color-calibration target and software included

Color-calibration software is frustratingly hard to use

In november 2014 Epson released with the Perfection V850 Photo a successor for the Epson Perfection V750 Pro on the market after 8 years. The scanner community has been waiting for that successor of the Perfection V750 Pro for a long time. Finally the time has come!

I have owned several Epson flatbed scanners and have just replaced an Epson Perfection V600 with an Epson Perfection V850 purchased from B&H. This is an excellent product that is easy to setup and use especially if one is familiar with Epson scanners.

I first checked this scanner out at the PDN Expo in NYC last fall. The Epson rep told me it would only do batch scanning with Epson Scan, not with Silverfast. Because of that, I delayed the purchase.

Versatility; software (Silverfast); double set of film frames; accuracy; great batch scanning capabilities

Bundled Silverfast is the SE Plus version; for a high-end scanner, it should be at least the Ai Studio version. That said, if you buy it from Newegg you save enough on price to make up the difference for buying the Ai Studio upgrade.

Not only getting my old film-based pictures ported over to digital for archiving and viewing on computer or TV display, but having fun doing it. I own an Apple iMac computer as its interface and it DOES work with the latest iMac OS, Catalina.

I have a ton of old 35mm slides that I wanted to digitize (some dating back to the early 60's). After a lengthy online review of available scanners, I chose the Epson V850 as it was under a $1,000 and was advertised to do a good job on color retention (due to LED lighting - pure white) and...

I'm using the silverfast software that shipped with the scanner and am getting superb quality with both my Medium Format and 35mm slides/negatives.. I highly recommend this scanner for the beginner as well as professional who has a library of film that needs to be scanned... Well done Epson!

35mm slide scanning - preview fix and scan 12 slides at a time on the holder,

Durable; Easy to use and keep clean; Good supply of film and print holders; Great Features

Took a while to "get" the software

It is really disappointing to find the medium format and large format holders of wrong dimension for such an expensive scanner. I would expect replacement for the film holders.

I decided after 11 years to upgrade from my original Epson V750 Pro to the V850 Pro. I was not disappointed. Not a major upgrade but with faster power-up and marginal improvement in scan quality, I figured it was worth the investment. I have not been disappointed...