scanner wanted to scan old photo's

jtfab75 · 01-02-2009, 9:29 PM

i'm wanting to scan all the photo's in the family photo albums.
i just want it to be quick,small and cheap.
any advice would be great !!
thanks

ps all the one's i've seen are a4 size but i just want small photo's scanned.

anthony566 · 02-02-2009, 10:30 AM

Hi try this it looks like what you need it also has £20 off at the moment.

Photograph to PC Convertor > Maplin

achoudry · 02-02-2009, 10:46 AM

hi, if you do end up getting the product that anthony linked to, i would be innterested to know how it performs.

Peakoverload · 02-02-2009, 11:33 AM

The product linked to is only capable of 1800dpi which is pretty low to be honest.

I recently bought a Canon Canoscan 4400F which is basically a standard A4 flatbed scanner but it can scan at 4800x9600dpi and also has the ability to scan slides and negatives. I bought this scanner purely because I need to scan old photos and so far I've been very happy with the results. Obviously you can't expect to get the same quality from scanning a print as you would from going back to the original negative but when, as in my case, you are dealing with photos that are between 60 and 120 years old that simply isn't possible anyway.

In terms of speed, I'd have to say that it is fast but then the last scanner I owned was about 12 years ago and took something like 12 minutes to scan an A4 page at high resolution. This scanner takes around 3 minutes and a lot, lot less at slightly lower resolutions that still produce excellent results (certainly more than good enough for screen viewing). The average 6x4 print takes just a few seconds to scan even at the highest resolution.

All in all, I'm very happy with it.

HTH

jtfab75 · 02-02-2009, 5:42 PM

3 min ? blimey it will take me months !!
thanks anyway

Chris Muriel · 02-02-2009, 6:09 PM

My brain must be addled - I initially read the thread title as :
Scammer wanted to scan old photos.
That adds a totally new meaning to the title.

Chris Muriel, Manchester

oldnewbie · 02-02-2009, 6:20 PM

Ive used a HP photosmart c4100 and it scans upto 19200ppi but I didn't have to set it that high and it does a really good job and only cost me £29 at argos but they don't stock it now. But I can recommend it and would advise you to shop around and see if you can get one