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| Thread ID: 126096 | 2012-08-06 09:08:00 | Cheap but Good Quality Photo Scanner.Any Ideas ? | Clod (7853) | Press F1 |
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| 1293338 | 2012-08-06 09:08:00 | Have a quantity of old family photographs that we would like to scan to harddrive / disc to keep and give some to inlaws etc. I figure because of the number to do its probably cheaper to buy a scanner and do it ourselves however we don't have a fortune to spend. Can anyone reccommend either a stand alone scanner or scanner/printer combo that will give a quality end product ? | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1293339 | 2012-08-06 09:18:00 | Most of the MFC's do a reasonable job these days of scanning. I had to price a stand alone scanner for a place a few weeks back , got a bit of a shock, they are generally more expensive than the MFC's on their own. What sort of budget do you have ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1293340 | 2012-08-06 09:26:00 | Dont really want to go past $150 - $200. | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1293341 | 2012-08-06 09:39:00 | Unfortunately when it comes to Film scanners it is very difficult to use the words cheap and good in the same sentence. A good basic film scanner I guess these days would cost $5-700+. To scan film to disc commercially would cost about $1.20 a slide or neg if done in NZ. If you are prepared to send your films overseas I can recommend you take a look at digmypics.com who copy to disc for 29c US per slide/film. I have assumed you want to copy film or slide to disc, if you want to copy prints then any multi function printer will do. |
tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 1293342 | 2012-08-06 09:59:00 | What about this ? (www.aucklandcamera.co.nz) if you've got negatives. Theyre in Morningside, Auckland. Got this a few weeks ago (www.noelleeming.co.nz) Pretty good for the price. Only got it, because of the fax. And now, that I've got wireless, I may use it for this as well. It also supports airprint, if you've got somethng like an Ipad / and maybe Iphone. But, you have to update its firmware first. For it to support airprint. I haven't used it yet. Because I'll be moving hopefully next week |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1293343 | 2012-08-06 10:20:00 | Hi Speedy, yes something like that. Might have a look at the Canon MG4160 Multifunction Printer. Its only $129 at Dick Smiths at the mo. I do realise that the more expensive machines give a better result as I did use to work in printing but I also know from back then that machines that cost $1000's of dollars then gave worst quality results than the cheapest home scanners of today. Technology ay!. | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1293344 | 2012-08-06 10:40:00 | With imaging and photographic cheap and quality really do NOT go in the same phrase. Ever. If it's just for relatives members here may be able to put you on to an acceptable machine however if it's for archival purposes invest in a quality machine and take the time to user it well. If the market is right and you have the time you could return on the investment by doing other peoples pics. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1293345 | 2012-08-06 12:00:00 | Also, check that the scanner can do multi-scan (scan multiple photos at once and spit out separate images). This can save a lot of time. Even two at once is well worthwhile. | linw (53) | ||
| 1293346 | 2012-08-06 21:55:00 | Are you talking about scanning colour photos or the colour negatives as you can scan both. I have a Digitech XC4881 slide/colour negative scanner. I used it for scanning about 500 slides. I did try scanning colour negatives with it which turned out sort of ok but that depends on what your expectations are. Here (www.kiwicaptureit.co.nz) is a comparison between using it and a Epson scanner. You do get software with the digitech for adjusting your scans. When scanning the slides I found if you had a slide with alot of contrast between bright and dark that it would adjust itself by turning the brightness down and that the darker parts would turn out black. I suppose its the old story you get what you pay for. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1293347 | 2012-08-06 22:49:00 | I have a Canon special scanner for digitising films and slides (only USB1 . 1 and therefore very slow) . 2000 dpi is OK . For photographs, as opposed to film and slides, photographing them with an ordinary camera is quick and surprisingly good . It works because the resolution of a modern camera is better than the photos and you are going to use an image editor anyway . If I'm at a relative's house and see a photo that should be kept forever, I photograph it immediately . I don't wait until a scanner can be used |
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