Converting film photographs to Digital

[dan1981]

Is there an easy way to get all my photos (that I want) from film to digital?

I guess I could scan each one individually but that would take me hours and hours.

Do any companies offer a service or anything to do this for you?

Cheers

Dan

[andy-xr]

I bookmarked this as I have some old stuff to do (and havent got around to doing any of it yet)

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[dan1981]

andy-xr said:

I bookmarked this as I have some old stuff to do (and havent got around to doing any of it yet)

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Thanks for that.

I need somethign to do just that but with film and already processed photos rather than slides.

[Simpo Two]

dan1981 said:

I need somethign to do just that but with film and already processed photos rather than slides.

Do you mean colour negatives or prints (whch are made from colour negatives)?

[dan1981]

Simpo Two said:

dan1981 said:

I need somethign to do just that but with film and already processed photos rather than slides.

Do you mean colour negatives or prints (whch are made from colour negatives)?

Both or Either

I think I still have most of ther negtives for the prints.

[mmertens]

The quickest way for this, I think, is to set up your camera w/tripod and flash (or any other lightsource) etc in such way that you just photograph each print that you have (use some taped-down cardboard guides or so to position every print in the same way). Loads quicker than a scanner, and provided you use a decent camera+sharp lens you should get decent quality especially for older prints. Takes a bit of tweaking to set up sharpening, color balance upfront but once done it should be very quick. You might need a glass plate or so to keep the print flat, that could cost a bit more time I guess.

I actually started using my digicam to "scan" loads of paperwork this way, beats all but the quickest flatbeds (well maybe not a fast one with a sheetfeeder but that'd be an significant investment).

Edited by mmertens on Monday 16th March 16:41