Scanning photos

Learn how to care for and scan old photo negatives—and why they deserve a place in your collection.

The HP Scanjet 4890 Photo Scanner from only 7½ years ago is a great backup scanner. It could scan 4,800 x 9,600 dpi resolution with 48-bit color, but for the retrocomputing fan, the built-in adapter could batch scan 16 slides, 30 negatives, multiple medium format film frames, and a single 4" x 5" film negative.

Getting your photos scanned and digitized can help preserve your memories

How to Scan Prints without a Scanner: My friends and family always make fun of my oversized bag that is always so heavy (but well worth it) because I always have everything I need - when I need it. It feels like I'm MaryPoppins - always pulling out things that really shouldn't be carried on a day to day basis - but it makes me happy and brings me comfort nonetheless to always 'being prepared' - CAN I GET A WITNESS?!? One thing I don't carry around.. would be a huge high-resolution scanner…

After scanning old photos, now what? Share your photos in ways that will likely outlive social media. Make your old photos valuable to far-flung cousins

85% VERDICT We’ve never seen a better or faster way to scan and save your photos than with the Epson Fast Foto FF-680W. Pros Fast and easy scanningSmall footprintOrganises scanned imagesCan save scans to the cloud Cons Could have had an easier set-upExpensive We’ve still got lots of photos in albums from the time long […]

My tips, tricks, and workflow for scanning and digitizing old family photos that I have learned after scanning more than 11,000 pictures!

The question for a family with an attic full of family photos is: when is are photo scanning apps the answer vs. DIY or hiring a professional