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Flatbed scanner - 48-bit colour - 4800 dpi - x 9600 dpi - IEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB

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If you're serious about film and photo scanning, you'll appreciate the quality, flexibility and sheer scanning power of the Epson Perfection 4870 Photo. It recognizes detail so...
more...fine that you can even see the grain of the film, it scans all common film formats, including up to 24 x 35mm frames in a single batch and can even improve upon your originals as it scans. It's a genuine professional quality solution for photo printing, enlarging and archiving. The Epson Perfection 4870 Photo captures images in such detail that you can produce enlargements of incredible quality at an enormous size. At 4800dpi, it's so good it can even pick up the grain of the film but if you are looking for a smoother finish, Epson Scan now includes a Grain Reduction tool, which blends and diffuses the grain. To achieve far superior scan results, the Epson Perfection 4870 Photo scanner uses a newly designed moving carriage Transparency Unit (TPU). It ensures the best possible light source for a much brighter scan luminance and improved optical density, up to 3.8DMax. The TPU lamp has also been chromatically optimized for improved film scanning. This supremely flexible scanner is nothing less than a superb quality, high productivity in-house scanning solution. Perfect for any serious photo application, including photo studios and smaller graphics and print houses, it can handle all common film formats and scan multiple images simultaneously up to 24 x 35mm frames, eight 35mm mounted slides, three frames of 6x12cm (max) 120/220 frames and two 4"x5" frames. The Epson Perfection 4870 Photo includes professional Digital ICE Technology, which automatically removes surface defects such as scratches, dust, dirt particles and fingerprints from film and prints. Some software-only solutions just soften, blur or alter underlying composition of the image but Digital ICE works from within the scanner during the scanning process. For photo prints it uses two light sources reflecting on the image from different sections, identifying the precise location of physical defects and for film scanning utilizes an infrared light source, which detects the imperfection and generates a "Defects Channel" to the traditional RGB channels to create an improved authentic final image. The best photo studios can count on the most effective combination of scanner and printer. The Epson Perfection 4870 Photo is capable of capturing images in impressive detail, but when combined with one of Epson's acclaimed range of Epson Stylus Photo printers, the results are truly amazing.

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A review by leeharding on Epson Perfection 4870 PHOTO
December 30th, 2004

Author's product rating: Epson Perfection 4870 PHOTO - rated by leeharding

Speed	Very fast
Colour sensitivity	Excellent
Resolution	Good
Ease of Installation	Good - quick to install
Value For Money	Good

Advantages:	Best Scanner on the Market today
Disadvantages:	Cost Of Product

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

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This photoscanner is said to be the best photo scanner on the market. Mind you £299.99 is alittle expensive for a scanner don't you think? If you have the money you need to get this scanner. Its reliable, it looks good and you pay for the quality. Because this scanner is 110% quality. You cannot fault it.

Requires: 128MB RAM; 275MB hard drive space; USB or FireWire port; Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, or XP; Mac OS 8.6-9.2, Mac OS X 10.2 or later

Street Price: £299.99

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001B5AJY/002-5493025-6480003?v=glance

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
Professional software bundle including LaserSoft SilverFast Ai 6.0
USB 2.0 and Firewire connectivity; PC and Mac compatible

The Epson Perfection 4870 Photo scanner ($450 street) is possibly the best desktop flatbed scanner ive had, rivaling even professional scanners costing thousands. It's the first Epson with firmware and hardware that incorporates the impressive Digital ICE technology developed by Applied Science Fiction (now part of Kodak) for reducing or eliminating the effects of dust, scratches, tears, and creases in both prints and film automatically. The scanner also comes with Easy Photo Fix, Epson's proprietary equivalent of the Applied Science Fiction Digital ROC plug-in for restoring faded print and film color and the Digital GEM plug-in, which reduces the effects of film grain patterns.

I have had my scanner for 2 months it was easy to install, easy to use, and JUST plan easy. My nan would be able to set-up the scanner and work it. Good luck if you are thinking of buying one

My advice is, you got the money go for it.

Lee

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Ease of use	Very easy
Design	Good
Range of extra features / functions	Excellent
Instruction manual	Good
Manufacturer Support	Excellent

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