can Epson 4490 scan 110/126 negatives? Anyone with this scanner (Epson Perfection 4490 Photo Scanner) tried to scan 110 or 126 negatives? I've read reviews and everyone seems to be doing slides and 35mm--I have a bunch of old 100 negatives and family 126 negatives and want to be sure they will also scan with this scanner before purchasing. Looking for firsthand knowledge from someone who actually owns this scanner. Thank you. can Epson 4490 scan 110/126 negatives? Anyone with this scanner (Epson Perfection 4490 Photo Scanner) tried to scan 110 or 126 negatives? I've read reviews and everyone seems to be doing... » Read More can Epson 4490 scan 110/126 negatives? Anyone with this scanner (Epson Perfection 4490 Photo Scanner) tried to scan 110 or 126 negatives? I've read reviews and everyone seems to be doing slides and 35mm--I have a bunch of old 100 negatives and family 126 negatives and want to be sure they will also scan with this scanner before purchasing. Looking for firsthand knowledge from someone who actually owns this scanner. Thank you. « Show Less
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When you scan slides or negatives on this scanner, it defaults to certain pre-set sizes that you can select via configuration. It does a good job of recognizing images of pre-set size. For odd sizes where you don't have a preset, you need to turn off the thumbnail function and manually select the images. But this is not hard, and if you're editing in say photoshop, getting the selection accurate is not that important.
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Yes, the carrier for holding larger film is designed for regular modern "large format" negatives, but I found that old negatives taken with my wife's Kodak Hawkeye fit fine (if not perfectly). Make sure that the "dull" side is up and the "shiny" side is facing down.
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Can you be a bit more specific about not having the correct size templates for 110 film and the fact it is more labor???
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I definitely know that this printer scans 120 film, and really well too. (i don't own one, ive just been researching quite deeply on this topic for a while). The question i want to know is, does this printer come with all of the attachments so you can scan 120 and 35mm film? I want to make sure of this before i buy it.
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I do not believe the scanner can process negatives. It does come with a special tray for slides.
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I used it for many 35mm color slides and negatives, and got OK results. If you have a Windows machine you can use the software that accompanies the scanner to get better results.I chose this one because it is also a good flatbed scanner.
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Absolutely. My only problem with the scanner was that it said that it could scan negatives but failed to say only 35 mm negatives. It scans photos great and I'm happy with the results.
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I'm in the same boat. Been researching all morning and have narrowed down to the same 2. Best review I've found is on pcmag... with bottomline given as "If you need a scanner that scans both film and prints, but you are more concerned with the prints, the 8800F is an ideal choice. If your needs are more film-based than print-based, look at the V500 for excellent film scanning."
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Patricia--you are a life-saver! Thanks so much for taking the time to put together your tutorial. I've been paying between 75 cents and $1 each to scan my Dad's slides. With over 1,500 more to go this is definitely more cost effective. I had an HP scanner that supposedly did slides but the results were nothing like what you are able to get on your 4400.
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I think the 4490 is the predecessor of the V500. Spec-wise, the 4490 is more similar to the V300. Spend the extra few bucks and save yourself the headache of not having ICE to scan your negatives.
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Hi Jay, I have to say I'm puzzled as that is not what I experienced when I have scan negatives. You are not scanning slides are you? I have tried that. I'm sorry if I am not much of a help.
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Good Morning Karen, I'm sure that you can. There is a place and little devise that you use to scan them and slides. I believe it will work just a GOOD as the photo scanner works. I love my scanner. I have scanned approx. 500 photos in 3 different sessions and I still need to do many many more. I have negatives that I will be scanning also. Good Luck and again I LOVE MY PERSONAL PHOTO AND NEGATIVE SCANNER. YOU WILL TOO... Sincerely, Mary J. Kinch mkinch@aol.com
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I am not completely sure on that question. I have not used this for negatives as of yet. But on the box it says "scan slides and negative, including medium format". I'm not sure if the 120 negatives you are referring to are considered medium format. If they are, then I suppose this answers your question. If not, sorry I could not be of more assistance.
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I have had a number of epson scanners/printers, and they usually come with an accessory for negatives if it is a feature of that model. Call customer service epson and ask if that model # has that feature.....
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It works great. I use it to scan receipts mainly. I scan checks in color with decent photographic quality, for a 300dpi scanner. I have been using one for a couple of years, and just bought a few more in case i drop it and break it, as i depend on it! I hope this helps.
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It won't scan negatives but some users, including me, have had good luck with photos and others have not. It depends on the quality one wants.
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Yes, but you will have to create your own negative holder, or find a way to keep the negatives flat on the platen. If you have an old scanner with a smaller piece of glass that would be optimal to use to keep the 110 negatives flat. The automatic scanning setups will also not identify 110 negatives, but using the scanner driver, and the advanced settings you are able to identify the images by drawing a box around each, then scanning them as a batch.
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I did scan some very old negatives from the '30s, but it is not easy. Back then, negitives were in all kinds of shapes and sizes. The scanner does just fine, but the software is poor. I did this a few years ago, so as I remember, I used Gimp on a Linux machine. Otherwise, the Epson software expects the negative to fit into one of the included frames. Using this process, it took a few minutes of fiddle with the settings to scan just one negative.
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I have the Canoscan 8400F. I can tell you how I do it on that scanner. Basically, I trick the scanner into thinking that it's scanning 120 film. I typically put the the 120 adapter into place, and then lay 3 strips of 110 film in the adapter. If the film doesn't want to lie flat, since it can't be held down by the adapter, I place a couple of high quality microscope slides on the film to hold it flat, making sure that the edges of the slides fall at a break between negatives. I set the scanner at its highest resolution, which on the 8400F is 3200 ppi. Then using the selection tool, I select about three negatives at a time to scan. I separate them later using Photoshop Elements by cutting and pasting. I scan them as if they were transparencies rather than negatives. The large amount of white space surrounding the negatives causes the scanner to misinterpret the colors if they are scanned as negatives. The scanner always says that an image consisting of three 110 negatives is about 50 megs, but it never actually is that large when you examine the file after it is saved. Once I have the scanned image, I then open the image in Photoshop Elements, cut and paste the individual negatives as separate files, and then process. First I run autocontrast, then auto color correct, then auto levels, and finally invert the image to a positive. Then I do any touchup and final color and noise adjustment. I've probably processed about a thousand 110 negatives this way and usually get pretty good results. I assume you could do something similar with the 8800F. The biggest problem I get is the presence of Newton rings, but I can usually correct that by rescanning, or post processing if they aren't too serious.
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I read reviews and virtually all of them are concerned on photo scanning. I want to buy the scanner because I want to scan multi-page documents and books. My main concern is how this scanner copes with shadows in the middle of the thick books. My HP scanner and Epson all-in-one machine leave big shadows when scanning thick documents. ave tried document scanning as well?