Hey

I'm going to be scanning a lot of color 3x5 and 4x6 photos dating from 1990 to 2005 and I was looking for some recommendations for a good scanner. I bought a flatbed Canon scanner but the scans it did looked like color drained versions of the original (for example, if someone had a tan in the original picture, they'd be pasty white in the scanned version). I'd like something that's affordable but has a High DPI and good color accuracy and is easy to use, because I'm going to be working with well over 2,000 photos between '90 and '05 so it's going to be a massive project.
But quality comes over convenience of use. The images would be scanned at 600 DPI or higher.

I've seemed to have more luck with printer/scanner combos (like an All in One Printer) than flatbeds, but I'm open to suggestions of both.

Rhett,

What Canon scanner did you get?  I just bought (this week) a Canon LiDE 200 scanner for $59+shipping from Adorama (on eBay).

It works pretty well except the "one button scan" feature does not seem to work with my laptop/Vista setup.

I have not really done much color scanning other than some old pics (which were already color faded) so I can't offer opinion on color fidelity.  Most of what I've been scanning is greyscale pics and couments.

But for $59 it was hard to beat the price.

Rhett,

What Canon scanner did you get?  I just bought (this week) a Canon LiDE 200 scanner for $59+shipping from Adorama (on eBay).

It works pretty well except the "one button scan" feature does not seem to work with my laptop/Vista setup.

I have not really done much color scanning other than some old pics (which were already color faded) so I can't offer opinion on color fidelity.  Most of what I've been scanning is greyscale pics and couments.

But for $59 it was hard to beat the price.


I got the same one as you I believe.