Scanning old film negatives

Anne_Marie_2

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Unfortunately there are some modern cameras that can post to the internet automatically. Yes you can delete them after taking them unlike film but potentially not before others have possible seen it, duplicated it and let it loose online.

You would have to set this up in the first place, so would be aware that photographs would be automatically uploaded. It's not as if wifi enabled cameras do this off their own back without any user input.

Grumpysally

Have you got a friend who has a scanner that can do slides and negatives?

That's what I used, until I realised I'd probably have to move in with him for a month to get everything done. Either that or spend more on petrol going backwards and forwards that the actual price of a scanner!

In the end I invested in an Epson Perfection V500 and consider it a good investment. ( although we didn't already have a scanner.)

We also have the boxes and boxes and boxes of slides and photos and negatives from OH's late parents, to plough through. I agree that the scanned quality is not as good, but there's no point having perfect images if no ones going to see them because of the hassle involved setting up a projector and screen. And you never know what might happen to damage them, however will they are stored, floods, fire, pestilence....

Luckily there was a hand held slide view so OH looked at them and chose which he wanted to save.

I've also started going through my old photo and my parents. I want to make an album of restored photos for them as a Christmas present. ( I might get finished by then )

There are a lot of 125(?) negatives and tiny Instamatic negatives which I've managed to be creative with and scan too.

I actually find the process quite addictive.

I now need to find an editing program that is a bit better than the basic one that comes with windows 8.1 but not as mind bogglingly complicated as Photo Shop or GIMP.

Mind you, said friend with scanner is also wizz with Photoshop so may send them all to him : )