I've got loads of film photos from yesteryear that I really want to be scanned. One of the biggest issues is the combination of time and quality. In short one wants the scan to be perfect, but at the same time one does not want to spend too much time. However, but the same logic, a bad scan is a waste of time as one will want to do it all over again at a latter point. As a result I've been inclined to scan negatives when possible, but there's a skill level I don't have and it'll involve more testing to get the method down. So, as a result, I've scanned at most 10% of what I have, and as a result, I keep searching though physical photo and generally wasting time if I want to scan/see a certain photo.
Right now I've got an Epson Perfection V550, which for the most part I've been happy with, but scanning Advantix negatives requires and adaptor that I have yet to make/buy a solution that seems to be in focus. So that leave me to scan the photos... but that seems to be a waste of time. Enter.... the Epson FastFoto. Funnily this thing has been out for years, but I've not heard about it until this week. And it just seemed to be my solution so much I bought one right away! It arrived today and I was able scan 400 or so in a few hours. To save people the research, this is a pass through two sided scanner, and it has a feeder, so you can scan photos (and documents) with minimal work, and this includes the back where relevant, making it an excellent way to catalog and have a passable copy of a photo fast.
So far I'm impressed...
