Photo scanner recommendations


Sophia

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Hi!
I’m looking for a compact photo scanner for home use, with a budget of around $150.
Does anyone have recommendations or experience with a good one in this price range?
I’d really appreciate any advice!
 

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How compact?

"FreeBooter" offered links to portable scanners.

Here's a small, inexpensive flatbed scanner that does 8.5" x 11.7":


I might prefer a flatbed scanner to scan photo prints.
 

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Hi!
I’m looking for a compact photo scanner for home use, with a budget of around $150.
Does anyone have recommendations or experience with a good one in this price range?
I’d really appreciate any advice!
Do you want to scan prints? or slides and negatives? If the latter you will need to spend significantly more than $150 to get decent image quality. For negatives and slides, the scan must be enlarged at least 4X and maybe much more, either for screen viewing or prints. For Facebook uploads, you can probably get away with 4X enlargement. See this page. What is the Best Negative Film Scanner for 35mm? | ScanCafe

You will probably need third-party scan software. A good choice is VueScan. Purchase VueScan for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Just be aware than photo scanning can be a slippery slide into photo-nerd-dom and a busted budget, speaking as one who has already arrived there.
 

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Do you want to scan prints? or slides and negatives? If the latter you will need to spend significantly more than $150 to get decent image quality. For negatives and slides, the scan must be enlarged at least 4X and maybe much more, either for screen viewing or prints. For Facebook uploads, you can probably get away with 4X enlargement. See this page. What is the Best Negative Film Scanner for 35mm? | ScanCafe

You will probably need third-party scan software. A good choice is VueScan. Purchase VueScan for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Just be aware than photo scanning can be a slippery slide into photo-nerd-dom and a busted budget, speaking as one who has already arrived there.
I need to scan prints. I have a lot of old photos without preserved negatives, and they’re valuable to me. I want to save them digitally.
 

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If you have major issues getting whichever scanner you purchase to work, then look at the previous suggestion for "VueScan software".
 

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