Digitize Your Analog Photos (PSA for Photographers)

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[@keithpinn152]

Hi Tim: Thanks for creating and sharing this video. I am currently going through this same process with our family memories on print and slides through my Epson V600 scanner. Regrettably the rationale for doing this was the recent fires in LA but also the realization that when my wife and I downsize our home and go into a condo we won't have the space for a closet full of slide and print memories. I hope that the memories stored at your grandmother's home are still in tact. Keep well. Regards, Keith Pinn (Barrie, Ontario Canada)

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Oh so true. My sister digitized all our family albums a number of years ago. (San Francisco is not the best storage location one can imagine.). Now they are so widely distributed that we can’t lose them all!

[@KeithDavies-b9o]

I bought a Valoi Easy 35 recently. I now scan all of my 35mm negs. and slides with this attached to my Fujifilm x-h2. It’s so easy and fast. The results are amazing; so much so that I’ve re-scanned everything that I’d scanned with my Epson V700 again because this new system is so much better, and fast. One point though regarding anything original; don’t discard them just because you now have a digital copy. The reason the originals are still around is because they were in a shoebox out of the light for many, many years. Put them back and keep them like that. Digital files are no safer than anything else when it comes to time. ‘Pixel rot’ is just as formidable an enemy. Try opening files produced on old Kodak media from digital’s early days and you’ll see what I mean.

[@TimGreyTV]

Great point about keeping those analog originals even after they've been scanned!

[@marykapka4245]

Thank you Tim! This is one of those tasks that a lot of us have on our to-do list, but don't find the time to actually follow through. You've given me the motivation to actual get 'er done!

[@TimGreyTV]

Thanks! Happy to have provided some motivation to get those photos digitized!

[@timpurcell2717]

Thanx Tim! A great reminder. I have been trying to find a good Nikon Coolscan without paying a King's ransom. The photobook of all the scanned images is a nice touch. Like you said, most old images don't justify the highest resolution and quality.

[@TimGreyTV]

Thank you, Tim. And yes, the old Nikon scanners are getting hard to find!

[@frand6822]

Terrific. Great idea. I've digitized many of my color slides and will do many more.Thanks so much for this. One nitty-picky... One can't save digital files "for the long term." Nope. My slides, negs, and archival prints (provided the house doesn't burn down) will easily outlast digital files. Most folks don't realize that bits and bytes and all digital storage media degrade over time. My Kodachromes? Not so much.

[@TimGreyTV]

Yes, indeed. There is some maintenance required for digital files, both in terms of migrating to newer storage mediums as others head toward obsolescence and also in terms of updating file formats over time. But even the Kodachromes will degrade over time, thought thankfully that takes a long time!

[@BugBobsWildWorld]

Hi Tim. Nicely done. So sad about your family home.

[@TimGreyTV]

Thank you, Bob. And yes, it is really sad to see all the destruction in an area I used to spend so much time in as a child.