Hi folks. I have a massive archive of family photos - some prints, but a lot of negatives - and having the negs scanned professionally is proving to be too expensive in the long run as well as a nightmare finding someone who can handle multiple formats.
Can anyone recommend a cost-effective scanner or printer/scanner (or even an attachment) that can handle 120, 110, 35mm and 15mm Disc formats?
I have a good all-in-one HP printer at the moment but, unfortunately, it doesn't have a negative attachment.
I used a Nikon Coolscan 3000 (i think!!) that works pretty well. I also paid and used Scan Cafe. If you follow them on Twitter or just sign up for email, they are sending out discount codes like crazy right now. They did an amazing job.
I have all my dad's negative archives and I need one that will scan up to 4 x 5 negatives and slides. Any suggestions? We're talking about 30 years of negatives so I hate to have to haul them somewhere and I think there would be some historical pics in there. Plus I need to get on it soon while my mom is still around to help know who is who.
I have a superb and extremely easy to use negative scanner from Veho (VFS-006QV model). Scans directly to an SD card, so no need for the computer. Your negatives go in a kind of tray that locks into place at the correct spot everytime. It even has a small viewscreen so you can check and make really sure your negative is correctly under the scanner. And buttons to immediately rotate photos before saving. Went through my quite extensive archive in a few days of on and off scanning.
Actually it appears to be a kind of fixed camera element snapping a photo against a backlit negative, and getting a terrific resolution from it, without any scanlines (which you sometimes get with a moving scanner element I find).
If you do check them out, there are quite a few models out, and the slightly older ones don't break the bank, but still deliver an excellent quality. Main difference seems to be in controls and type of viewscreen on it, not affecting image quality at all.
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Does the job quite well and you can always touch them up in photoshop
Actually it appears to be a kind of fixed camera element snapping a photo against a backlit negative, and getting a terrific resolution from it, without any scanlines (which you sometimes get with a moving scanner element I find).
If you do check them out, there are quite a few models out, and the slightly older ones don't break the bank, but still deliver an excellent quality. Main difference seems to be in controls and type of viewscreen on it, not affecting image quality at all.
Edit: Just remembered I featured it as a photo in my 365, so go ahead and take a look :-)
http://365project.org/raymond/365/2010-02-26