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I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her
decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. She doesnÕt have lots to spend but I've seen good reviews of the CanoScan 8800F and the CanoScan9000F on Amazon. I think she should purchase one of them, but I need to find out what the differences are between them first. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out, once she gets the scanner, how she should proceed. At what resolution should she scan the slides? How should she store them? I have no idea what resolutions make sense. As for storing the photos, I'm thinking maybe she will need to buy a small external hard drive. However, I'm also thinking that relying on just one drive is risky if we want the photos to be secure for years. So, I'm wondering if she should put the slides, or at least the most important ones, onto an online backup service. I just don't know if she'll be willing to pay a monthly fee if the number of slides requires one. Over time, paying the monthly fee could cost more than having Costco or some other company scan the slides to DVDs/CDs instead of having her do all the scanning herself. Another idea, at least for now, is to get a USB Flash Drive, 16GB or 32GB and save the photos onto it. In addition to doing regular backups, every week, I save my Mac's most important files to two 16GB USB drives (which I put in a safe) and it works great. I'm also wondering if there is some simple IPhoto-like software for allowing her to organize her photos, so that it will be easier to browse through the photos in the future. According to the Canon site, the 9000F comes with: CD-ROM including Printer Driver, Setup Software and User's Guide, Adobe¨ Photoshop¨ Elements, ArcSoft¨ PhotoStudio¨, MP Navigator EX, NewSoft¨ Presto! PageManager¨ (Windows only), ScanSoft¨ OmniPage ¨ SE I have Photoshop Elements for Mac but I'm not familiar with the other PC software that comes with the scanner. I know that Photoshop Elements, the retail version, comes with Adobe Bridge. But I want software for my mom that is simple to use. Thanks for reading this. Skylamar |
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wrote: Anyway, I'm trying to figure out, once she gets the scanner, how she should proceed. At what resolution should she scan the slides? How should she store them? scan at the highest native resolution the scanner can do. you can always reduce it later but you don't want to rescan again if you want something better if you didn't do it right the first time. I have no idea what resolutions make sense. As for storing the photos, I'm thinking maybe she will need to buy a small external hard drive. However, I'm also thinking that relying on just one drive is risky if we want the photos to be secure for years. get two or more drives and make backups. put one offsite. So, I'm wondering if she should put the slides, or at least the most important ones, onto an online backup service. I just don't know if she'll be willing to pay a monthly fee if the number of slides requires one. Over time, paying the monthly fee could cost more than having Costco or some other company scan the slides to DVDs/CDs instead of having her do all the scanning herself. some online services offer free storage for a small amount of space, like a gig or two. photos add up fast but it might be enough. Another idea, at least for now, is to get a USB Flash Drive, 16GB or 32GB and save the photos onto it. In addition to doing regular backups, every week, I save my Mac's most important files to two 16GB USB drives (which I put in a safe) and it works great. whatever you do, make multiple copies. I'm also wondering if there is some simple IPhoto-like software for allowing her to organize her photos, so that it will be easier to browse through the photos in the future. According to the Canon site, the 9000F comes with: lightroom or aperture, and you'll probably want vuescan to do the scanning not the canon software. iphoto might even suffice for cataloging them. |
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Skylamar wrote: I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. Since the last post, Rollie Camera has come out with what might be a "better" cheap film scanner. Rollie is (or at least was) a real camera company and this ~$150 device might have a decent lens & light source. http://www.rcp-technik.com/typo3/ind...ei-scanner&L=1 She doesnÕt have lots to spend but I've seen good reviews of the CanoScan 8800F and the CanoScan9000F on Amazon. I think she should purchase one of them, but I need to find out what the differences are between them first. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out, once she gets the scanner, how she should proceed. At what resolution should she scan the slides? How should she store them? Scan at max quality and burn CDs. You can better experiment with presentation once you have a couple hundred shots to work with. -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail |
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On 2010-08-26 02:03:47 -0700, Skylamar said:
I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. She doesn’t have lots to spend but I've seen good reviews of the CanoScan 8800F and the CanoScan9000F on Amazon. I think she should purchase one of them, but I need to find out what the differences are between them first. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out, once she gets the scanner, how she should proceed. At what resolution should she scan the slides? How should she store them? I have no idea what resolutions make sense. As for storing the photos, I'm thinking maybe she will need to buy a small external hard drive. However, I'm also thinking that relying on just one drive is risky if we want the photos to be secure for years. So, I'm wondering if she should put the slides, or at least the most important ones, onto an online backup service. I just don't know if she'll be willing to pay a monthly fee if the number of slides requires one. Over time, paying the monthly fee could cost more than having Costco or some other company scan the slides to DVDs/CDs instead of having her do all the scanning herself. Another idea, at least for now, is to get a USB Flash Drive, 16GB or 32GB and save the photos onto it. In addition to doing regular backups, every week, I save my Mac's most important files to two 16GB USB drives (which I put in a safe) and it works great. I'm also wondering if there is some simple IPhoto-like software for allowing her to organize her photos, so that it will be easier to browse through the photos in the future. According to the Canon site, the 9000F comes with: CD-ROM including Printer Driver, Setup Software and User's Guide, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, ArcSoft® PhotoStudio®, MP Navigator EX, NewSoft® Presto! PageManager® (Windows only), ScanSoft® OmniPage ® SE I have Photoshop Elements for Mac but I'm not familiar with the other PC software that comes with the scanner. I know that Photoshop Elements, the retail version, comes with Adobe Bridge. But I want software for my mom that is simple to use. Thanks for reading this. Skylamar http://www.scantips.com/ -- Regards, Savageduck |
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"Ryan McGinnis" wrote in message
... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/26/2010 4:41 AM, nospam wrote: some online services offer free storage for a small amount of space, like a gig or two. photos add up fast but it might be enough. FWIW, FlickrPro costs around $30 a year and has unlimited storage. One of my criteria is that the site support disabling of the right click. -- Peter |
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"Ryan McGinnis" wrote in message
... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/26/2010 4:03 AM, Skylamar wrote: I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. Unless your mom is some kind of computer whiz and doesn't mind sitting in front of a computer for one or two hundred hours, this project is probably going to be beyond her. Its' not hard, just tedious. Besides, it will keep his mom busy with a useful project. I don't consider that a bad thing. -- Peter |
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:03:47 -0700, Skylamar wrote:
I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. What is the objective? Is it 'archival' in case something should happen to the slides? Is it because no one wants to drag out the projector any more? Or is it simply because that's the 'thing' to do these days? As another poster mentioned, it's going to be VERY time consuming if she intends to scan every slide at an archival resolution. Unless there is an overriding concern, I'd suspect she'd get tired of the whole process before the job is done. A more manageable task would be to do 'preview scans' at low resolution of the entire set and then do the 'good' ones at higher resolution. She doesn’t have lots to spend but I've seen good reviews of the CanoScan 8800F and the CanoScan9000F on Amazon. I think she should purchase one of them, but I need to find out what the differences are between them first. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out, once she gets the scanner, how she should proceed. At what resolution should she scan the slides? How should she store them? I have no idea what resolutions make sense. As for storing the photos, I'm thinking maybe she will need to buy a small external hard drive. However, I'm also thinking that relying on just one drive is risky if we want the photos to be secure for years. So, I'm wondering if she should put the slides, or at least the most important ones, onto an online backup service. I just don't know if she'll be willing to pay a monthly fee if the number of slides requires one. Over time, paying the monthly fee could cost more than having Costco or some other company scan the slides to DVDs/CDs instead of having her do all the scanning herself. Another idea, at least for now, is to get a USB Flash Drive, 16GB or 32GB and save the photos onto it. In addition to doing regular backups, every week, I save my Mac's most important files to two 16GB USB drives (which I put in a safe) and it works great. At this point in time, there is little evidence as to the long term survivability of the media you mention. Once the scans are complete, assuming archiving is the main objective, I'd strongly consider two external hard drives. Backup the entire collection to both drives and store them separately - perhaps one 'on site' and another in a safety deposit box. Once per year (or more) resave to both drives and rotate their locations. I would not rely on an online service. That would (probably) be fine as long as they are there, but they could go belly up at any time without notice. I'm also wondering if there is some simple IPhoto-like software for allowing her to organize her photos, so that it will be easier to browse through the photos in the future. According to the Canon site, the 9000F comes with: CD-ROM including Printer Driver, Setup Software and User's Guide, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, ArcSoft® PhotoStudio®, MP Navigator EX, NewSoft® Presto! PageManager® (Windows only), ScanSoft® OmniPage ® SE In my experience, the software that comes with the equipment is not of much use. In the case of MS, it will allow you to do the scanning. I would not count on it for more than that. What sort of 'organization' is she likely to need? One would hope that the slides are 'organized' to some degree - if so then it's easy to copy that organization when they are scanned in - but expect to be called in any case. I have Photoshop Elements for Mac but I'm not familiar with the other PC software that comes with the scanner. I know that Photoshop Elements, the retail version, comes with Adobe Bridge. But I want software for my mom that is simple to use. Thanks for reading this. Skylamar |
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"Skylamar" wrote in message ... I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. I second Ryan McGinnis's reply. Especially since your mom is "not that computer savvy" she'd be taking on one horrendous chore trying to scan 1000 to 2000 slides. That'd be a great deal of work in any case. Much depends also on how demanding her standards are. Generally speaking, flatbed scanners like the two CanoScan models you've mentioned are considered much inferior to dedicated slide scanners, which tend to be very expensive. But your mom *might* be satisfied with the results. Or not. I have no experience with those CanoScan machines and for all I know they may be much better than other flatbed scanners, though it still seems highly unlikely they could equal the results of a dedicated 35mm film/slide scanner. The Nikon Coolscan 5000 is very highly regarded but is *extremely* expensive, if you can even find one for sale. I just recently bought a Plustek OpticFilm 7300 film/slide scanner, which is quite reasonably priced and has gotten very good reviews on Amazon. I didn't buy mine there as there are much better prices elsewhere. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet though. Got mine for $236.99 at NewEgg, but I see they're sold out of them now. You mention Costco's slide-to-disc service, and that's something I would look into if it's convenient for your mom. If the price is reasonable, she might try one batch of slides first to see how she likes the results. |
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"ray" wrote in message
... On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:03:47 -0700, Skylamar wrote: I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot about Windows. snip I'm also wondering if there is some simple IPhoto-like software for allowing her to organize her photos, so that it will be easier to browse through the photos in the future. According to the Canon site, the 9000F comes with: CD-ROM including Printer Driver, Setup Software and User's Guide, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, ArcSoft® PhotoStudio®, MP Navigator EX, NewSoft® Presto! PageManager® (Windows only), ScanSoft® OmniPage ® SE In my experience, the software that comes with the equipment is not of much use. In the case of MS, it will allow you to do the scanning. I would not count on it for more than that. How much of that software have you actually used? Exactly what is wrong with: PS Elements; ArcSoft - a fine stitching application that works well for most casual users; OmniPage - fairly decent PDF conversion software, that I used constantly. I can only talk about those programs he listed that I am familiar with. But, clearly that is enough to cast some doubt on your statement. -- Peter |
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Skylamar wrote:?? I posted a few weeks ago that I'm trying to help my mom with her ?? decision to digitize 1000 to 2000 slides. She's not that computer ?? savvvy. She also lives far from me so I can't help her in person. ?? Also, I use a Mac and she uses a PC running XP and I don't know a lot ?? about Windows.?? ?? She doesnÕt have lots to spend but I've seen good reviews of the ?? CanoScan 8800F and the CanoScan9000F on Amazon. I think she should ?? purchase one of them, but I need to find out what the differences are ?? between them first.?? ?? Anyway, I'm trying to figure out, once she gets the scanner, how she ?? should proceed. At what resolution should she scan the slides? How ?? should she store them??? ?? I have no idea what resolutions make sense. As for storing the photos, ?? I'm thinking maybe she will need to buy a small external hard drive. ?? However, I'm also thinking that relying on just one drive is risky if we ?? want the photos to be
secure for years. So, I'm wondering if she should ?? put the slides, or at least the most important ones, onto an online ?? backup service. I just don't know if she'll be willing to pay a monthly ?? fee if the number of slides requires one. Over time, paying the monthly ?? fee could cost more than having Costco or some other company scan the ?? slides to DVDs/CDs instead of having her do all the scanning herself.?? ?? Another idea, at least for now, is to get a USB Flash Drive, 16GB or ?? 32GB and save the photos onto it. In addition to doing regular backups, ?? every week, I save my Mac's most important files to two 16GB USB drives ?? (which I put in a safe) and it works great.?? ?? I'm also wondering if there is some simple IPhoto-like software for ?? allowing her to organize her photos, so that it will be easier to browse ?? through the photos in the future. According to the Canon site, the 9000F ?? comes with:?? ?? CD-ROM including Printer Driver, Setup Software and User's Guide, Adobe¨ ?? Photoshop¨ Elements, ArcSoft¨ PhotoStudio¨, MP Navigator EX, NewSoft¨ ?? Presto! PageManager¨ (Windows only), ScanSoft¨ OmniPage ¨ SE?? ?? I have Photoshop Elements for Mac but I'm not familiar with the other PC ?? software that comes with the scanner. I know that Photoshop Elements, ?? the retail version, comes with Adobe Bridge. But I want software for my ?? mom that is simple to use.?? ?? Thanks for reading this.?? ?? Skylamar?? ??For those interested in scanning slides, though not a viable solution ??for your mother, alas, the September 2010 issue of Shutterbug magazine ??has an interesting review of a Plustek scanner. Caution: This issue will ??be on the shelves for about one more week.??Allen?? |
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