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Epson - FastFoto FF-640 High-speed Photo Scanning System - Black

Make digital copies of treasured photographs or important documents with this Epson FastFoto photo scanner. Red-eye removal and color enhancement tools let you quickly touch up scanned images for optimal results. This Epson FastFoto photo scanner has a maximum optical resolution of 600 dpi to ensure accurate electronic reproduction.

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A gem of a scanner for serious photo scanning

on October 14, 2016

Posted by: JoCo

This is a review for the Epson FastFoto 640 that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

tl;dr This is a little gem of a scanner. Although on the market at a high price point, it is well built, easy to set up, and very very fast.

Here's the longer review...

I found the scanner easy to set up and operate. It feels very well built and does not have the very thin plastic sheet feeder/catcher that you see on many printers/scanners these days. The software provided is easy to use and does a very good job at automatically enhancing photos. There are 2 resolution settings (300 and 600 dpi) but only 1 format that the images can be saved in (.jpg). This is ok for my everyday use, but I could see it may be a problem for more serious photographers who may want to save in a lossless format. I haven't yet tried to use the scanner with other software.

It is, as advertised, extremely fast. Though how long it will take you to scan your photo collection depends on how organized you are - I'd recommend at least sorting your photos into decades (into years if you can) as it greatly helps with the scanning process.

The scanner is large enough to also scan documents and comes with a protective sheet feeder for more delicate documents. I saved all my scans directly to Dropbox, and the software has options to save to your hard drive and also load a copy to Google Drive or Dropbox as well. A really nice feature is that it will scan both sides of your photo/document at the same time and save them as separate files.

This is selling at a high price point, although I can see why after experiencing how fast it is and seeing the quality of build. That said, at this price point I would have expected to see other features such as the ability to scan negatives as well.

Pros:
Well built
Easy to use
Very fast
Double sided scanning

Cons:
Limitations in the in-built software (save formats)
Does not scan negatives
Price

I would recommend this to a friend!

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