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The attached sample above, is a 6x17 tranny scanned at 2400dpi with 8x oversampling. It was scanned as a lab colour 16bit tiff. The resulting file was 503mb and produces a 53inch print at 300dpi. The further samples above show an actual pixels crop of the image of the barn in the centre.

I think this is a pretty good advertisement of how good this little scanner can be. I only scan 120 film and as there were so few scanners that could handle 6x17, I took the decision to see how far I could get the Epson to go. Removing the glass is a pretty extreme modification to make, but I think the benefits speak for themselves.

I'm gonna actually go to pay a visit to a company who have an Imacon 949, and scan the same tranny myself over the next few weeks, so will post a comparison.

Interesting test on the 4990. were you using the supplied Epsonscan software, or the bundled Silverfast? If you were using either of these then you were not getting the maximum performance from this scanner.

As stated above, the glass has been removed from mine. I scan 6x17 transparencies with Silverfast AI studio with 8x oversample. I never use ICE as I find it degrades the image (and doesn't work with an anti newton glass anyway). As for the scan times, I will agree that the scanner is a little slow (but what do you expect for �300). Digital ICE is very processor and memory hungry. As the Epson has a very small memory buffer compared to your Minolta its actually using your PC and its hard disk for the memory. Therefore you will find a dramatic increase in speed if you use Firewire to start with, then upgrade your ram to 2Meg or more. In addition further increases can be had by using a faster hardrive (ie Sata).

Hopefully this will work................

this is an actual pixels crop of the above image in photoshop. As stated Epson 4990, with no glass<div></div>

Hi there, I'm new to the site so please be easy on me.

I have an Epson 4990 running silverfast ai studio. My Epson 4990 has had its glass removed and a piece of 2mm perspex replaces the glass. The perspex has a hole cut in it approximately 3 inches wide by 8 inches long. Over this I have a Dougs MF film holder with Anti Newton glass. I usually scan at 2400dpi with 8x oversampling.

I am very interested in comparing this to an imacon scanner of any type, as the results are amazing to say the least.

A) Can anyone tell me how to add an image so I can show you the detail? and B does anyone know where there is a link to a good review of the imacon scanners.<div></div>