Epson Perfection 4870 – Don’t Buy This Photo Scanner Until You’ve Read This Review
Epson Perfection 4870 Photo Scanner Review
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Okay, so here we are again with another review of a photo scanner, and today we have the Epson Perfection 4870. The best thing about this scanner is that it is so easy to set up and use. The quality is very similar to a dedicated film scanner, so serious film photographers will certainly not be disapointed here.
One customer complained that the scanner produces very large computer files, but for the truly serious photographer this probably won’t be a problem. Also, the black & white setting doesn’t seem to work, but it’s easy to get round that by scanning black & white pictures using the colour mode.
This scanner is great either for serious photographers who have a lot of old film they want to preserve, or even just for the average person who has lots of old negatives of family, friends and holidays.
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This scanner is for:
- Serious photographers with lots of film to scan
- Anyone with old photo negatives who would like to preserve them digitally
Main Features:
- 4,800 x 9,600 dpi optical resolution, 12,800 x 12,800 dpi interpolated
- 48-bit color depth, 16-bit grayscale; 3.8 Dmax
- Transparency adapter built into lid with 4 film holders
- Digital ICE and Epson Easy Photo Fix for color restoration and dust removal
- USB 2.0 and Firewire connectivity; PC and Mac compatible
- If you would like to buy this photo scanner, you can get it on sale on Amazon through this link
Customer Reviews:
Excellent product, but more than what average user needs
I bought the Epson 4870 scanner to scan my old pictures and negatives. I read many reviews on different scanners. I chose Epson 4870 mainly for the high resolution. I also, liked the firewire option and the speed seemed to be reasonable.
I managed to scan hundreds of films and pictures in the last few months with no problem. The product works excellent, but that itself could be the problem. It is just too good for my needs. The very high resolution would produce files about 100 MB; way too big to adjust the lighting or the color on it. My Intel P4 machine with 256 MB RAM had hard time managing those files. The resolution was much higher than anything my $1000 digital camera could ever produce. Unless you are a professional photographer or you need to make large posters of your pictures, you will never need such a high resolution capability. I ended up using the lower resolution settings and still have very good quality scans. Save your money and buy the Epson 3170…
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Well Worth the Price
Bought this over the weekend specifically for scanning 4×5 transparencies (taken during the 1950′s) and so far very impressed with the quality. I’ve also scanned 35 mm film strips with equally amazing results. I’m new to this aspect of computer use and my laptop may not be powerful enough at this juncture and so it seems slow when I scan – converting it to 2400 dpi, but the results were definitely worth the wait. This was an upgrade; had an epson 3170 and was very pleased with it but wasn’t getting clear results…saw dots all along profiles…
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