Best way to SCAN 2,500 PHOTOS - Epson FastFoto FF 680W Review
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2019
- In depth review and tutorial on the Epson Fastfoto FF 680 W, the world's fastest scanner How to take a mountain if photos and scan then fast. Digitize your print photo collection and, declutter your life, tidy all your photos Marie Kondo style. Colin Smith shows you how, it's easier than you think with this bulk scanner.
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@@aunvamak1375 not sure where you are but here in the UK you can rent it for a reasonable (in comparison) £90 for 3 days
Great video, very detailed and thorough. Just bought mine and got it in 2 days. Took no time to set up as you said and I started immediately. As you mentioned, the peace of mind you get after having postponed the process for so many years is great. It is worth the investment for sure. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Awesome review with perfect delivery. Thank you so much for making my life easier, I learned all about the features on this great machine that I was looking for before I watched your video. Thanks again and the best of luck to you on your future tutorial videos.
I've been thinking about digitizing my photos for years now and I'm finally gonna make the jump thanks to you! Wonderful review!
I bought one of these in march 2018 and scanned all my photos in and the filed them and now also scanned all my paperwork in , Still doing this. its a great piece of kit and love going paperless.
I have been putting it off for years, lots of family photos after my grand parents, and my family is not happy waiting for them, but it's such a mountain of work to do with a flat be scanner. So I will try to get hold of this scanner to do this. I didn't know this scanner existed until today, which is when I looked for reviews. Glad it's good enough for such a job. Thank you.
Great review - I'm just unpacking mine at the minute because of it !! Just in case you can't remember, the buildings in the pictures that you were scanning are the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum and the Transport Museum in Glasgow. The Transport Museum has now moved down to a purpose built building on the North bank of the River Clyde.
REALLY GREAT Tutorial on the Epson Fastfoto FF 680W! I love the delivery! I was able to set up my new scanner to my MacBook Air in no time and without any hiccup's!
Informative, precise and very easy to listen to! Thank you one million for your video! Can't wait to use my new scanner!
I'm just starting to look at scanners vs. using a company to do it...and you've almost sold me! The fact that it will scan the BACKS of photos if something is written on them is VERY appealing to me! Now they're almost $600...but still probably cheaper than getting boxes and boxes of photos sent in. Thank you!
Last week I was searching for UA-cam videos on digitizing photos. I’m guessing my search last week is why your video popped up in my feed today and I’m very glad it did. I recently read Swedish Death Cleaning (sounds kinda morbid but it wasn’t) and it got me thinking that one of the most daunting tasks of cleaning out my mother’s place and then my father’s place were boxes of photos. Add in the giant box of photos my in-laws had and all I can say is OMG!!! Last week I ordered an Epson flat scanner from Amazon that is due to arrive today but after watching your very thorough review, the flat scanner will be going back. I placed an order for this scanner a few minutes ago and now I’m looking forward to not only scanning all the photos but also getting them all organized and shared with family and friends. At 70 years old I’m starting to think about making it as easy as possible for my daughter to go through stuff once I pass on in maybe 20-30 yrs. 😊. My father lived to be 98 so I figure I have a good shot! 😂. Won’t just be photos I’ll be digitizing but lots of documents too. Thanks for posting this video. Looking forward to watching your videos on using Photoshop. I had the program many years ago but never really utilized it. Now that I’m retired I’m thinking it will be fun to learn how to really delve into the program. Thanks again!
Excellent, thorough review! I just bought a copy stand with lighting, but might get this scanner instead. Thanks.
Excellent review! Thank you. This is exactly what I need.
Thank you so much for this super thorough review! My all-in-one printer broke and because of the printer's error message that won't go away, I can't use the scanner. With two full bins of photos I need to scan, this definitely looks like the right solution for me! I appreciate the detail you've put into this.
Wow. I have been hedging on my decision on this scanner since its first release. This is a fantastic and thorough review, which has really been quite helpful. Thank you!
Great Review ! In depth and very informative. Can't wait to go out and buy one of these.
Thank you soooo much for doing a review on this. You covered everything is a short time that I was wanting to know. Stay safe :)
Great review Colin! My wife has been looking for a way to safely scan all our family pictures but until now there seemed to be no good options. I will surprise her with this scanner as a gift; I know she will appreciate it tremendously. Thank you for the advice. Jorge.
I hope she likes it
@@photoshopcafe Do you think 1200 dpi is enough ?
Great review. Gave the the info I needed visually (seeing is believing) to decide to buy this. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this! Looking to digitize old trip photos and this helped a ton!
What a great review! Yours was the third video I have watched on this scanner and now, I do want one! It is now on my wish list. The clincher was when you said that you would have easily paid someone $530 to scan all those photos for you. I have inherited numerous old family photos from grandparents and parents and none of the young people in the family have any interest in them. I am downsizing and may just consider this a downsizing expense to get rid of those BOXES AND BOXES of old photo albums that are too treasured to just discard. Thanks again!
Great video! Covered what I was researching. Thanks for all your efforts and sharing.
I think you did a great review! I've got the F40 and I'm going to see how it compares software wise because I wasn't quite getting what I wanted out of the machine. I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge to make things much more clear to me.
Great review. I was on teh fence about getting one and now I'm sold! Thanks.
Great review! Thank you for sharing. Mom dropped off two photo albums as a "hint" that she wanted them scanned. I've gone to the photo shop in the past and wondered "what are they using to digitize my photos". It's probably something like this product! Thanks again!
excellent tutorial and well presented, easy to understand. Thanks Colin
Excellent tutorial on how to utilize the Epson Fast Foto Scanner.
Great timing! I’m going through boxes & boxes of papers and I have my own plus generations of family photos that I’d like to preserve. Thanks for the review!
Good luck with the process
Very nice job on this as I felt well informed by the end of the video.
Thanks so much for the great review. I have been using my Fastfoto a few days...and I learned some very useful things from your review. Thanks!
THANK YOU for your very CLEAR explanations. Not just that, your tone of voice is really encouraging. By my son's suggestion, I bought this scanner and haven't used it yet. Now I am looking forward to giving it a try... I have thousands of photos. ......
Really in depth and informative. Got into the nuts and bolts and went thru everything. Super review. Tks
A very detailed video, thank you. I had been looking for a detailed 'how all this works' video before I buy to deal with my boxes of photos.
great presentation ,clear easy to understand how to use the machine.
I am waiting to explore all of the things discussed.
A brilliant review, answered all my queries about this scanner and put my mind at rest before I commit to the £449 outlay. I can’t wait to get started on that pile of photos! Thank you!
Excellent Review Colin I really enjoyed it
Great video. Excellent review. Thank you for all your effort.
Fantastic review. Very helpful. Thanks!
Great video! Have a question....the digital pictures I have on my computer already, can those be moved over to this Epson file so everything is in 1 place?
Exactly what I need, thanks for a really good video!
Great, helpful review. Very close to what I need. I was wondering if you could recommend a combo scanner that does pictures and negatives in a speedy, efficient way, like this one.
Great information as always. Thanks
Good luck finding any such machine. The closest things available for prints and negs are the Epson V-800 & V-850, but they''re both flatbeds. They can do multiple slides or multiple negatives in batches, as well as prints up just over letter size, but they're not very fast for each individual slide or negative. A digital camera with a sensor at least 24 megapixels in size, a 1:1 macro lens, a film holder for each size slide/negative you have, a copy stand or tripod to hold the camera stationary and parallel to the film, an LED light panel with a CRI of 95 or higher to backlight film, a pair of LED lights to give even lighting for prints and other documents, will give you the speed you seek with better quality digital images.
A great review. I have 10's of 1000's photos as my family and myself were in the photo-retail business for decades up to the millenium shift, that I have been looking for some way to digitize. The flatbed is not an option. But this is absolutely. Thank You
Ill be honest, I was a little doubtful at first, but the process went really quickly. A goal I never thought I would accomplish.
This is such a fantastic review. Thanks!
Well done comparison of options for converting photos to digital images.
I’ve literally got five of the large Rubbermaid totes FULL of photos stored away in our guest room. A podcast I listen to made mention of the Epson Fastfoto, but I wanted to learn more than the Amazon product description could provide - so I took to UA-cam, where I found this video review. Thanks so much for the excellent information and very useful review. I am now searching for the best price for this FF 680 W and will start my photo digitization process soon. This was very helpful.
…One more thought: remember to BACK IT UP!
The scanner dropped in price and is $549.99 today June 19th. It was $549.99 when I started looking at it and the price went up to $599.99. I bought it this afternoon and I’m so excited to get started on my photos.
Thank you. Very good video on how to use and expect. I got this and love it
Great video & a fantastic piece of kit, would consider buying one but would have limited use after you’d gone through your collection. Renting one would be the way to go.. but a great machine all the same 👍
Nice video, I've been on the fence for purchasing. I like that you had examples as well as screen shots of the SW. I also like that you stated the price. It doesn't seem like the price has come down all that much. Thanks again.
Thank you so Munch
Does this workshop with my iPad Pro 2018 (512gb)?
Great review, thanks. Can you say how much space scanning 2500 photos actually took on your computer?
Really good clear and objective review.
Thank you! So glad I found your video, as I could not locate one as yours. Wasn't interested in the EPSON ones, too boring. Very helpful, as I am more of a visual learner.Just purchased this, and will enjoy testing it out.
So you bought the EPSON? How do you like it?
Hi - good and comple review.
I see it has Epsom Smart software; does it have the same features as the ES Workforce500w? My goal is photos along with receipt sorting, contracts, and mail documents.
Also- can u select and scroll file folders from the device to a Cloud service or do u need the computer to operate and the computer on?
Great video --- I have the scanner and now I actually know how it works.
Yep - it's a lifesaver... I have a 500W and I've put everything through it.. Photos I don't have negatives for, all kinds of documents, records, tax papers, business cards and so on. We are doing a lot of downsizing - going through years and years worth of stuff. We've found a lot of those PhotoMat envelopes. So my little 500W has been getting a workout.
As an aside... ALL my negatives (and I have one of those plastic tote boxes full of them - 35mm to 4 X 5) have been scanned. I have a couple Epson flatbeds, and both are capable of scanning negs and slides. All have been scanned @ 4800 dpi - you can actually see the grain in the film! All our photos are stored on 2 external HDs and a 3rd internal drive on my main PS machine. I have to tell you.. It took several months to scan all those negatives! 😜
Great review and great machine. Still having problems with the destination folder and changing settings.
Thank you for this in-depth review and demo. This will work for me!!! Service is $1.00 per photo and a mess to pack and mail. I'm excited!
I''m going to get this for my Dad, thanks to your video!!! Great Video!!!
Great tutorial! Thank you!
Ordered mine from B & H Photo, while watching the review. I ran across a box of photos, of old, last week, and put them back in storage. I didn't know what to do with them. Now I will scan them when my order arrives. No sales tax from B & H Photo. I buy all of my camera equipment there also.
B+H are great, I use them all the time too
This tutorial was just terrific! Thanks so much. One question I have is it possible to actually type on the copied prints before they are uploaded?
Superb video, so useful. Thanks for doing it!
Hey...Nice review....Which museum was that in the photos if you don't mind sharing?
Many thanks for detailed review.
Love it! This is the solution to my problem!! Thanks!
Can you put standard plastic sleeves with documents in them through the scanner directly- without removing them from the sleeves?
Great review!
Brilliant video. I live in uk and struggling to find a stockist with stock available. Is there anything else as fast?
You did a very good job of showing this scanner Nov. 23 / 2021
Great review. Thanks!
Thanks for this great review.
Great Review...I am sold and off to go and buy one!!
Excellent review Collin! I really need to do a job like you did, I started laughing when I looked at your desk, as I do have a lot of old photos too!Let's see if I can get it into my country :) Can I create a folder in my external disk for the new photos to be stored? Thank you very much for this review! Best for you from Uruguay.
Great tutorial....thank you....brilliant teacher!!!
I would've liked to see more voice over video of the method, side by side of quality, problems, and solutions. Lots of great information. Probably the one I'll go with. Thank so much.
Thank you for the video. It was very informative. I bought one yesterday however I don’t know how to find the photos on my computer so I can drag them to other folders. I’ll read the book again maybe I’m missing something obvious.
The default place it saves (at least in Mac; don’t know Windows) is a subfolder in Pictures so it should be there?
Can the fast photo software and filesystem be backed up on the seat drive outside of the software?
Excellent instructions!!
What about lots of old, various sized photos? Can you still keep scanning without having to resize the input tray?
Hi ! I bought Epson fast photo scanner for my tons of photos but the result of my photos are not satisfactory black and white pictures are almost dark and colored are orange dark , I bought this scanner after your detailed review, is any thing which I am doing wrong or can you please tell me if there is any setting which solve this problem. I appreciate your help , you have a wonderful night. I enjoyed your informative videos.
Very helpful. Thank you!
Execellant job nice to watch it again Keep it up
Thanks for this!!
Good product , I'm using flatbed professional hp scanner for years old negatives at 2400dpi to 1200 , however I would consider this scanning stock printed photos
Can you take those scanned photos right to your PowerPoint or Google Slides without the white or grey background????
I can't figure out... using the sleeve. Do we keep that piece of paper stuck in between the two clear sheets, or are we supposed to tear it out? It's stuck tight, making me think it's supposed to be there, but I can't find anything to tell me.
We bought a HP ScanJet Pro 2000. Do you think we can use Epson's software for their scanner or do you know of software like Epson's that will be good for HP? Mahalo!
great review , Thanks
Great...just did 9000 photos for the family. Glad I had this for the process...a true work horse.
How does it work with postcards and the like ?
Really excellent review, thanks. So, I have few questions. Are you saying that a regular flatbed scanner will give a better quality copy of a photo? Should I scan my favorites on a flatbed after all? Also, which languages does the OCR work in? I'm wondering if it could do Hebrew? I currently only have a chromebook. Will the software work with a chromebook? If I don't have word, will the OCR work if I save documents in some other format? (like PDF?) And if I wanted to save in both PDF and word, would I need to run the documents through twice? Lastly, where did you find this for $530? I'm seeing $599 everywhere. Look forward to your reply- Thanks again!
I just bought this after watching this video and it arrived today
Hi Colin, I have a Canon MP990, it is a printer, copier, scanner (Photos, Documents, and an attachment that lets me scan slides and film strips). It also has a great quality to the scans and copies and print outs. I have had it for over a decade and still works pretty well. The software has a cleaning and deep cleaning part to it, and when scanning documents I have a choice of JPG or PDF. I do plan to install the software on my newer laptop, and then scan away. I have so many pictures, and negatives from years ago, and when I had a film DSR camera for a photography class I took quite a few years ago. Like over 5 years ago. I do like your idea of scanning documents, which I eventually plan to do. Great scanner though.
Good luck on your process, its so worth it to get that task done
Thank you, you too.
I’m wondering how many GBs did all your photos take up ? I’m in the process of doing this. Thank you for the video.
Great review, picked up a few hints and tricks. Love my new 680W and still working through loads of photo albums. I have a question... Is there anyway to start the scan number at any other number that 0001. I scanned 200 or so photos from 1995 then, after moving on to 1996, found more 1995 photos. I would love to start scanning the 1995 photos in the same folder as the others, but start the scan number at 220, not zero. Any suggestions?
I haven’t tried this (I only rented the scanner to test the waters, looking to buy one eventually) but when it pops up with the labelling/describing screen where you put in the date, there’s an option to create a subfolder. Uncheck the box, and I assume it’ll scan to your default location with the numberings. Then copy the format of one of the file names (if need be) and batch rename, starting with 220 and then move the files across. Little bit of a faff but I think that’s the only way
Hi,
Very fine review. Can you tell us how much space you consumed for 2500 photos. I have more then 2500 photos so I want to get a big hard drive to store them. Just approximately how many bytes etc. will really appreciate it.
I don't need my scanner to be 'that' fast.. but I do need higher quality to be able to sell this as a service. Any suggestions?
Great overview
That's a pretty crazy price, it will make using a flatbed scanner which I paid 0 for more paletable. It does cut photos layed side by side into individual pictures. Its the Epson sx430w which is ancient.
Thanks, great video!
Thanks for the video. I have this item. LOVE it. I use it all the time for documents to digitize my files. I used to have 5 inches of papers to file CONSTANTLY, but now I have NOTHING!! All digitized!! Tax Documents organized in Dropbox by year and subdivided by category. LOVE LOVE LOVE. I purchased the scanner for photos and have yet to dive into that side of it because I can't figure out how to best name the people in the photos. I understand how you did it in the video, but is there a good way to ID people?