Can I get photos put onto CD from negatives?

[MitchT]

Is it possible and affordable to get about 200 photos put onto CD from the original negatives? I've looked online and found a few suppliers offering this service, but if anything the level of detail gone into by the sites I looked at make the whole thing look confusing and the cost unclear. Has anyone done this and can you recommend a place to go? Would a high-street place like Jessops be my best bet?

Edited by MitchT on Tuesday 4th May 12:55

[Scott330ci]

What about a 2nd hand slide scanner?

Looking here http://www.easyslidescanning.com/?gclid=CKDW5626uK... it would cost you £60 anyway.

Edited by Scott330ci on Tuesday 4th May 13:17

[Dan_1981]

Interested in this one too. I've got a few hundred film pics i'd love to get digitalised.

[stigmundfreud]

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

[Scott330ci]

stigmundfreud said:

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

Can you for instance roll of 27 exposure on a disposable and run them through a scanner - thus saving £5.99

[Dan_1981]

stigmundfreud said:

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

Does it take long? or can you set it up to work automatically?

[MitchT]

I don't really have the time or the inclination to start scanning them myself. I work in graphic design and have a conventional scanner on my desk, so I know what a drag it can be scanning countless images and then fiddling with them. It's only the negs from two holidays that I want doing, everything else I have is digital, so not really cost effective buying equipment that I'll never use again. I remember some time ago one of the high-street photo processing shops offered a 'Photo CD' as an option when you had prints done from film, and I was just wondering if such a thing were still available.

Edited by MitchT on Tuesday 4th May 13:34

[stigmundfreud]

Dan_1981 said:

stigmundfreud said:

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

Does it take long? or can you set it up to work automatically?

it all depends on the resolution, it scans in up to 12 negatives at a time or 4 slides. I recently did 300+ old family photos and it took a few hours. Once you get used to it, its very intuitive. And if you go a bit for the features it has some great colour restoration. I recovered a shot of my mum taken in 1975 on an old film, standard it looked like an acid trip but pulled it back remarkably well!

There will be newer better scanners now but I had the 4400 and thoroughly recommend it

[Scott330ci]

MitchT said:

I was just wondering if such a thing were still available.

Yes see my link

[Scott330ci]

stigmundfreud said:

Dan_1981 said:

stigmundfreud said:

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

Does it take long? or can you set it up to work automatically?

it all depends on the resolution, it scans in up to 12 negatives at a time or 4 slides. I recently did 300+ old family photos and it took a few hours. Once you get used to it, its very intuitive. And if you go a bit for the features it has some great colour restoration. I recovered a shot of my mum taken in 1975 on an old film, standard it looked like an acid trip but pulled it back remarkably well!

There will be newer better scanners now but I had the 4400 and thoroughly recommend it

Stig, will this do straight from film i.e disposable cameras?

[MitchT]

Scott330ci said:

MitchT said:

I was just wondering if such a thing were still available.

Yes see my link

That's good thanks. Might go with that though would prefer a high-street shop if possible rather than sticking some pretty precious memories in the post.

[stigmundfreud]

Scott330ci said:

stigmundfreud said:

Dan_1981 said:

stigmundfreud said:

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

Does it take long? or can you set it up to work automatically?

it all depends on the resolution, it scans in up to 12 negatives at a time or 4 slides. I recently did 300+ old family photos and it took a few hours. Once you get used to it, its very intuitive. And if you go a bit for the features it has some great colour restoration. I recovered a shot of my mum taken in 1975 on an old film, standard it looked like an acid trip but pulled it back remarkably well!

There will be newer better scanners now but I had the 4400 and thoroughly recommend it

Stig, will this do straight from film i.e disposable cameras?

yes but only once the film has been developed!!

[Scott330ci]

stigmundfreud said:

Scott330ci said:

stigmundfreud said:

Dan_1981 said:

stigmundfreud said:

yes, very easy with a good cheap scanner. I use the epson 4400 which has a negative scanner built in. I do a lot of photography and can confirm that the slide scanner/negative scanner works faultlessly. Thats an old scanner too, its about 5 years old now

Does it take long? or can you set it up to work automatically?

it all depends on the resolution, it scans in up to 12 negatives at a time or 4 slides. I recently did 300+ old family photos and it took a few hours. Once you get used to it, its very intuitive. And if you go a bit for the features it has some great colour restoration. I recovered a shot of my mum taken in 1975 on an old film, standard it looked like an acid trip but pulled it back remarkably well!

There will be newer better scanners now but I had the 4400 and thoroughly recommend it

Stig, will this do straight from film i.e disposable cameras?

yes but only once the film has been developed!!

sucks - I will give film a miss then.