WEBVTT - Epson FastFoto Scanner - Rich on Tech Daily

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on, rich tamiro here rich on tech and

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<v Speaker 1>today I'm taking a look at the EPSIN Fast Photo

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<v Speaker 1>FF six point scanner. This is a scanner that is

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to getting your old pictures that are printed digitized.

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<v Speaker 1>That way you can upload them to places like Google

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<v Speaker 1>Photos or Dropbox or Facebook or wherever you want to

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<v Speaker 1>put them. But basically, we all have those pictures in

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<v Speaker 1>the garage just collecting dust. This's gets some out of

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<v Speaker 1>those boxes and into our computers and save forever. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about the Fast Photo. EPSIN says it's the

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<v Speaker 1>world's fastest photo scanner. You can scan photos as fast

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<v Speaker 1>as one photo per second. Now that's at three hundred dpi.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll probably want to use the six hundred setting, which

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<v Speaker 1>you can do as well. I found that it scanned

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<v Speaker 1>really fast, but the processing part took a little bit longer.

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<v Speaker 1>This is where it really depends on the speed of

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<v Speaker 1>your computer. So if you have a fast computer. I

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<v Speaker 1>had mine hooked up to a MacBook. It worked pretty fast.

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<v Speaker 1>You can do thirty photos at a time. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think it was slow at all. I mean I really

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<v Speaker 1>thought that this was a very fast way to get

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<v Speaker 1>your pictures digitized. Let's see. So once your pictures are in,

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<v Speaker 1>the software does some neat stuff. Epsom has customs software

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<v Speaker 1>that not only helps you group your pictures by like date,

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<v Speaker 1>so before you scan them in, it'll say, hey, when

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<v Speaker 1>did you take these? Just give us a guess, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the year, the decade was it Christmas? Give us some keywords,

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<v Speaker 1>and that way, when you organize them later throw them

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<v Speaker 1>into any software you have, it'll kind of put them

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<v Speaker 1>in better order and also give some keywords to sort

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<v Speaker 1>of work off of. Now I understand that Google Photos

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<v Speaker 1>will obviously look inside these pictures for faces and clues

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<v Speaker 1>like Christmas, so that makes life even easier as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Another cool feature of this device is that it scans

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<v Speaker 1>both the front and the back of your pictures at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time. This is really handy because remember the

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<v Speaker 1>days when people actually used to write on the back

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<v Speaker 1>of their photos. Yes, it will capture all of that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>The only downside to that I found is that since

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<v Speaker 1>the two files aren't necessarily linked together, they are by

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<v Speaker 1>file name, but when you drop them into something like

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<v Speaker 1>Google Photos, the back and the front are just sort

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<v Speaker 1>of next to each other and not necessarily I found

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<v Speaker 1>so you do have it, but sometimes you got to

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<v Speaker 1>match up which picture it went with. The one other

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<v Speaker 1>thing I noticed is that you have to be really

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<v Speaker 1>careful with dust or it can really ruin your scans.

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<v Speaker 1>So we scanned in a bunch of pictures. I asked

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<v Speaker 1>my mom to help me out because she had all

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<v Speaker 1>the pictures hiding in her garage. But when we scan them,

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<v Speaker 1>we notice that there are some lines in the picture.

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<v Speaker 1>So you really have to be careful because just one

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<v Speaker 1>speck of dust on these scan heads will cause those lines.

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<v Speaker 1>And you don't want that to happen on your pictures

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<v Speaker 1>because then you have to do it all over again.

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<v Speaker 1>So make sure that you clean your pictures first before

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<v Speaker 1>you throw them in. Here EPSOM does include a kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a lint cloth so you can wipe off these

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<v Speaker 1>scan heads. Every so often the machine does open up,

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<v Speaker 1>let's see. So once you have them all scanned in again,

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty simple. You get the files, you can throw

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<v Speaker 1>them into dropbox, Google photos, Facebook, make some tvts on Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a amazing And so here's the deal. This

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<v Speaker 1>thing is expensive. It's six hundred and fifty dollars and

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<v Speaker 1>that's going to keep a lot of people away from it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's much more expensive than sending your photos out to

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<v Speaker 1>a service like scan my photos dot com, which I

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<v Speaker 1>did in the past, but you have to mail those

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<v Speaker 1>through the mail, so you may not be comfortable parting

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<v Speaker 1>with your photos. This is more for the DIY person,

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<v Speaker 1>where you can do it yourself. You know you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>the job properly, and also your photos do not leave

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<v Speaker 1>your side at any time. So what about the high cost, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you can split the cost among family members, share it

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<v Speaker 1>with your family members, and when you're done with this device,

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<v Speaker 1>you can either use it as a dedicated document scanner,

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<v Speaker 1>which you know you might need, but you can probably

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<v Speaker 1>use your phone for that. Otherwise, I'd say maybe flip

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<v Speaker 1>it on eBay and you can recoup even more of

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<v Speaker 1>the cost of the Fast Photos. So my mom loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>We scanned a bunch of her pictures in not all

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<v Speaker 1>of them, but we got through about six hundred of

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<v Speaker 1>them in an hour, so that's pretty good. Again, it's

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<v Speaker 1>called the EPSOM Fast Photo FF six. The biggest downside

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<v Speaker 1>is really just the price. But you have to understand

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<v Speaker 1>this is a serious scanner for some serious job, so

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<v Speaker 1>get those pictures scanned no matter what, because you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to lose those. So I'm rich Demiro. Thanks so

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<v Speaker 1>much for listening. Rich on tech dot tv for more details.

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<v Speaker 1>See you next time.