Is there anyway to scan the photographs into a CD?

fusetrips · 31st July 2002

As abovementioned.
Anyway to DIY rather than asking the shops to do it for us?
Please advise.

Thank you.

Tweek · 31st July 2002

you mean, printed photographs? Just scan using a flatbed colour scanner then burn into CD lor. If you mean slides or negatives, you can also do it yourself if you have a good film scanner, or film scan adaptor for your flatbed scanner.

fusetrips · 31st July 2002

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Originally posted by Tweek
you mean, printed photographs? Just scan using a flatbed colour scanner then burn into CD lor. If you mean slides or negatives, you can also do it yourself if you have a good film scanner, or film scan adaptor for your flatbed scanner.

Hi Tweek,

Thanx for the prompt reply.
How is the quality of a flatbed color scanner scanning quality? Is it ok?

Care to share with me more about the stuffs like Film scanner and Film scan adaptor?

Tweek · 31st July 2002

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Originally posted by fusetrips

Hi Tweek,

Thanx for the prompt reply.
How is the quality of a flatbed color scanner scanning quality? Is it ok?

Care to share with me more about the stuffs like Film scanner and Film scan adaptor?

depends on what you want to use the scans for...if just for web display or personal archiving, then a flatbed scanner is good enough I guess. But if you want to print the photos, or blow them up, it's best to get a dedicated film scanner that can scan at high resolutions. I don't know much about them, just now that they are expensive, in the >$1000 range. Film adaptors are just add-on devices for flatbed scanners, so the scan quality won't be too impressive either.

fusetrips · 1st August 2002

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Originally posted by Tweek

depends on what you want to use the scans for...if just for web display or personal archiving, then a flatbed scanner is good enough I guess. But if you want to print the photos, or blow them up, it's best to get a dedicated film scanner that can scan at high resolutions. I don't know much about them, just now that they are expensive, in the >$1000 range. Film adaptors are just add-on devices for flatbed scanners, so the scan quality won't be too impressive either.

Hi Tweek,

Do you know any shops that do developed negative scanning onto a CD?

Rgds.

andretan · 1st August 2002

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Originally posted by fusetrips

Hi Tweek,

Do you know any shops that do developed negative scanning onto a CD?

Rgds.

ColorLab (at Adelphi) and RGB (Bugis) offers this service.

But they aren't cheap.

31st July 2002	#1
fusetrips Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 352	Is there anyway to scan the photographs into a CD? As abovementioned. Anyway to DIY rather than asking the shops to do it for us? Please advise. Thank you. __________________ All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget.

31st July 2002	#2
Tweek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 2,149	you mean, printed photographs? Just scan using a flatbed colour scanner then burn into CD lor. If you mean slides or negatives, you can also do it yourself if you have a good film scanner, or film scan adaptor for your flatbed scanner.