Like Paul most of us have large photo/negative and slide collections (not only tramway) that need digitisation, I shudder at the though of the price of many of the good scanners needed for the job but totally cringe when I see the prices charged by professionals.
I struggle to justify the cost of good scanner for what is essentially a one of project as I no longer use film.
I also look at the large pile of prints packed away around the house and wonder if I will ever have the time to scan them all when added to a full time business as well as everything else currently occupying life.
Perhaps there is a possibility of some semi retired people investing in the scanner and then once their collections have been scanned offsetting the investment they made in offering a scanning service to others.
Bryce
--- On Wed, 15/9/10, Paul Nicholson pn1@...> wrote:
> From: Paul Nicholson pn1@...>
> Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Scanning tram photos
> To:TramsDownUnder@...
> Date: Wednesday, 15 September, 2010, 9:56
> I guess I am not alone in having an
> extensive collection of tram slides and photos that haven't
> seen the light of day for many years and now should be
> scanned both for posterity and sharing among the TDU
> community and other interested parties.
>
> I have a Canon 3200F scanner, several years old, that has a
> capacity for scanning photos, negatives and slides. It's OK
> for documents but the photos and slides are only average.
>
> I guess it's time for me to purchase a "suitable" quality
> scanner to get working on the collection? What scanners to
> other enthusiasts use and recommend?
>
> (This reminds me a little of 40 years ago when I was saving
> my dollars to purchase my first SLR camera; in those days
> the standards for the average enthusiast were either Minolta
> or Pentax [I chose Minolta] and, if you were a little more
> affluent - Nikon!)
>
> No doubt the first part of the project is to get the photos
> scanned and on to the computer and then "tweak" them for
> publication/sharing?
>
> Paul in Melbourne
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