laine_stuart

You all are wonderful!The time and effort that you put into answering my question flatters me and tells me that you all are very serious about your work. I sincerely appreciate it.

Oddly enough, I still have no idea what to buy but I think I'll go with the a flatbed and if I have to, I'll just convince myself that in the 70's people were actually slightly green and all cars were orange.

Again, kindest regards to everyone and if it's OK, I'll drop by again and let you know what I discovered.

I am not a photographer but a mom with a lot of photos and negatives

(color from years 1970-2000). I would hate to lose these and I

thought I should make the investment to scan them. I was thinking of

something like the Epson 2480 Ltd. Edition but then lots of friends

a family asked if I could scan their negatives and photos too.

Then I thought I would get a Nikon Coolscan V ED but after reading

many of the posts on this site, I am concerned about scanning times

and storage. If I use ICE, does scanning time go up as much as 5

minutes each? Or is that including photoshop editing? Also, isn't a

DVD OK for storage? This way I could make many copies to give to

friends and family.

Can someone make this simple for me? How can I do this "the right

way" without going broke or going overboard?

Thank you so much!