In need of a new scanner

[My2Girls66]

Hi, I am in the middle of scanning all my older photos so I can save them online and on my computer. I was using a Canon Pixma M460 all in one to do the job. Well, when my daughter left for college in August we shipped a car out to Tucson for her and guess what.....I put that Canon printer in the car:-/
I was going to get another Canon all in one until I started looking at photo scanners. Epson V series, Canon 9000, they are more money than a Canon Pixma similar to what I had. I am wondering if they are worth the extra cash? Will the quality of the scan be better? What should I look for? What I liked about the Pixma is that I could put 3 photos on the scanner bed and it would recognize that and crop them. It scanned from 100-600dpi. I was using 300 to 400 as 600 was painfully slow. The only thing i didn't like was that it didn't save the files in the order I scanned them. I am doing them by date taken as they are all organized in albums. I don't mind spending the extra if the quality would be much better. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[photo_chick]

Do you plan to scan any negatives?

I'm a big fan of Epson scanners. I use an older 4870 at home but if I were shopping now I'd look at the V550 or the V700, depending on your needs as far as film scanning goes.

As far as being painfully slow.... scanning is not a fast process with any scanner. As far as DPI think about what you're planning to do with the files. 300 DPI gives you print resolution at your original size. 600 DPI gives you print resolution at double your original size.

 

[My2Girls66]

I don't plan on doing any negatives. I thought of someday doing some of my dads and grandpas slides though.
I mainly want it for photos. I have a quite a few to go! Man do I wish digital was around when my kids were small. This is a very time consuming project! But I would hate to lose all those years of photos.
Thanks for your reply!

 

[My2Girls66]

I am looking at 2 scanners now. Epson V370 and Epson V550. Both do film and slides. The v370 has an optical dpi of 4800 and is $99, the v550 is 6400dpi - $149.
Any reason not to save the $50? Or is it worth the extra $$ for 6400dpi? Will I even use a dpi that high?
Its doubtful I will scan film with it since I have prints of all my saved film but I will do slides at some point.
Maximum resolution is 12,800dpi on both

 

[Gianna'sPapa]

I have and use the Epson V500. I was surprised to see that they still produce that model. It is an excellent scanner with the ability to scan negatives and slides. I am a fan boy of the Epson products for scanning and printing photos. That's all I use.

 

[Bstanley]

+1 for Epson.

I have a 5 year old V350 (4800 x 9600) and while it is larger than newer scanners it still does an excellent job on negatives, slides and prints.

The Epson software was also easy for me to figure out which was a plus.

The V350 has a negative 'feeder' that can handle a strip of 5 which was very handy (I'm not familiar with the V370), but I am very satisified with the resolution.

 

[My2Girls66]

Thank you all for the feedback. I ordered the v370 from Adorama yesterday. Looks like I will be very busy scanning this winter!

 

[sporadic]

I have the Epson as well and it's done a very good job scanning in old medium format and 35mm negatives. The medium format negatives were very old pictures my mom had of her family that she had never seen prints of. Was pretty cool to all of a sudden "develop" 50+ year old pictures digitally.

 

[wiigirl]

I am looking at 2 scanners now. Epson V370 and Epson V550. Both do film and slides. The v370 has an optical dpi of 4800 and is $99, the v550 is 6400dpi - $149.
Any reason not to save the $50? Or is it worth the extra $$ for 6400dpi? Will I even use a dpi that high?
Its doubtful I will scan film with it since I have prints of all my saved film but I will do slides at some point.
Maximum resolution is 12,800dpi on both