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Produces very blurry scans at 4800dpi. I have to sharpen 100% radius 1.5, downsample to 50% of pixels, sharpen 50% radius 1.5, downsample again to 50%. Then the pixels start to look sharp.I have scanned 100s of slides. Ive tried every combination I can think of. The real resolution is about 1200dpi.This was cofirmed to me in a photographer's review at http://www.olegnovikov.com/technical/epson4990/epson4990.shtml The physics problem is the glass bed. It scatters light making the image blurry. The scanner hardware may be capable of 4800dpi but if the glass interferes its useless. There is a reason no dedicated film scanners are flatbeds.I should have saved my money and got a dedicated film scanner.
[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from N. Virginia on 7/10/2007
This scanner is replacing my Nikon slide unit which now is defunct due to Vista upgrade. This is my first flat bed scanner that was free of internal dust and film scans are great.
[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Watsonville on 2/12/2007
It works perfectly for our uses
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Auburn, AL on 2/7/2007
Has performed excellently with film sizes from 35mm through 4 x 5, color positive, color and black & white negative. Also superb for scanning prints and documents. I have only two complaints: (1) The film holders are of inferior quality material, and (2) The user cannot replace the bulb—it must be done by an Epson technician.