Hi everyone,
First post, so I hope I've put it into the right category.
I have recently "inherited" my mother's box of negatives. They are all organized and appear to be in good shape - I do not believe they have ever been removed from the sleeves. All pictures were taken with some sort of instamatic camera, 126 or 110 film, and all the negatives are from the 40's through the 80's. The prints are all in albums, black and white and, later, color. The pictures aren't "good" in any sense of the word, but they are my family legacy and are invaluable to me.
I had asked her for the negatives because I thought I would be able to better digitize the memories from negatives than from the prints, which have been sitting in non-archival albums all these years.
I am not a professional, and this is just a hobby, so I can allocate the time to get the job done. However, I want to do the job "right". I would like some advice on the best scanner for this job. I don't think I need to spend thousands of dollars on the scanner, since no scanner will change the fact that these pictures were not taken with high-definition film in the first place. But I do want to get a quality scanner that will do a good job - I don't want to look back in 10 years and wish I'd spent another few bucks on the project.
For example, I'm looking at the Canon 9000 and Epson 750 (leaning to Epson). The Nikon 9000 is more than I want to spend, and I'm not sure it is the right scanner for the job. I can get a refurbished Nikon 8000 for the same price as the Epson, though.
Thank you for entertaining my question - as wordy as it may be.
Cheers
Dave
First post, so I hope I've put it into the right category.
I have recently "inherited" my mother's box of negatives. They are all organized and appear to be in good shape - I do not believe they have ever been removed from the sleeves. All pictures were taken with some sort of instamatic camera, 126 or 110 film, and all the negatives are from the 40's through the 80's. The prints are all in albums, black and white and, later, color. The pictures aren't "good" in any sense of the word, but they are my family legacy and are invaluable to me.
I had asked her for the negatives because I thought I would be able to better digitize the memories from negatives than from the prints, which have been sitting in non-archival albums all these years.
I am not a professional, and this is just a hobby, so I can allocate the time to get the job done. However, I want to do the job "right". I would like some advice on the best scanner for this job. I don't think I need to spend thousands of dollars on the scanner, since no scanner will change the fact that these pictures were not taken with high-definition film in the first place. But I do want to get a quality scanner that will do a good job - I don't want to look back in 10 years and wish I'd spent another few bucks on the project.
For example, I'm looking at the Canon 9000 and Epson 750 (leaning to Epson). The Nikon 9000 is more than I want to spend, and I'm not sure it is the right scanner for the job. I can get a refurbished Nikon 8000 for the same price as the Epson, though.
Thank you for entertaining my question - as wordy as it may be.
Cheers
Dave
