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Photo scanning double quick?
I will be visited by a family member who will bring a precious photo album. I will have only the weekend to have it scanned and then he takes it back. Anyone know someone who would offer a quick service like this? Could book it in in advance.....
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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How many pages? I can do this but at the mo am a bit overwhelmed with a collapsed ceiling.
Or if you have the necessary other eqpt I have a scanner that won't work with my 64-bit PC so I was going to get round to selling it but you can have it - needs a 32-bit machine, or possibly a Mac, that's outside my Mac knowledge. Canon LIDE 25.
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Permalink Reply by Philip on
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yeah I have a scanner, but am thinking of having them professionally scanned and maybe buy a good photo printer. Still looking into the whole thing. thanks. Love the way you casually mentioned a collapsed ceiling like....oh I spilled something...
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If you know what you're doing, you can hop on the tube to Brixton and use Photofusion's fancy scanners. http://www.photofusion.org/film-scanner-hire/
What extra will you get from a 'pro' scan? Very high resolution will be useful if the photos are small, so you can enlarge them - but this can be disappointing as the limits of the original prints will then show up.
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Permalink Reply by KP on
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Hi Philip could you let me know who you decide to use in the end. I also have a couple of photos I need to get scanned properly. I am not an expert in these things so it would be good to know of somewhere I can get it done properly
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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It really depends how critical quality is for you. If you're scanning old home based photos, most dometsic flatbad scanners do a decent job and should give you copies with resolution and tonality at a standard that you'll be pleased with. If you're looking to end up printing something large and higher quality resolution and tonality is of the essence, professional drum scanners will probably offer an edge. Over and above that camera based scanning will offer the very best solution. If I were you, I'd start with a good domestic flatbad scanner that friends or family may have and see if that's good enlzough. You can vary resolution settings up to 600 dpi (or even above), but you probably won't notice the difference above 300 or so. Most newer domestic scanners will have a bit depth of 24 or above which will offer pretty good colour repro.
Where you're looking for a scanning service for reason of quantity, a service like Click2Scan offers scanning at 12p per print. They claim to scan at 600dpi.
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Thanks Hugh that's very helpful! I guess I should try a flatbed scanner. Do you happen to know of any local companies who offer that service?
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