Converting Photos or Slides Electronically
In the home inventory section, we talked about making copies of important documents and photos. You needed to store a copy at the home in a fire proof safe and another in an offsite place like a safety deposit box. Making copies of the documents has been very easy. You can either print another copy or scan them into your computer and store them on a electronic storage device. The problem I have had is with old photos or negatives. I know that this worry will be obsolete with the progression of technology, but I still have to worry about all the old photos and negatives from my parents and before. I would like to discuss how to overcome that one today.
As mentioned already, I have the issue of saving negatives and old photos. I am trying to document my family history right now and these old items are a big problem. I went to the internet to find a device that could help me out. I found some that would just take negatives and slides and convert them into electronic pictures. I found some that you could scan in photos and documents. I found the best solution with a scanner made by Canon. The actual product name is Canon CanoScan 8800F 2168B002 4800 x 9600dpi 48bit USB Interface Flatbed Scanner.
The reason why I chose the canon is because of the great reviews it received. It can not only scan documents and pictures, but can scan slides and negatives and convert them into pictures. It is very simple to operate. I pulled out the owner’s manual and was able to operate it within a couple of minutes. The software that comes with allows you to scan multiple slides, negatives, or photos at once. It then breaks each one into a separate file for you. It makes it very fast to save these files. Unlike other scanners I have had before, it felt extremely fast when converting these photos and slides. I would recommend this product to anyone who needs to change photos and/or slides into electronic files.
The other part is where to go and get this product or find another. I go to one website for all of my electronic needs. It is www.newegg.com. The reason is because of the great return policy. I just had a component of the computer I built go bad and the manufacture said it would be 1 1/2 months to 2 months for me to get the part back. I called newegg and they had the new part replaced in less than a week. Here is the link for the product: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838111015 or you can go to the website and try to find another product for doing this.
