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Advice needed about scanning photos, negatives and slides. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Shugamag@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Hopeful this is the correct subreddit or someone would be willing to point me in the right direction:) I have 1,000’s of old photos, slides and negatives that need to be scanned for prosperity. The task will be incredible daunting so I’d like advice on a scanner. My goals are firstly quality images as well as ease of use and workload. The images range mostly from the 1930’s-early 2000’s. I want to do the job “right” the first time and willing to pay up to $3,000ish. Please help:)

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[–] galacticbackhoe@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

For speed and quality, I've had great luck with the fujitsu scansnap. Mine is much older. I'm not sure what types of improvements they've made (or have ruined). It was great for batch photos and documents. I have no experience with how it would do with slides or negatives, but for pictures, I think it was good.