Review on Epson Perfection 1670 Photo Scanner by David Lamfers

Working on a budget I was looking for something that could be used to scan photos, negatives and slides that approached amateur quality. When scanning photos, I was impressed with the speed and the quality was average or slightly better than average. When scanning slides I found that if you have an image with a lot of black or very dark space the scanner/software gets confused and it took several attempts to get it. Correctly; sometimes it didn't work at all. The rest of the slide scan was fine. Nothing special, but sufficient. I've had much better luck with scans from film negatives. Colors are saturated and details are ok. Higher resolutions take forever, but the results are worth it. I tried playing with three different software settings: full auto, professional, and home use. I didn't bother with the automatic mode, it was too strict. Professional tuning is usually more trouble than it's worth. Great if you want to play with colors and such for fun, but trying to use it for color grading was more of a hassle. The "Home" setup works best for me 95% of the time. There are better scanners out there, but for the price, this is a great little machine.