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I have just been trying to sort out hundreds of old family photographs, mostly between 10 and 35 years old. I'm horrified to see how badly they are deteriorating, particularly the ones stored in albums. I do have the negatives for most of them but realise it would be far too expensive to get them reproduced professionally.
I have noticed that there are various scanners equipped to deal with 35mm negatives and photos some with the capacity to restore them. Although l now have a good DSLR, these photos were taken with a series of point and shoot cameras of the day not 35mm.
Is there anything at all l can do without spending an absolute fortune?
It would be simple to scan them and store them as digital images. They can be repaired and improved by using things like Photoshop.
As part of a local history project I have scanned many hundreds of old and tatty photos and made many of them into quite decent images.
Beware when buying a flat bed scanner that many will scan 35mm negatives and slides but not other formats and sizes. Of course if you are using prints that is not a problem.
Landyman.
______________________________________________________________ I used to be retired, then I found a Vulcan.
I too would be interested, I have literally thousands of negatives and photographs, I would ideally like to scan in, I did buy an epson scanner over 10 years ago with the mind to do it, it was one recommended for scanning at the time, but I was working and I never did get around to it.
I have read about the ion models and have considered those, does anyone have any thoughts on them having used them.
I had bought an ion machine for the lp's and then sold it on as it is one of those things you only need to do once.
Hope someone has some answers for us.
Carol
______________________________________________________________ Carol
Thinking of Peter and Fiona and Fighting with Mavis and Ray and also Paul (Otto)
I would suggest you get a decent scanner with a lit transparency lid so you can scan the negatives. Get them all scanned and backed up onto CD or DVD so they are safe, and then you can visit them later when you have learnt some retouching skills in something like Photoshop.
You will probably be a bit disappointed with the scan results as they may be dark if they are from old negatives, but you will be amazed what you will be able to get out of the scan when you know how to use the retouching software, such as Photoshop.
There are plenty of free tutorials on the web, particularly on photographic web sites, or look in the newsagents for some of the photo magazines that have free DVDs with software and tutorials.
I realise this may not help the OP, but for those with a lot of 35mm slides or negatives, a Nikon film scanner will do the trick. It is not a cheap solution, but if saving the images really matters to you it might be worth considering.
I have a Coolscan IV which I have owned from new. They are available second hand as indicated is the link below. I am surprised at the price, I would have expected it to be a bit cheaper as I paid not a lot more for mine when new about 8-10 years ago.
Of course, there were similar products available from Canon and others.
Marrabone, to give you an idea, this is a scan of a slide taken by my dad in the mid 50's - my Epson cost about 70 quid from Amazon, but probably been replaced by newer model now.
This was medium quality and no image manipulation whatsoever.
Seems tobe lots of ways to upload the slides, but where can you find a 'top lit' scanner for negatives? have been looking for one for a couple of years. Internet search has not helped.
Know how you feel Marrabone, but in my case only have the negatives, few photos to scan
Seems tobe lots of ways to upload the slides, but where can you find a 'top lit' scanner for negatives? have been looking for one for a couple of years. Internet search has not helped.
Know how you feel Marrabone, but in my case only have the negatives, few photos to scan
Sue
Flat bed scanners such as Canon or Epson are lit from below to scan prints or documents which are placed face down on the platen (clear glass plate).
Many also have a lit area in the lid (after removing a cover on the underside) and holders for slides or negatives so that they can be read through the neg by the scanner below.
A good quality flat bed will cost £50-£100 new I guess. My Canon is a few years old now so haven't looked at prices for a while.
Landyman.
______________________________________________________________ I used to be retired, then I found a Vulcan.
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