Photo Scanning - The Way To Preserve Old Memories For Pc Or Tv Slide Shows.

Photo scanning, the act of preserving old photo memories to disc or memory stick is big business in the UK

. Estimates of half a billion photos languishing in old boxes, cupboards and drawers are probably about right but who really knows? One thing is for sure though and that is we all can lay our hands on old photos which capture some memory of times gone by. I recently had some old Royal Navy photos from 30 years ago scanned and to see them in large format on my 42" TV was a revelation. Details I had never noticed before came bouncing off the screen.

There are very few, less than 3, companies in the UK who can offer scanning to disc for photos, slides, negatives and videos (to DVD) but Google will help you find them. Typical prices are about 10p per photo upto 40p for slides and a typical video will be about 10 to transfer to DVD.

Try to find a company who will arrange the whole process for you, from secure collection through to secure delivery back to you. Ask them if they are using trackable couriers or trusting them to the royal mail. Couriers are by far the most reliable of the two and if you are trusting your precious photos to anyone it should be an organisation that take security and trackability seriously.

In terms of resolution you can ask for 300 or 600 dpi, obviously the latter being a higher quality. The costs of 600 dpi usually carry a 50% surcharge. Don't bother with the higher resolution if you are only copying old black and white photos with a grainy image as its a total waste of money. 300dpi would be good enough for those oldies.

Hope that all helps and thanks for reading.

by: geoff shilton

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