Is There a Relitavely Inexpensive Way to Get Photos on a Disc?

Factual Questions
1

I don’t have a scanner and have tons of sentimental old pictures I would love to get on line somehow. Is there any sort of service available that won’t cost an arm & a leg to get them put on a CD/disc for safe keeping?

2

I’m pretty sure Walgreens and Target can both scan your old hardcopy photos to discs for a few bucks.

3

Honestly, if you set up a neutral, diffuse lighting source to avoid glare, you can photograph them with a digital camera and import them. It’s not an especially high-quality transfer, but it is entirely free.

4

Yeah, and this.

5

Here is a website for a company that will do bulk scanning of photos; 1,000 photos scanned for $79.50, or about eight cents per photo. Also, here is David Pogue’s review of the service.

6

Thanks guys! figured there was a way to do it. Gona check around for best pricing and see about getting these pictures preserved.

7

Actually, a printer-copier-scanner costs about the same as the service mentioned above. Discs are cheap and easy to make and you have the equipment for other things.

8

Yeah. $50 - $90 will get you a decent printer-copier-scanner at a store like Target or Walmart. Get a Cannon or an HP and you are good to go. What the OP is talking about is just mainstream computing for most people. You just place the photos on the scanner and push a button to have it saved to your computer. From there, you can do what you want with it. The scanner will come with the necessary software although you can download specialty photo enhancement packages if you want to do things like restore old and faded photos or add other effects. You can post all the photos you want for select people or the world to see on Facebook or through Google albums/Picassa with a free account. Part of the reason for doing this type of thing is for archival purposes and burned CD’s are not ideal for that. The physical photos will likely last longer than they will unless you copy them to new media every few years and always keep duplicates in case something goes wrong. Google and Facebook are likely to be around for a while so get as much as you can online at least as a backup even if you don’t share certain pictures with others.