Epson Perfection® 4490 Film Scanner (35 mm), Flatbed Scanner

Great seller, not sure on the condition, however it was still sealed and could not be in any better condition. Would love to do further business.

Very easy to use, pictures come out great! I am very happy with it! It is a little larger than I originally wanted, but most scanners that I found were about the same size. My pictures look wonderful and now they are all backed up and saved on my computer!

As of this writing, there are lots of NOS 4490s on the market at very cheap prices. This is an extraordinary scanner for 120 (medium format film). It is now replaced with the V500.

I have used the 4490 to scan images for a book, and an accompanying photo exhibit. My 20x20" prints look superb. Great detail and tonal range. This is one very good scanner. I don't use it for 35mm because I have a dedicated scanner for that, but I would think it would do a good job with that format as well. I really wish the scanner could do 4x5 film scans, but alas, you have to buy the 4990 for quite a bit more money.

The software is a little complicated at first. It took me a good week to learn how to get good scans. I scan at 2400 dpi and leave it at original size. Then change the rez to what I need in PhotoShop (e.g. 300 dpi and 16x16").

Four issues annoy me:
1. Film flatness with 120 film is a bear. I have to leave the film under books for several days to get it flat enough to scan. The holders are not as effective as they could be, but I'm not sure what else they can do.

2. The medium format holder is roughly 6x12, but when I do 6x6, 6x7, or 6x9 film, it often has a difficult time figuring out where the edges of the film are, so it will cut off images in the middle. Usually repositioning the film will fix the problem, but it is annoying.

3. Digital Ice is worthless on this scanner. I've not been able to get an effective scan with Ice.

4. Dust removal is pretty good, but it causes weird artifacts in the grain. You have to keep the dusting option at Medium or less, or you get muddled areas where the software apparently confuses film grain for dust.

None the less, it is my go-to scanner for medium format.

good and fast/ item was as stated, shipment was quick, and i am very happy with my new scanner , this e-bay seller is recomended

in automated mode, it does every thing but bake cookies.
In professional mode you can adjust evrything.
They need to write a better techinal manual on the product showing examples of what different control affect and show examples of playing with the controls.
Just saying it adjust the constant of the universe, means nothing without detailed descussion and examples of what you mean. You could spend days playing with all the controls and seeing what they do. But you can bet the designer who put it in the software knows what it does, but the techinal writter, writting the manual doesn't have a clue. Need to buy a book on scanner and controls.
So in summary scanner excellant, manual and help descriptions poor.

If your looking for a scanner that scans Pictures, Color Slide and Even Negatives, then this is the scanner for you. It's simple to use and produces spectacular results. I have scanned all 3, pictures, slides and negatives. Then even using photo software, enhanced the copied pictures. Now I am in the process of scanning all our pictures for safe keeping on a CD/DVD. The scanner runs a bit slow on negatives but zips right through prints. The price I paid was half of what I paid for it in a "Big Box" store a year earlier when I bought one for work. This is much better than those all-in-one scanner/printers. Don't hestitae on this unit.

Easy setup and install, professional results and scan quality. Have had many different brands of scanners in the past, Epson takes the cake with it comes to quality.

If you more than one picture to scan, but the scanner, I have 2, my first one for a oouple of years, saves me time, money, and helps me sleep better at night.

This is a great scanner for pictures and documents. I've been very pleased with it. It was a breeze to install and I was up and running quickly. Two items of note
1) The top come off easily (by design), but it can appear flimsy if you handle it roughly.
2) It's loud, but fast.

after alot of research I opted for this unit for its capabilities in regards the slides and 35MM film. Scanning the 35mm is long at high resolution (as expected), but fast at 300dpi. Software is very cool too, three settings Auto, Beginner, Advanced can be switched before scanning depending what you need to do that's nice.

I haven't fully tested the OCR software properly, but based on my initial test of reading a document previously scanend(older scanner) at 150 dpi it was poor, but I think the default dpi is 300, thus shouldn't expect much.

If you don't need the film/slide capability, I'd go with an all-in-one printer/scanner, but if you do, this is the cat's meow.