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"awhiteford" <awhitefo@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> The negatives and photos I inherited come from the period between the
1920s
> to early 1960s and are black and white.  There are a mixture of sizes in
> both the negatives and the photos.
>
> One lot of negatives are 7cm by 4cm (2.75 by about 1.5 inches) with two
> pictures on each of this sized negative.  The other size is 6cms by
6.15cms
> (2 by 2.25 inches) with one picture on the negative.  There are a number
of
> negatives which have been taken at night and have "120 or B20" written on
> the folder they're in.
>
> The photos include a range of sizes from 4cm by 3cm (1.5 inches by less
than
> 1.25 inches) and 3.5cms by 4.25 cms (1.5 by 1.75 inches) to the large
family
> portraits eg 21cms by 16cms (8.5 by 6.5 inches) or larger.  These are all
> black and white.  They appear to be in pretty good condition, have been in
> original camera shop envelopes and most aren't badly marked or creased.
>
> Apart from scanning those I also want to scan the family photos I've taken
> over the years or been sent by other family members.  This includes a
couple
> of thousand negatives or photos from the late 1960s on in a mixture of
black
> and white and colour.
>
> I've never used a scanner for this sort or amount of work before.
> Recommendations on the best scanner to handle this task appreciated.  By
> best scanner I'm thinking of ease of use for scanning multiple small
> negatives and photos and a reasonable quality output which won't require
too
> much fiddling.  I've looked at a couple of scanners with inbuilt negative
> handlers and am wondering how well these work.  Would they be suitable for
> the older style negatives and mixed sizes I have?  I would like to scan
> multiple negatives or photos at once so I don't spend the next 10 years of
> my spare time scanning.  Is this possible and if yes, what equipment do I
> need to manage this?
>
> I would also appreciate any tips about best handling this amount of work
ie.
> how best to set the scanner up for this, do I want highest level quality
> scanning or am I likely to take much less time for a reasonable output if
> I'm not too fussy. What sorts of differences will I get in the scanned
> material with this approach?   I have both Photoshop vs 7 and MGI
photsuite
> vs 8.05 - haven't used either of these previously which one of these is
best
> for working with the scanned photos/negatives?
>
>
> Thanks all
>
> Anne
>
Hi Anne,

Considering you need to scan 1000s of negative you should consider a proper
film scanner.

Not cheap but apparently pretty good is the Nikon CoolScan 8000ED.
http://nikonimaging.com/global/products/scanner/scoolscan_8000_ed/index.htm

Some reviews at -
http://www.nikonlinks.com/equipment_scanners.htm#8000

Cheers,
Alan