Negative scanning to CD

[trob67]

I have a scanner etc but have hundreds of negatives I want to scan. Someone mentioned checking CVS and the like....has anyone used their service to scan negatives then put on cd?

[alora7]

I wouldn't recommend getting them put on cd. Most places (haven't looked at all of them) put the pictures on the cd at 72 dpi resolution. The minimum for good clear prints is 300 dpi. I would recommend getting prints made and scanning those in of you are wanting digital copies. If you are only wanting to view the pictures on your computer then I suppose the cd would fine but I wouldn't recommend trying to print off of one. BTW I am a professional photographer so I do actually know about this. You may also check and see if your scanner will scan negatives. Some of the higher end scanners come with negative attachments so you can do it yourself with a decent photo editing program.

[trob67]

I wouldn't recommend getting them put on cd. Most places (haven't looked at all of them) put the pictures on the cd at 72 dpi resolution. The minimum for good clear prints is 300 dpi. I would recommend getting prints made and scanning those in of you are wanting digital copies. If you are only wanting to view the pictures on your computer then I suppose the cd would fine but I wouldn't recommend trying to print off of one. BTW I am a professional photographer so I do actually know about this. You may also check and see if your scanner will scan negatives. Some of the higher end scanners come with negative attachments so you can do it yourself with a decent photo editing program.

we have a negative scanner attachemnt but it only does one at a time. My husband just went out today and bought one that will do two strips of 6 at a time but at 1024 resolution it will take 1 hour to scan them all....12 pics.......OMG>>..I think he will have to do a lower resolution or just take it back and send them to a professional.

[alora7]

There are several places that will scan negatives for you. Some profesional photographers will (I do). Make sure you check prices though! You may also want to check online and see if you can find a service to do it, if your comfortable shipping your negatives off somewhere that is. My only other suggestion would be to see if there is a photography class at a college near you and see if a student would do it (they would probably charge a little bit but probably not as much as a profesional would). Just be careful as students can be a little fickle and it may take a while and most of them don't have the insurance if something happens to the negatives. Most professional photographers, myself included, carry insurance in case something happens to your negatives (fire, flood, other terrible situations). You may be looking at quite a bit of money depending on who you use. I've seen it run $1 per negative strip to $1 per negative. I hope this helps!