On 06/08/2024 10:15, Peter James wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove
cheaper?
Find a good flatbed scanner and do the job yourself.
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove cheaper?
On 2024-08-06, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/08/2024 10:15, Peter James wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >>> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove >>> cheaper?
Find a good flatbed scanner and do the job yourself.
+1 although I get decent results with my all in 1 HP printer. Don't be tempted to use an iPhone or iPad as one never gets anything like
the quality of a decent scanning device. I'm sure if Peter shops around
he can get a scanning device for less than £80 + VAT.
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove cheaper?
On 06/08/2024 10:44, Alan B wrote:
On 2024-08-06, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/08/2024 10:15, Peter James wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >>>> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove >>>> cheaper?
Find a good flatbed scanner and do the job yourself.
+1 although I get decent results with my all in 1 HP printer. Don't be
tempted to use an iPhone or iPad as one never gets anything like
the quality of a decent scanning device. I'm sure if Peter shops around
he can get a scanning device for less than £80 + VAT.
And he will still have it when he gets another batch of photos that need scanning.
On 6 Aug 2024 at 10:44:24 BST, Alan B wrote:
On 2024-08-06, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/08/2024 10:15, Peter James wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >>>> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove >>>> cheaper?
Find a good flatbed scanner and do the job yourself.
+1 although I get decent results with my all in 1 HP printer. Don't be
tempted to use an iPhone or iPad as one never gets anything like
the quality of a decent scanning device. I'm sure if Peter shops around
he can get a scanning device for less than £80 + VAT.
Could anyone recommend a half-decent scanner - one that works with a modern Mac, and doesn't take an age to produce a decent scan? £80 would be nice :-)
On 2024-08-06, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/08/2024 10:15, Peter James wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >>> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove >>> cheaper?
Find a good flatbed scanner and do the job yourself.
+1 although I get decent results with my all in 1 HP printer. Don't be tempted to use an iPhone or iPad as one never gets anything like
the quality of a decent scanning device. I'm sure if Peter shops around
he can get a scanning device for less than £80 + VAT.
On 6 Aug 2024 at 10:15:32 BST, "Peter James" <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove
cheaper?
Reading the various replies to my OP, I have searched the Internet and decided
on a Canon Lide 400 scanner. Circa £75.
My other query is, are these flat bed scanners easy to use? I am not the most technically gifted person around!
On 6 Aug 2024 at 10:15:32 BST, "Peter James" <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove
cheaper?
Reading the various replies to my OP, I have searched the Internet and decided
on a Canon Lide 400 scanner. Circa £75.
My other query is, are these flat bed scanners easy to use? I am not the most technically gifted person around!
Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/08/2024 10:44, Alan B wrote:
On 2024-08-06, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 06/08/2024 10:15, Peter James wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook
Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove >>>>> cheaper?
Find a good flatbed scanner and do the job yourself.
+1 although I get decent results with my all in 1 HP printer. Don't be
tempted to use an iPhone or iPad as one never gets anything like
the quality of a decent scanning device. I'm sure if Peter shops around
he can get a scanning device for less than £80 + VAT.
And he will still have it when he gets another batch of photos that need
scanning.
Indeed.
Depending on the dimensions of the originals, I’ve even placed several photos in the scanner at once and then used Preview to copy and paste them into individual images from the combined photo image file. The weight of
the scanner top helps to flatten out any “curly” originals.
Image Capture claims to do this automatically i.e. no need to use Preview.
There is one quirk to look out for with Image Capture (present in
Mojave, hopefully fixed by now) - is that you can set a bit depth not supported by the scanner but it won't tell you: it just does the preview
but doesn't display the Scan button and you're left wondering where the
scan button is.
At the very least they could have left the button visible but greyed-out.
On 8 Aug 2024 at 08:02:48 BST, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Image Capture
Woss this "image Capture" business? I just choose Printers & Scanners in the System Prefs, and then click on Open Sanner.
Image Capture
On 08/08/2024 17:29, TimS wrote:
On 8 Aug 2024 at 08:02:48 BST, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid>
wrote:
Image Capture
Woss this "image Capture" business? I just choose Printers & Scanners in the
System Prefs, and then click on Open Sanner.
Image Capture plays the same game.
On 6 Aug 2024 at 10:15:32 BST, "Peter James" <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove
cheaper?
Reading the various replies to my OP, I have searched the Internet and decided
on a Canon Lide 400 scanner. Circa £75.
My other query is, are these flat bed scanners easy to use? I am not the most technically gifted person around!
On 7 Aug 2024 at 18:47:05 BST, Peter James wrote:
On 6 Aug 2024 at 10:15:32 BST, "Peter James" <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a large number of photos, around 100, I need to scan to my Macboook >>> Air. The local High Street photo shop has quoted me .80 pence per photo to do
the job. Assuming they will not move on that quote, I'm looking at around £80
plus vat to do the job. I'm sure that looking online will bring the price down
considerably. However, is there any way of doing the job that would prove >>> cheaper?
Reading the various replies to my OP, I have searched the Internet and decided
on a Canon Lide 400 scanner. Circa £75.
Just got the 'F' version (has a negative film scanner jig) of that scanner off
ebay.
My other query is, are these flat bed scanners easy to use? I am not the most
technically gifted person around!
Works pretty well on my Intel iMac. The supplied software is a bit clunky but gets there in the end. Film negatives very slow going at about a minute each photo, but nice to have - digitised 30-odd lost photos from the 70s.
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