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11/10/2010 06:14:15 PM · #1 |
I was just cleaning out our spare bedroom at the house and came across 3 boxes filled with old photos from high school, college, old parties and the sort. They are all on 4x6's, some I still have the negatives to, but most of which are just the old photos themeselves. What the heck do you do with all of them? Stick em back into the boxes and bury them as deep as possible in the basement until you or someone else comes across them again of course. Well, I would love to scan them into a harddrive and then burn them all!
Is there any way to get a superior quality scan out of a 4x6 photo yet? I know with the digital negative scanners, they do a pretty decent job, but what about all of the photos that don't have negatives anymore. I tried to do it on my all purpose printer, scanner, fax machine but the quality really blew. Anything out there anyone can recommend- or is there even a service that does it?
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11/10/2010 06:17:46 PM · #2 |
General rule is, if something is made for more than one purpose it does none of the tasks very well.
So, a higher end flat bed scanner (only does scanning) with decent scanning software will give you acceptable results when scanning prints. I've even got decent results on the flatbed scanning slides and negs with the appropriate adapters etc.
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11/10/2010 06:19:56 PM · #3 |
Looks like a good service, and they don't appear to screw up your photos with bad processing(what the others call "repairing...")
//www.scanmyphotos.com/scanning1000.html
Works out to .064 cents each if you scan 1000 photos...
Message edited by author 2010-11-10 18:20:11. |
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11/10/2010 06:35:59 PM · #4 |
Agreed- a single purpose scanner would be best.
I'm wondering if it wouldn't be worth it to get a high quality scanner for the amount of money spent on sending the photos. I've been taking photos since I was 14, so I'm not sure how many thousands that would be.
Anybody have a scanner that they would recommend? |
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11/11/2010 01:03:06 AM · #5 |
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