digidurst Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hi everyone! Quick question for ya... Is the speed of the Epson 4870 improved by using a firewire cable? Is the difference worth the expense? Thanks for the clarification :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom film holders for fl Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 If you already have USB 2.0 on a fairly recent PC, then I doubt if you would see much of a difference in real world scanning times. <p> Doug<p> <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~dougfisher/holder/mainintro.html">Dougs MF Film Holder for batch scanning of 120/220 medium format film with flatbeds</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_muntz Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 If you don't already have it you might want to wait a week or two - the new 4990 is due out about anytime. Actually I heard today (3/1) but it doesn't look today's the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theokeijzers Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hi Ellen If you use USB1, as I did, yes. It is much faster. I had to buy a firewire card for my old computer for it, the cable was included with the scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip l. Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Speed seems to be a mixed bag according to the review here: http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%204990/Page%201.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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