Tom Godley
01-08-2008, 10:26 PM
I am looking for some info on scanners - Both of my maternal grandparents (born 1892) came from families in the photo business -- so we have a lot of great old prints floating around the different members of the current family.
I was into film photography to the point of having a darkroom at one point - but my use of digital equipment has been much less. I have bought some equipment that I have used very little. Mostly to make prints I take from a telescope.
This past Christmas my sister took a great print of my mother as a child -- it was an old silver print my grandfather made in 1921 -- had it scanned and printed at a photoshop (not a drug store) and gave everyone a copy.
I was thinking that I should make an effort to scan all the pictures we have, getting them in some digital form. I ran a test of my current (3 year old) Epson photo scanner using the original print of my mother -- then ran it through photoshop elements and printed it out on my old dye simulation printer (Olympus 400). It came out better than the print my sister had made! Looked quite good using my HP photo printer also.
My question really has to do with what type of scanner do I need to properly scan the photos - Can/should I buy one? Or should I take the photos to a pro (not my sisters) to have them scanned.
Thank for any help
I was into film photography to the point of having a darkroom at one point - but my use of digital equipment has been much less. I have bought some equipment that I have used very little. Mostly to make prints I take from a telescope.
This past Christmas my sister took a great print of my mother as a child -- it was an old silver print my grandfather made in 1921 -- had it scanned and printed at a photoshop (not a drug store) and gave everyone a copy.
I was thinking that I should make an effort to scan all the pictures we have, getting them in some digital form. I ran a test of my current (3 year old) Epson photo scanner using the original print of my mother -- then ran it through photoshop elements and printed it out on my old dye simulation printer (Olympus 400). It came out better than the print my sister had made! Looked quite good using my HP photo printer also.
My question really has to do with what type of scanner do I need to properly scan the photos - Can/should I buy one? Or should I take the photos to a pro (not my sisters) to have them scanned.
Thank for any help