Has the Epson V850 been going up a lot in price lately?

[DDTJRAC]

I got an old V750 that I paid about $700- $800 for. Has the Epson V850 been going up a lot in price lately? This seems pretty high. But I have not been keeping track of them.

BH

Epson scanners seem to be pretty pricey nowadays...

BH

Does this give any better results with negs and chromes for the price?

 

[blee1996]

They are the only games left in town.

 

[Tel]

The 850 seems to have gone up a few hundred dollars, but so has everything else.

 

[MTGseattle]

The last time I was considering one, it was $1k. That was likely a year ago on the Epson website.

 

[analogwisdom]

I got one for $1149 brand new from Epson in February 2021.

 

[Sebastian_F]

That's crazy, I also bought mine new five years ago for about $500 less! I don't think its worth $1500, considering the digital camera scanning setups that are available these days.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I paid $1149 in 4/2020 for my V850. Now it is $1499 or 31% higher. That's about right for inflation increases over the last 6 years.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

That's crazy, I also bought mine new five years ago for about $500 less! I don't think its worth $1500, considering the digital camera scanning setups that are available these days.

First, you need a good digital camera and lens. That's expensive Then you need a good setup with light, easel, etc. That's also pricey. The other issue is Epson has automatic dust removal through ICE and will also use ICE when scanning photo prints removing creases and other blemishes and restore color automatically. Do camera scans have software that do these things automatically?

 

[loccdor]

I bought my Epson 4490 in 2010 for $100. I bought another one in 2023 for even less (used). It doesn't do 4x5 though. At this point, I've almost entirely switched to digicam scanning and mostly keep it around just in case, and for documents.