Getting prints onto digital...

[jimothy]

Like most people, I have loads of prints from my pre-digital days. I'd love to have them on the computer. Does anyone know of a service where you can send them the prints and get a CD back?

[406]

Why not buy a scanner and do them yourself. Thats all a bureau would do.

Dave

406

[jimothy]

406 said:

Why not buy a scanner and do them yourself.

Lack of being arsedness... I'm a lazy fecker me!

[406]

jimothy said:

I'm a lazy fecker me!

Nuff said!

[Kinky]

Can't you buy/borrow/hire a machine which transfers your original negatives into graphic files (jpeg/gif/etc)?

K

[LongQ]

jimothy said:

Like most people, I have loads of prints from my pre-digital days. I'd love to have them on the computer. Does anyone know of a service where you can send them the prints and get a CD back?

Try your local supermarket processing place or some of the highstreet specialists - they all have the kit these days. The prces may vary a lot though. And you do run the risk of not getting your prints back in good condition I suppose - but then we had that problem with a local shop once. TWife took a load of prints in to be copied and framed and the guy took ages. Eventually turned out they had somehow got very wet and were mostly ruined. Not our negatives so no way to replace.

The downside of most digital files is that you only get a low quality result even if it does say 'hires'.

Biggest files and best resolution I have found so far seems to be our Tesco - just. About 1 mb per 35mm frame BUT if you look closely there are usually some unpleasant artefacts from the process.

Scanning from negatives can produce files up to 40Mb - possibly more - from some dedicated scanners. As can flatbed scans from prints. I guess it all depends on what you are starting with and want to end up with.