Compare Prices : Epson Perfection 4490 Photo - Expert Reviews

Review summary: At the top end of Epson's range of home and office scanners sits the Perfection 4990 Photo. It's big, it's expensive and it has some impressive specifications, but is it any good?

Pros: Excellent film negative scanning, speedy

Cons: Expensive for a home/office scanner, big, bulky and ugly

Verdict: Overall the Epson Perfection 4990 Photo is an excellent all rounder. It should handle any scanning task you throw at it with ease and produce stunning results. That said, it is expensive and this expense can't really be justified unless you're in need ...

Review summary: Straight out of the box the Epson Perfection 4490 Photo gives an impression of high quality. Switch it on and it purrs..

Pros: Very good scan quality, design and build quality

Cons: Digital ICE dust and scratch removal over-aggressive

Verdict: Very high standard of construction and excellent software. Only the Digtal ICE facility failed to impress.

Review summary: The Perfection 4490 Photo is one of Epson's mid-range scanners and represents a good all-round package of decent hardware and good software. It features a built-in transparency hood and comes with a range of holders for ...

Verdict: A stylish product with good features and an excellent driver interface, plus pretty good scanning performance. If you're after a scanner that's a cut above entry-level offerings, or you need performance on a budget, this is a good option, although ...

Review summary: First-Rate Flatbed Photo Scanner

Pros: Small footprint. Great image quality. Solid software bundle ; No hardcopy manual

Cons: No hardcopy manual

Verdict: . The Epson Perfection 4490 Photo is a quality scanner that has the flexibility a photographer needs.

Review summary: We would like to introduce to you a new model in the excellent photo scanner family line from EPSON. Selling at a pretty reasonable price, this solution offers all the benefits of the predecessors and boasts a few modifications. How revolutionary are ...

Verdict: It's really very hard to be pushing the bar ever higher, releasing another top model each next year. This time, regrettably, I cannot say the innovations are revolutionary. On the contrary, the innovations are so insignificant that it probably doesn't ...