Yet another Epson V750/V850 scanner question

The Epson V750 (which is what I have) and the V850 are supposed to be upgraded models over the V700 and V800 respectively because they have optical coatings. My question is which components are coated. Here is what the Epson website says about the V850:

"anti-reflective optical coatings ensure minimum optical distortion"

Is it the lens that has optical coatings or the flat scanner bed glass that has optical coatings?

All I will say is this: if you think newer model names will make a difference in scan quality, they will not. For new purchasers 800/850 may be a wiser choice only because of being newer and no other reason.

Witold, thanks for responding. Actually, I am not expecting a quality difference in going from a V750 to V850. What I am wondering about is what optical components are coated in the V750 and V850. Is it the lens elements that are coated or the platen glass?

alanrockwood said:

because they have optical coatings. My question is which components are coated.

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I thought it was the flatbed glass plate that has an AR vacuum coating in the x50 models. BUT, I checked before posting, and the only difference in the datasheets is this:
Matrix CCD with Micro Lens and High Pass Optics
where the emphasis is the additional text in the Epson specs for the 850 versus 800. Because the CCD and associated optics is at/near the image plane, I believe that optical coating there will have a marginal effect on throughput and a negligible effect on contrast. I would not be too surprised if actually the CCD would be identical, with the difference existing only in print. Like, e.g., the Pentax Spotmatic 500, identical to the regular model, lacking only the marking for the 1/1000 shutter speed. It's called product segmentation, and allows to capture both the volume of cost-conscious buyers, and the money of excellence seekers. Of course, there are real extas in the x50 models : IT8 target, extra film holders.

V800 vs. V850:

V850 Pro has anti-reflection coatings on the optics, and high-reflection coatings on the mirrors. Epson also claims faster speed,additional fim holders, different scanning software
EPSON V800 PHOTO SilverFast SE
EPSON V850 PRO SilverFast SE Plus

and “X-Rite i1Scanner with reflective/transparent IT8 targets.”

https://www.scanyourentirelife.com/epson-v800-vs-v850-photo-scanner-differences/

Hi, I'm new to the forum and registered to ask a question.
I'm noob in this topic. I want to make my wife a present on my wedding anniversary, I think I’ll try a photo scanner, but I’m not sure which one. As I understand it, Epson is pretty good.
But which model to choose? For a wife, working with photos is more a hobby than a business, so the volumes are not large.
When I searched Google for popular models it showed this: www.bestadvisor.com/photo-scanners
FastFoto FF-680W, Perfection V600 and Perfection V39.
Can you give advice which is better?
Thanks in advance

Leowun said:

Hi, I'm new to the forum and registered to ask a question.
I'm noob in this topic. I want to make my wife a present on my wedding anniversary, I think I’ll try a photo scanner, but I’m not sure which one. As I understand it, Epson is pretty good.
But which model to choose? For a wife, working with photos is more a hobby than a business, so the volumes are not large.
When I searched Google for popular models it showed this: www.bestadvisor.com/photo-scanners
FastFoto FF-680W, Perfection V600 and Perfection V39.
Can you give advice which is better?
Thanks in advance

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What kind of film does she shoot? 35mm? medium format (120)? both? How much do you want to spend? Note that the link and scanners shown, only the V600 will scan film as well as photo prints. The other will not scan film so they're no good. There are other more expensive scanners than the V600. But I use the V600 and find it very adequate.

Leowun said:

But which model to choose? For a wife, working with photos is more a hobby than a business, so the volumes are not large. When I searched Google for popular models it showed this: www.bestadvisor.com/photo-scanners FastFoto FF-680W, Perfection V600 and Perfection V39.

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That looks like a fairly straightforward decision:
Will she scan significant numbers of film photos directly from negative or slide? If so, Perfection V600 is what you want. You are paying a premium for it's film-scanning abilities. Scanning film is labor-intensive, but Epson's software does a decent job of automating the process and delivers good quality JPEG images.

Will she be working with stacks of unbound documents or photos up to letter/A4 size? FastFoto is a document scanner designed to handle batches in that manner. This type of scanner is quickest at handling stacks of papers or photos, just so long they're not too small, irregularly shaped or contain staples or adhesive, which will tend to jam in the scanner. A scanner of this type might easily power through a stack of 4x6 photos within minutes at the push of a button.

Will she be scanning a variety of papers, including books or magazines where cutting out the pages isn't an option, or maybe encountering small or oddly-shaped papers? If so, the V39 or similar may be plenty.

If no one's quite sure how it will be used, V39 or similar is probably the place to start.

The V39 will not scan film.

My wife uses a DSLR camera and some kind of macro lenses, I don’t know for sure.
The money is not very limited, I just want the gift to be of high quality and useful to her

Witold said:

All I will say is this: if you think newer model names will make a difference in scan quality, they will not. For new purchasers 800/850 may be a wiser choice only because of being newer and no other reason.

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The V800 LED illumination is very convenient, it starts without delay so you won't have to wait to have a preview. Also ANR glass holders provide film flatness with curled film. V850 now comes with Multi-Exposure feature in bundled Silverfast, which is important if wanting to recover deep shadows in Velvia slides.

Leowun said:

My wife uses a DSLR camera and some kind of macro lenses, I don’t know for sure.
The money is not very limited, I just want the gift to be of high quality and useful to her

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You don;t need a film scanner if she uses a DSLR. That's a digital camera. Does she print her own photo prints? If not, you could buy her a photo printer. Describe what she does with her photography so we can give you some suggestions.

I think he meant that she uses the DSLR and macro lens to "scan" the photos and/or negatives she makes...