damon_mercadante

<p>A few people have asked about the ScanCafe <a

href=http://www.scancafe.com/slidescanning.php>Slide Scanning</a> and <a

href=http://www.scancafe.com/negativescanning.php>Negative Scanning</a>

services. </p>

<p>Now that it is online, you should check out this independent ScanCafe Review

by John Owens, Editor in Chief of Popular Photography & Imaging magazine. He

actually used an alias when testing out ScanCafe, which he mentions in the

article. For some reason, the forum is not recognizing the URL link to so here

is the entire URL which you can link to</p>

<p>http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4844/the-24-cent-

scan.html</p>

<p>It gives a pretty good summary of his experience using the <a

href=http://www.scancafe.com/>ScanCafe</a> service. </p>

<p>Thanks <br/>

Damon <br/>

ScanCafe</p>

Here is a good, independent review of <a href=http://www.scancafe.com/>ScanCafe</a> from another Photo.net user.

I'm certainly biased, but I think he makes a good point that sending images to ScanCafe is as safe, if not safer, than most other services.

Thomas Hobbs - Dec. 10th

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00NNyr

Thanks

Damon

ScanCafe

I think J. Harrington's overall intentions were good, and he made some good points.

I met some guys from photo.net at the PhotoPlus conference, and they suggested ScanCafe post periodically to keep everyone informed, so that is what I am doing.

ScanCafe's offering is fairly specific: high quality, high volume, low cost. As the Pop Photo article shows, shipping to India is safe. The images are sent overnight on a plane just like a Fedex package from NY to LA.

That said, local firms offer benefits as well. Smaller orders can be turned around faster, and you may feel the need to be physically near the images. It is simply a cost/benefit question for you. Everyone has different needs.

ScanCafe's bigger philosophy is that 1% of your images may be ultra-critical, and it may be best to do them in your own office or through a local service. We think our service fits in well with the other 99%. Historically, it simply wasn't economical to do the other 99%. When you think of it, there are plenty of images that need to be scanned both at the local level and at larger scale.

Jim's best suggestion is to test out a couple of services. ScanCafe does not have a minimum order size, and many customers test us out before sending big orders. We encourage that.

Hopefully, you've found this post to be informational and positive for the entire industry. More than happy to answer any specific questions, and more than happy to take feedback on how to post effectively in the future.

Damon

ScanCafe