Comments on: Scanning Old Photos? Get VueScan

By: Agustina Dingivan

Agustina Dingivan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:38:56 +0000

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By: wastedMovie

wastedMovie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:16:44 +0000

Thanks for taking

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:27:25 +0000

I use a Fujitsu S510 scanner for all of my scanning. I have about 30,000 searchable pdf documents on file. I keep them on 2 different drives and I back them up daily. I do use Cobian backup which is a free backup software which works great.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:46:20 +0000

Sounds like you have developed an archiving strategy that works for you. In terms of backing up, I do several things. First I move the pictures to an external hard drive. From there, they are automatically backed up online. Once that is done I burn them to two DVDs. The DVDs are Taiyo Yuden +R discs. Taiyo Yuden’s are well known as great quality that rival archival DVDs.

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:28:26 +0000

From the very beginning, when I first got my scanner I made sure that I put all my photos in surname main folders, and then as I scanned others in branches of that family line I could find them easily. I did a main folder for my husband’s surname, and then one for my maiden name. Will you be backing up your photos on archival disks too? Just curious.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:26:56 +0000

Many people use a digital camera to take pictures of a picture. If done right, you could end up with a great digital copy. Obviously, if you get a scanner for Christmas it will make the digital copies much better, plus you have more control over the colours of the image.

By: Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry"

Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry" — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:37:03 +0000

I’m hoping to get a photo scanner for Christmas. I thought it would produce better images on my blog that just taking a picture of a picture with my digital camera.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:35:51 +0000

There are many ways to create digital copies of the old photos, from scanning them yourself (as I do) or paying for a service. The choice is yours. One of the most important points to make is to choose an archiving workflow the works for you.

Digitizing your grandfather’s old photos will allow many generations in the future to enjoy his hardwork.

By: moneyloveandchange

moneyloveandchange — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:13:28 +0000

Thanks for this info! As soon as we get a new computer, we have boxes and boxes of old negatives and slides to scan (we are archiving our grandfather’s photos – he was a photographer). I haven’t even started to think about the best way to preserve these digitally, so I appreciate your thoughts.