Advice Please! Need Scanner for Hi Res Images Suitable for Albums

[stephanie_cheney]

What scanner do you suggest to get high enough resolution scans to

make albums such as wedding albums, baby books, etc? I will need to

scan prints of the pictures. I am making albums as large as 9x12" so

I need the images to be good resolution. Thanks!

[eric friedemann]

What film sizes are you scanning?

[robert_martin5]

If you want high resolution you need to scan the film, not prints.

[eric friedemann]

Sory, I kneed to reed bedder. What Robert said. You would be waaaaaaaaay better off scanning negatives than prints.

[peterblaise]

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ANY modern flatbed scanner will have way more resolution than your printer. 400 dpi is all that's needed for 1:1 scan:print size, and all have sufficient bit depth. Buy what you want, try it, and return it if it angers you or fails to make you happy! The market is full of 11x8.5" flat bed scanners. I got a used HP 1,200 dpi 16-bit USB flatbed for $5.

 

Click!

 

Love and hugs,

 

Peter Blaise peterblaise@yahoo.com http://www.peterblaisephotography.com/

[stephanie_cheney]

I will have to scan the prints from some of these because they are coming from customers who have their own pictures they want to use.. not from a professional photographer but their own candid shots of their baby, etc. Is there any other way of getting a high res image from someone's print other than scanning?

[eric friedemann]

In that case, for those times when I need to scan documents, old prints or make test pattern prints to balance my viewing monitor, I've got a Canon LiDE scanner I'm fond of. It scans well, has easy-to-use software, has a very small footprint (doesn't take up much computer table space) and has no power cord (it draws its power from its USB connection):

 

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=364945&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

[robert_martin5]

You need to be careful that you don't violate copyright laws if you are scanning prints that may be from professional photographers. You are less likely to have this problem if you scan the negative.

[patricklavoie]

dont need a HIREZ scanner to do this, any scanner will do the job...

[jtk]

Just about any flatbed scanner. And what's the photographer going to do, sue you? This is 2005: if the "photographer" has been counting on print sales (ie padding the billing for Walmart work) to make his living, he's already out of business.

[claytontullos]

Well you wont be able to do any real enlargements, not beyond the original size.