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Epson Perfection 4990
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Average Ratings for Epson Perfection 4990

  • Scan Quality2.8 stars
  • Ease of Set Up3.8 stars
  • Ease of Use3.8 stars
  • Value for Money3.2 stars
  • Overall rating3 stars

3 Reviews For Epson Perfection 4990

  • JonaBlom 14th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Good Points: Function: Excellent quality of colour and b/w photo prints,
    Excellent quality (sharpness and colour balance) of diapositives and negatives. Speed is tolerable unless you specify scratch and dust removal at high resolution.


    Bad Points: Very few unpleasant surprises with this Epson Perfection. Very priceworthy too in my opinion.


    General comments: In my experience... I had to supervise the automatic cutting of the gamma curve, otherwise I would of losy some of the original gradation. Software cuts high and low ends of the curve automatically unless you supervise and correct manually. Generally use the "low" automatic sharpness enhancement. I would like to be able to scan 16 diapositives at a time (like in the HP G4050), but I am unneccessarily limited to 8 with the Epson. However, I still recommend this scanner due to my good points.

  • Ratsalad Rank: Corporal 6th Sep 2005

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    I bought an Epson Perfection 4990 in late June.

    It's an OK piece of Kit. It replaced my Umax Astra 6440 firewire, which I was perfectly happy with. My scan log shows I have made 73 scans in the 3 months I have owned the 4990. Suddenly green streaks started appearing on my scans. On mailing Epson support, they tell me it is broken!

    Follows... is their returns and repair policy. Impressed? neither am I.

    The issue you are experiencing is caused by a physical fault with the scanner u ...

  • rayhook Rank: Major 16th Feb 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Epson Perfection 4990 was bought to replace a dedicated film scanner which was capable of 3600 dpi, this machine produces excellent results, easily and quickly using Epson's own software - but see comment in Bad points. Scanner is built like a proverbial tank. If only Epson's software didn't cut off the images, I would have awarded 10 stars for scan quality - at this price it just shouldn't happen.