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The Epson P-5000 - part 2 of 1 2

by Mike McNamee Published 01/08/2007

It hasn't happened to me yet, but how many of us have had a corrupt card or inadvertently deleted the images off the card before getting them on the computer? By downloading to the Epson you can quickly check for any problems - important for wedding photographers, but also for those of us shooting architecture, corporate reports , events, etc and it acts as a very important secondary backup device (with a hard drive capacity of 80gb you could leave the images on the Epson until the wedding album has been delivered and everybody is totally satisfied). With all the software pre-installed its actually just under 74GB capacity, but still plenty large enough.

Viewing the images is incredibly easy, just highlight the image, push OK and it appears, full-screen on the beautiful 4 inch, 640x480 resolution, 4-colour filter system LCD screen which can be set for Adobe RGB or sRGB colour spaces and then zoom at 25% 50% 100% up to 400%. Despite the advanced technology though, viewing in bright sunlight can be a problem.

Once viewing the image you can (in order) view the file name, then a screen with all relevant data such as shutter speed, aperture, white balance, date & time, ISO, as well as the all-important Histogram. Push display again and you arrive at the gamut warning screen which shows both areas of highlight and shadow where no information has been recorded, it's a pity that Epson don't have separate screens for highlights and shadows, however this may be a firmware upgrade in time.

What else will it do? Slide shows - you can import pod casts (MP4) and watch them at your leisure, you can put your entire music collection on it (OK it's miles bigger in physical size than an Ipod video) but using the Epson software to import music, videos and the like is an absolute doddle and works like a dream. The built-in speaker is quite low in volume (but not quality) and therefore, a decent pair of headphones is a must.

I'd like to see a carrying pouch which fits on your belt and the unit could then be accessed easily, when needed. I have purchased an after market leather pouch from Hong Kong, which is much sturdier than the Epsonprovided, soft, slip-in pouch and I've also made a folder within the unit, named 'IF FOUND', which details my name and address and offers a reward for its return for that (hopefully unlikely) event when I leave it in the pub when reviewing the end of a hard day's work with a client over a beer, and some kind soul picks it up. Though I suspect that anyone who gets their hands on one of these is unlikely to want to give it back!

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