I need something that helps me view old photo negatives. Will this be good for that? I have hundreds I need to look at and sort. Thanks!
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I bought the 12x9" Light Pad for sorting and evaluating color slides and negatives. I find it perfect for this purpose. The size is just right to place an entire 35 mm film on the pad. Lighting is very even and bright to clearly see the images using a magnifier. Since it is LED it stays cool. It comes with a nice soft cover for storage. You won't be disappointed.
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I would think so. Although, if they are really old and fragile I would just use a flat bed scanner, it won't be quite as speedy, but they will ensure that no damage is done to your photographs. Not saying that Doxie damages any documents, but I would err on the side of caution.I use this scanner for old college notes and any ol' document, but for pictures, drawings and photographs I use my canon flatbed scanner.
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I have not done it yet, but the specification say that it will, and that's one of the reasons I bought it. It has settings for positives or negatives, and for color or black and white (and many other settings). So far I have scanned over 1500 color slides and I am amazed at the quality for this price. It comes with a slide holder and a negative holder.
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I tried your suggestion and it seems to work for a single frame. Like the original poster, I have many strips of 126 negatives and would like to scan all four frames at once. Is that possible?
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I work in a law firm and have had to scan photographs. Will it scan? Yes. It is a proper scanner for archiving photographs? No. If you need it for the occasional photo, it will suffice. If you are looking to archive a lot of photographs, go with a flatbed scanner made specifically for photographs. Will is scan business cards? Yes.
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Have you used this scanner for a mounted 35mm slide? What is the ease of use and the quality of the scan? I am looking for a scanner to scan many, many slides from my father and need ease of use as well as scan quality.Many thanks,Helen
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I think the scanner does a great job with 35 mm slides or negatives. It has a slide holder for 4 slides at a time.
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I'm thinking of buying this scanner. I am an oral historian and need a portable scanner to take with me on my interviews. I will be scanning photos, news clippings, all kinds of things. Question: does it really work with Windows 7 64 bit. I have an HP laptop I'm planning to use it with. Current feedback would be great. Thanks!
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It will scan just about everything. You need select the advanced menu if your stuff is odd sized. I have scanned odd sized slides, the old style film strips, negatives of odd size as well. there are some trade offs- since it only comes with the 3 presized holders, it is a bit finicky, but it works.
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I've scanned a few photos and it did ok but I wouldn't buy it just for photos, I would buy a scanner that is made for photos. I purchased and use this for documents. I think you will get better quality with an actual photo scanner.
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Not really. I tried scanning OLD poloroid photos that were glued to the back of cardboard, you may be too young to remember those, but it didn't like those too much and I used my big copier/scanner for those. Also, it likes some old newpaper and not other so I would be careful about what you put thru. It did an amazing job on my photos, tho, like we got printed in the old days from Walgreen's so you can compare your project to those items. My Mom uses it for her printed out geneology that is on regular 20# printer paper and it does great. Don't know if I answered your questions but I tried. Not really. I tried scanning OLD poloroid photos that were glued to the back of cardboard, you may be too young to remember those, but it didn't like those too much and I used my big copier/scanner for those. Also, it likes some old newpaper and not other so I would be careful about what you put thru. It did an amazing job on my photos, tho, like we got printed in the old days from Walgreen's so you can compare your project to those items. My Mom uses it for her printed out geneology that is on regular 20# printer paper and it does great. Don't know if I answered your questions but I tried.
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I bought it specifically to scan a collection of Kodak color slides taken in the 60s - 70s along with old prints and it has done an excellent job. I would recommend it. Here's a review from PC Magazine written in November 2009: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355184,00.asp
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It works great. I use it to scan receipts mainly. I scan checks in color with decent photographic quality, for a 300dpi scanner. I have been using one for a couple of years, and just bought a few more in case i drop it and break it, as i depend on it! I hope this helps.
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I purchased an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner. It scans slides, pictures and negatives. The scanner takes 4 slides at a time. Worked great. I had about 1500 slides from the 60s. The Kaiser Mini let me sort thru them quickly. Was a great winter project.
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I used it to look at old individual slides surrounded by cardboard and it worked well. I have not tried it on 35mm negative strips.
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There is a problem with most negatives as the unit will only work with Kodak 35mm negatives. not of the others so you do not get the quality you shoudt get. I use the one that came with my printer scanner it works with any negative not just Kodak 35mm
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It did not work good on any photos. I found that the ScanSnap 300 by Fujitsu works excellent on all... plus it is good for documents.