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I have successfully used this scanner to scan 120 film negatives, exactly what I bought it for. The documentation is written for scanning 35mm film and barely mentions other types of film. The default settings are for 35mm film. I had to Google how to scan 120 film. Once I found the answer it handled pretty well. I had to get the proper drivers for Windows 10. That's understandable due to its age. I was going to install it on a Mac, but the manual mentioned that it had to be installed on a disk or partition that was other than Mac's file system. So I didn't bother. I feel this product was worth it because to buy a scanner that scans all the formats listed above would cost $500 or more,
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Great unit for MF (hundreds for me!) and LF (thousands!), which is why I bought it. I consider it in a couple of important respects especially valuable: (1) it has a Dust Elimination routine (setable at three levels) which works for B&W as ICE does not...and it works well; and (2) the histogram lets the user specify the full range of B&W image brightness even at 8-bits (256 gray shades)...better, of course, at 16-bits (65K gray shades, but large file output). The issue that a previous reviewer complained of - all images are scanned at the same level as the one you set - is not a problem. After using the Epson Scan Application for Preview, select EACH image individually by creating ANOTHER cropping outline from the top right box (and the total count shown of images thus outlined will increase by 1 for each). THEN each can be separately adjusted for all factors. PhotoShop can refine images further but not if the whole brightness range fails to be scanned because a user disregared the histogram settings. I also like the Epson 4870 for irregular sizes which can simply be placed directly on the glass within a template aperture, though not without one of the templates in place. Then Preview each image as usual, crop/outline, set histogram range, adjust color, etc. as needed... Perfect! (Perfection?)Read full review
This is the scanner you need for any "old" negatives. yes, it will do the standard 35mm, etc. but it also does the old 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 as well as the 4"x5" medium format. The only thing I have not figured out how to do is "seperate" the negatives when you work on them. If you use the negative holders that come with it, it will produce the negatives and turn them to pictures, which is fine.But I have not figured out a way to fix them (add color, change brightness, etc.) becuase when you add it to one, it does it to all of them. To get around this, I just lay the negative in the center of the scanner and block off the other negatives with a black piece of construction paper. What I get is a great negative turned picture, then I import it into my Mac and use Aperture to correct colors, etc. and it works like a charm.Read full review
Unboxed it and first thing I saw was the two shipping locks were not locked. No problem... Luck was with me for a change. It wasn't damaged. Scanned a couple prints, a couple rolls of 35 mm, 126 and 2 1/4 negatives. Works fine.
Verified purchase: No
Good scanner, precursor to Epson v700. I have always gotten nice scans from it of negatives and prints.
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