Scanners

[ShinRa]

Yeah I need this thread up again since my last one sorta unfortunately got me nowhere, not because of you guys! I'll be extremely specific:

1. I have no negatives/slides/film.
2. I only have 4x6 prints.
3. I want these 4x6 prints as JPEGS on my comp at the highest quality possible.
4. I don't care how much money I have to spend.
5. This scanner must not be a giant box bigger than my TV.
6. Dont tell me to go to a lab and have them scan my photos. Noone will be happy to scan 10,000 photos, and I will not be happy to pay for 10,000 scanned photos. I'll just do it myself over a long period of time.

Those are the only guidelines to follow! PLEASE HELP!!!

 

[Asus]

I don't know of any 4x6 only scanners. And I'm really only familiar with HP, Canon, and Epson brands for scanners. I'd recommend the Epson 4490 or 4990.

 

[CptStern]

Yeah I need this thread up again since my last one sorta unfortunately got me nowhere, not because of you guys! I'll be extremely specific:

1. I have no negatives/slides/film.
2. I only have 4x6 prints.
3. I want these 4x6 prints as JPEGS on my comp at the highest quality possible.
4. I don't care how much money I have to spend.
5. This scanner must not be a giant box bigger than my TV.
6. Dont tell me to go to a lab and have them scan my photos. Noone will be happy to scan 10,000 photos, and I will not be happy to pay for 10,000 scanned photos. I'll just do it myself over a long period of time.

Those are the only guidelines to follow! PLEASE HELP!!!

a slide scanner would be best ...scanning that many 4x6 photos is time consuming

it really doesnt matter all that much in quality between scanners when it comes to the home market ..drum scanners/large format flat scanners are what they use in design houses so no consumer product will be able to match their capabilities

just dont get a cheap one ...kodak I think makes one with an attachment for scanning photos but I cant remember ..just get something halfway decent and scan at high resolution ..there's no way around touching it up in photoshop as you'll want to colour correct each image

and you scan in TIFF format ..not jpeg ..you can convert it in photoshop ..just use a ton of macros to automate most of the tweaking/converting/saving

 

[ShinRa]

ok ive narrowed it down to three....maybe someone can make the final decision for me..

1. Canon CanoScan 9950F
2. Epson Perfection 4490
3. Epson V700

 

[ShinRa]

...cough

 

[NeptuneUK]

If they will all do the job would it matter?

 

[ShinRa]

it would matter if one did the job better than the other 2 lol.