> How much time do you want to spend scanning the photos you have taken,
> versus the time you have to take them in the first place? High resolution
> scanning is, in my experience, a slow job done frame by frame. If you are
> talking of numbers of photos sufficient to justify the capital outlay on a
> GBP1500 scanner (my guess - say 200 films), then you must be prepared to
> spend 15 weeks full-time scanning them (another wild guess at 5 mins per
> scan for 200*36 scans, assuming a forty hour 'working' week).
>
> No value judgements implied/intended/to be inferred here, merely trying to
> put a different perspective on things. And of course, you wouldn't
> actually
> scan everything for yourself.
I was thinking more along the lines of about 300 or a little more for a
scanner with automatic feed for negatives and just let it do its thing. If
it takes a couple of hours to scan the roll I don't care! (until it jams)
I agree its not worth the trouble if you have to scan each slide manually.
regards
James
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