Re: Epson 4990 scanner

I have been thinking of purchasing this scanner to scan medium format negs
are you happy with the quality of the scans you are getting?

"Jean.Daubas" <jean.daubas@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
Hi James, Gerry and Shannon,

I own an Epson 4990 scanner.
For all the special medium formats negatives, you might use a "MF Film
Holder" which can be used with the 4990 and other epson scanners.
Their page is there :
http://home.earthlink.net/~dougfisher/holder/mfholderintro.html

and the cost is less than 30 US $.
They have also Anti-Newton glasses.

An other device which could be used with (xè slides is the diacover magnetic
system. I don't know very well. Info can be found at :
http://www.diacover.de/

Hope it helps
Cheers from France!

Jean

----- Original Message -----
From: "jamesromeo"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Epson 4990 scanner

>I know some one who bought a template for 6x12 for his noblex on his Epson.
> I just bought a 4990 I can not contact him now.
> Does any one out there know the name of the company who makes the
> template.
> Thanks
> James
> On Sep 15, 2005, at 11:35 AM, Gerry Giliberti wrote:
>
>> There is an after market product that compensates for the Epson scanner
>> template problems (4870 &4990 scanners and others). I can't find the
>> company
>> name right now but you may be able to search the internet for these
>> templates. They cost about $29 each. I don't know of anyone who has tried
>> them but from what I've read they make a difference in the scanning
>> quality.
>> I have a 4870 and the scans are OK. Let's face it the little plastic
>> lenses
>> in these scanners really don't compare at all to high end drum scanners.
>> In
>> the end it's all about if your are satisfied with the results you get
>> when
>> you complete the type of printing process you're doing. If you only have
>> a
>> few 8x10 negatives you may be better off sending them to Kodak. I think
>> they
>> drum scan everything they put onto CDs.
>>
>> Gerry G
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Shannon Stoney [mailto:sstoney@pdq.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:29 AM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: epson 4990 scanner
>>
>>
>> Speaking of Epson:
>>
>> Has anybody had any experience with the Epson Perfection 4990
>> scanner? (I have just gotten back on the list so I hope I am not
>> bringing up an old thread that you discussed all summer.) I looked
>> at one yesterday in a store, and I was worried it wouldn't work well
>> for scanning 8x10 negatives or medium format panoramas, because for
>> big negatives, the film sits directly on the glass. I was worried
>> there might be newton rings or poor focus. The 8x10 holder doesn't
>> really suspend the film above the glass; it's more like a template.
>> Maybe one could fashion a holder out of thin plastic, though.
>>
>> --shannon
>
>

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