My Dad, with a little help from Mom and Gilmore the dog, explains why and how he set out to scan all his old slides, prints, and videos. Over 20,000 so far...not too shabby!
Starting your own scanning project? Visit my site at:
http://scanwithstan.com/
That was one of the best videos I've seen in a long, long time. I have such pictures, dating back to the 40's, and I just learned something. I'm starting right now. Thanks. Loved it.
dancinggirl75 4 months ago
Wow,groovy.
DBSpy1 4 months ago
Great stuff.... I've also been scanning (mainly from negs) many thousands of family pics also from the 40s for my kids and grandchildren
I cannot stress strongly enough (my bad experience)
BACK UP TO AN EXTERNAL DISK AFTER EVERY 30 MINUTES WORK.
My computer totally crashed out after a thunder/lightning storm last year... hard disks, mother board... the lot!
Fortunately, I only lost about 3 days of work... I was backing up weekly... now, it's every 30 minutes!
Good luck with the project
cliveyboy44 1 year ago
Your Father is an absolute legend.
What a great family history resource. I'm to flabbergasted to say more.
ozzirt 1 year ago
Greetings WanderingStan:
Thanks so much for sharing your video! I am presently in the process of digitizing all of my family's pictures, slides and cassettes, etc. This is a huge under-taking, but I am very excited to be able to document my findings for future generations.
Regards,
BertD
bertd 1 year ago
13,000 photos? wowser! That's a lot of man hours.
Please tell me you have at least backed-up all your Dad's hard work to a couple of external drives (plus an off-site backup). Western Digital MyBooks are pretty good (and cheap). Good luck with the project :)
hobbsy 1 year ago
I think he needs a Kodak s1220 Photo Scanning System....
RocketMuffinThing 2 years ago
Been trying years to explain this to a family member. I wanted access to family pictures all documented - time place by our photographer Father. I especially wanted get the slides, film and prints from Germany 1946 - 1949. Since 1988 I have not been able to access any thing. Now I have reason to believe he didn't have any idea what I was talking about - what was involved. If I can train him to click on a link I will have him watch this video. I even have Dragon Naturally Speaking!
Leeopolis 3 years ago
It would be cool to look through all of those photos
Steshaa 3 years ago