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09/07/2008 04:15:16 PM · #1 |
I would like to scan a very large number of photographs, and i am surprised that i can't find a scanner online which will make it all automatic. The best thing i found so far, is laying down multiple photos on a flatbed, and then letting the software detect the edges and crop it.
Is there a more automated way of doing this? |
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09/07/2008 05:08:38 PM · #2 |
| Usually when I have a lot of prints that I need copies of I just set my camera up on the tripod, manual focus, set my lighting, remote trigger, and sit on the floor and just swap pics and snap away. Just set it up so that the largest photo is covered by the lens you select. |
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09/07/2008 05:57:02 PM · #3 |
| You might be interested in this article by David Pogue of the NY Times. |
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09/07/2008 10:22:41 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by kawesttex:
Usually when I have a lot of prints that I need copies of I just set my camera up on the tripod, manual focus, set my lighting, remote trigger, and sit on the floor and just swap pics and snap away. Just set it up so that the largest photo is covered by the lens you select. |
I doubt the quality would be very good, and it doesn't sound any faster then scanning 4 photos at a time, and then cropping.
Hmm, that does sound cheap, and might be worth looking into. But yeah, sending away that many photos is scary.
Anyone else wants to pitch in?
Message edited by author 2008-09-07 22:22:54. |
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09/07/2008 10:32:44 PM · #5 |
| Years ago we had a scanner at work that would do this. You could just stack 'em all up, and it would feed them in and scan them one at a time and save each individual file. That was a good 10 years ago. You'd think there would still be a scanner that would do this nowadays. |
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09/07/2008 10:50:46 PM · #6 |
| I would be more inclined to trust my photos to the USPS than to a document feeder, especially on an inexpensive scanner. |
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09/07/2008 11:07:18 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I would be more inclined to trust my photos to the USPS than to a document feeder, especially on an inexpensive scanner. |
you DO have a point there.
Since it's going to take a lot of time to take photos out of the album, i might as well scan them myself. I guess i am stuck with scanning 4 at a time. As i understand, epson provides the software to crop and rotate your photos automagically, so i might look into their scanners. |
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