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Joe_Camper · RV-Dreams Family Member

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Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

My wife sometimes uses her iphone 5 camera just have good light, works pretty good for facebook.

Lonney

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Many all-in-one printers (print, copy, scan, maybe fax) can scan prints, so you might already have what you need. Or, if you were thinking of getting a new printer it might lean you to an all-in-one. Smartphones and some tablets work for making duplicates, as will a digital camera. But it takes steady hands and some trial and error to make a duplicate with a camera, including phone cameras.

The best scans are with a scanner and a slide/negative adapter, so you can get the photos square and scan at the highest resolution. In any case, this is not a fast job. Best to do it an hour or two per session over many weeks or months.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Not knowing where you are located, but look around for camera stores. We have a couple here in Oklahoma City that will do that job for you.

Now, having said that, I have no idea of the cost of the service, so purchasing a scanner and doing it yourself may be the least expensive way of doing it, plus, you'd have the scanner for other uses. We recently moved our banking to USAA and anytime we get a check for some reason, Jo scans it on our Epson Artisan 830 (older model) and sends the image to USAA. Voila....check deposited.

I like the Epson because it is also good for printing those occasional photos that we like to share or give away. It uses multiple color ink cartridges instead of a cartridge containing more than one. The scanner on ours will do both flat screen and feed through scanning (I think.) I never do anything but the flat screen myself.

However, ours is a relatively large all in one compared to just a dedicated scanner or printer.

Terry

Joe_Camper · RV-Dreams Family Member

Well, since we are going to be putting some stuff in storage, my DW decided we can put our photos in storage and don't need a scanner just yet. However, if we are ever to be free of a storage unit, we will need a scanner. Thanks for the replies, y'all!

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

Joe_Camper wrote:
Well, since we are going to be putting some stuff in storage, my DW decided we can put our photos in storage and don't need a scanner just yet. However, if we are ever to be free of a storage unit, we will need a scanner. Thanks for the replies, y'all!

Just don't forget about the locker or we'll be watching it getting auctioned off on a "Storage Wars" episode. Then the high bidder will just be frustrated when they start flippin' through boxes..........Damn I see nothing, no jewelry, no money, just all these damn photos.

Joe_Camper · RV-Dreams Family Member

TRAILERKING wrote:
Joe_Camper wrote:
Well, since we are going to be putting some stuff in storage, my DW decided we can put our photos in storage and don't need a scanner just yet. However, if we are ever to be free of a storage unit, we will need a scanner. Thanks for the replies, y'all!
Just don't forget about the locker or we'll be watching it getting auctioned off on a "Storage Wars" episode. Then the high bidder will just be frustrated when they start flippin' through boxes..........Damn I see nothing, no jewelry, no money, just all these damn photos.

Ha! Ha TRAILERKING! That's too funny! You know, I went to a storage auction about 30 years ago. I was so disappointed. I was 10 to 15 minutes early and everything was sold when I got there. They let in flea market people that bought entire lots before we got there.

Speaking of pictures, a buddy of mine bought a foreclosure house many years ago. It was a result of a divorce. The house was full of the people's stuff. Pictures, including their wedding pics, clothes, dishes, furniture and bicycles. He got it all because they abandoned the place. We hauled a bunch of it to the dump.