October 19, 2009
Mind Vacations
Bringing slides and snapshots into the digital world
In the olden days we shot film positives (slides) or film negatives and printed the images on paper--why, all of a sudden, do I feel like Mathew Brady. If you've got some LPs or cassettes around, you likely have some slides and/or some black and white or color negatives--perhaps some stuff that you haven't looked at in years. The problem is, the old pictures aren't nearly so convenient to look at or share as the stuff we currently are able to churn out on our digital cameras.
ScanCafe.com doesn't fit the normal subject matter of these posts, but I thought it was a good enough find to merit a special mention (thanks to my friend Daniel Will-Harris for pointing me to them). In short, you bundle up your negatives or picture album and send it off to a place overseas where the folks at ScanCafe scan and spend a few minutes optimizing the images (don't panic, they claim the shipping is VERY safe--mine got there without a problem). Then, you review the scans online and choose (pay for) only the one's you want. The originals are then returned to you along with a disc containing the scans.
Reasonable prices, good quality, and it's fun to see all those forgotten places and faces.
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What a great resource, thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Rebekah | October 19, 2009 1:15 PM
Why would you send your prints to India when you can get them done here for as cheap or cheaper....
Seems crazy and certainly not very carbon neutral to ship everything 1/2 way around the world. check out
http://memorylanemedia.ca/economy-print-scans
Posted by: Brian Simard | October 20, 2009 8:29 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong but ScanCafe's prices look significantly less expensive--and, if you're diligent, they make regular discount offers.
http://www.scancafe.com/pricing/scanning
http://memorylanemedia.ca/prices
Do you allow me to preview and choose from the scans I want and don't want? That's a big deal. I paid for less than half of the images they actually scanned. Once the scanned them and I saw the previews on line I realize there were many not worth keeping. In other words, they don't charge for those you discard.
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October 20, 2009 12:12 PM