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[lfredsbo]

Okay - so I have been "organizing" several hundreds of photos over the last week - and have realized that my daughters first 3-4 years are all on film and I only have singles of most of them (and I AM GOING to get them into her albums soon!!!) - so I want to get the negatives (or prints) onto CD so that I could digitally enhance/or make additional copies - so my dilema is............is it worth bringing hundreds of photos/negatives to a photo shop to have them do it - or purchase a home scanner??? does anyone have one, how do you like it?, which one do you have, ease of use???
thanks!

[Cam22]

We purchased a scanner for my Dad last Christmas that scans negatives and slides. He scanned over 2,000 pictures in a couple of weeks. He really likes his, but I can't remember what model/make it is. But I'm headed down that way today, so I hopefully I can remember to check it out and bring the info back with me.

[CountryTink]

I have an Epson Stylus CX7800 that scans photos, negatives and slides. I think it does a great job. I just started scanning a ton of slides (about 3-4,000) that were in my grandmother's house and as long as you make sure the glass is clean and dust off the slides or negatives, it works great. It was going to cost me about $600.00 to have a photoshop convert the photos and the printer cost us about $150.00.

[stretch2864]

Thanks for the info. I have tons of negatives that I would love to scan.

[A & J's Dad]

It depends on your local shop. If you live where CountryTink does I'd seriously consider doing it myself. My local shop, who is normally very high-priced, will scan 1,000 prints for about $60. Be sure to factor in the cost of your time too.

G'Luck
Craig

[modisney]

I've been scanning in a few old photos at a time with an HP printer/scanner/fax and it is time consuming not to mention the space that these photos now hold in my iPhoto library (I have a Mac) as well as hard drive space. To help with that issue I'm either going to scan them in and burn to a c.d. or get an extra external hard drive and scan them there vs. my "current library". I'm just trying to decide which method has "better staying power". sometimes I think it would almost be easier to take them all someplace and get it done but the cost seems high. Then again, my time is worth something. Until I make that decision, I'll scan a few at a time and continue my debate. good luck with your decision.

[Artzkathy]

Go for the scanner! I have one at school and I love it!!! I've been scanning old slides so I can use my LCD projector rather than dragging out the "old dinosaur" slide projector. Someday I will have one like it in my home!

Kathy