Neat pictures I've taken

glatt · 12-31-2010, 12:18 PM

My parents have some prints, but they are mostly in sad shape and/or in albums with that sticky cling film holding them in place. If I go taking the prints out to scan them, it will take about 2 minutes per print, and then I'll have destroyed a photo album, so I'll have to buy new albums and assemble them.

I'm looking for a way to just quickly take a picture of a negative, shift the negative slightly, and take the next one. I'm hoping for about 5 seconds between taking each picture, and around 30 seconds to process each image.

It's all about speed, otherwise this is going to take forever and will never happen.

So I need to refine the system. But my test proves it's possible. I wasn't sure you could take a picture of a negative and eventually get a positive.

Lamplighter · 12-31-2010, 05:09 PM

Glatt, I realize you plan to go the DIY and less expensive route,
but if you decide to pay-for-play, the ScanCafe.com has been very good for us with 35 mm slides.
They are currently running a year-end special for $0.21 each on "standard media",
so I assume that would include your 110 negatives.

Here is the website, and the discount code (for today's discount only) is 2010END.
If you don't use it today, just get on their email list and you'll get notices every week of new discounts.

We did over 1300 35mm slides with them from our first 30 yrs of snapshots, when our kids were young.
The great thing about this company is that you send them your materials,
they scan and post on the internet, you review and select only the ones you want.
You can reject up to 50% without penalty, and pay only for the ones you select.
They return everything + a DVD with your selection.

12-31-2010, 12:18 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My parents have some prints, but they are mostly in sad shape and/or in albums with that sticky cling film holding them in place. If I go taking the prints out to scan them, it will take about 2 minutes per print, and then I'll have destroyed a photo album, so I'll have to buy new albums and assemble them. I'm looking for a way to just quickly take a picture of a negative, shift the negative slightly, and take the next one. I'm hoping for about 5 seconds between taking each picture, and around 30 seconds to process each image. It's all about speed, otherwise this is going to take forever and will never happen. So I need to refine the system. But my test proves it's possible. I wasn't sure you could take a picture of a negative and eventually get a positive.

12-31-2010, 05:09 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Glatt, I realize you plan to go the DIY and less expensive route, but if you decide to pay-for-play, the ScanCafe.com has been very good for us with 35 mm slides. They are currently running a year-end special for $0.21 each on "standard media", so I assume that would include your 110 negatives. Here is the website, and the discount code (for today's discount only) is 2010END. If you don't use it today, just get on their email list and you'll get notices every week of new discounts. We did over 1300 35mm slides with them from our first 30 yrs of snapshots, when our kids were young. The great thing about this company is that you send them your materials, they scan and post on the internet, you review and select only the ones you want. You can reject up to 50% without penalty, and pay only for the ones you select. They return everything + a DVD with your selection.

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