If you’re new to film photography and are thinking about purchasing one of these scanners, I absolutely recommend it. A big reason for that is because I bought the right equipment to make it work this time. ( Find out what gear I use to scan film with my digital camera here).īut even though I admit there are many reasons why DSLR scanning is superior to using a flatbed scanner, I do believe that this unit still has a place on the market. This time, I went for the V600 for no reason other than Amazon no longer stocked the $50 cheaper V550.īut now, a year later, I’ve revisited DSLR scanning, and have been loving the results I’m getting with my Sony A7III. Lacking a reliable way to mount my DSLR, and not having a dedicated macro lens, I went back to the Epson scanners. So I sold it, and elected to buy another after attempting low-budget DSLR scanning with the equipment I already had on hand. And since I was going by plane, it didn’t make sense to bring the scanner with me. I’m sure I pissed off more than a couple neighbours with the electronic whirring piercing through the thin walls of my Montreal apartment. I used that scanner for a couple years, scanning rolls for myself and my friends late into the night. One of my first purchases as a new film photographer was the Epson V550.

Epson perfection v500 film scanner