Did you know Epson discontinued all their high-end photo / film scanners?

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

From what I gather, Epson's V600 and V850 models have been / are being discontinued. They are not replacing them with new models either. I may be wrong with some of this, but from a cursory study this seems to be the case. BH still has some V850's for sale at an inflated price. But no V600's. Used V600's can be found from dealers at about 50% - 75% higher than the price of what a new V600 scanner used to sell for.

I had 3 V600's. One died a few years ago. Another one died a few months ago. The last one still works, but it gets lots of use. Who knows when it will die. If I knew they would be discontinued, I would have bought a few more. They are the workhorse of my archive.

If Lasergraphics wants to branch out, they should start making flatbed scanners and a replacement for the old drum scanner. You know, years ago Lasergraphics started with a little still film scanner or recorder for photos / slides or some such thing before they got into cine' film scanners. The Epson were not that good for film scans. They were pretty crappy actually. I hope someone make some decent flatbed paper / film scanners. Yes, it can be done with a copy stand, but it is a pain and a lot more hassle unless you got the room to leave it assembled all the time.

 

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Edited February 27 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.