[PLUG] scanning photo prints

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Sun Jul 4 21:10:26 UTC 2021


I use an Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. (purchased for $15 via 
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Scanner software is VueScan, pay once and you get updates forever.

Most of my use was for 2.25x3.375" negatives made by my grandfather with 
a brownie camera - which I have on our mantle.

As many have mentioned the process is tedious. Having said that, it 
works great.  I scanned 335 negatives, send them off to Costco, had them 
run a half dozen copies of everything, and gave them to my aunts and 
uncles.

I know I did do some print copying. Not that I can remember anything 
about that part - other than it worked very well.

If you are curious the images from the 20s through the 50s are at:  
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMi32gCyQ-k15vkjDHvh0S8dOns1F8OS1zVxhBVhUMu_GhDgveSL0sqI51rg9nz1g?key=aF9jQ0ZMVDRkdUJRWXBCeThLLWhobVZFemw2OWZn

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       Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
     Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity

On 2021-07-04 08:53, Galen Seitz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm interested in hearing people's experiences scanning their photos.
> We have a large collection of old prints of various sizes, both B&W
> and color that we would like to digitize.  I checked the mailing list
> archives and was surprised that I couldn't find any previous
> discussion of this.  My product searches all seem to lead to the Epson
> FastFoto FF-680W.  This is a $600 photo scanner that can scan a stack
> of prints at 3 seconds per print.  Despite the high price and
> apparently Windows-only software, this seems to be the best choice for
> bulk scanning photos.  Does anyone have experience with this product
> or a similar product?
> 
> BTW, in the future there may be a need to digitize slides, but for the
> time being my focus is on prints.
> 
> thanks,
> galen



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