++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

Page 7141 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

bigboxes

Lifer
Apr 6, 2002
42,412
12,431
146
I'm finally working on scanning the photos from my parents' photo albums. Sister dropped off a lot of them 3-4 months ago. Just now have found time to start this huge task.
 

bigboxes

Lifer
Apr 6, 2002
42,412
12,431
146
you can pay someone to scan them you know

Really? Why would I want to do that? I don't want anyone touching them except for me or my sister.

I'm going to archive them and then give them back to her. It's tedious carefully taking out each old photo from the album sleeve. I'm not to happy that my mother arranged later albums with photos over one another. That was the style of the day. I'm guilty of that as well later on. I will most likely scan the whole page on those ones.

I'm starting with my baby pics and moving forward from there. Any of you have done this before? It was a pain in the butt when I scanned my first Navy deployment. Take out photo, scan, photoshop, save., put photo back. Fun...
DOSaYUo.gif
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
100,739
18,041
126
Really? Why would I want to do that? I don't want anyone touching them except for me or my sister.

I'm going to archive them and then give them back to her. It's tedious carefully taking out each old photo from the album sleeve. I'm not to happy that my mother arranged later albums with photos over one another. That was the style of the day. I'm guilty of that as well later on. I will most likely scan the whole page on those ones.

I'm starting with my baby pics and moving forward from there. Any of you have done this before? It was a pain in the butt when I scanned my first Navy deployment. Take out photo, scan, photoshop, save., put photo back. Fun...
DOSaYUo.gif

lol I didn't bother.
 

bigboxes

Lifer
Apr 6, 2002
42,412
12,431
146
lol I didn't bother.

Why lol? I want to archive these so that I can preserve them and share them. If the original photos become damaged, destroyed or lost there is no getting them back unless I archive them. I got the resources. I set up my sister with a Plex account so she can access my home server. Will probably do the same for my nephew as a Christmas gift.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,767
13,863
126
www.anyf.ca
My parents have tons of albums too, would be sad if something happened to them. I should try to figure out a way to mass scan them and do it for them one day. Thinking a setup that uses a camera would be faster, then a sheet of glass to press down the pages. Just need to get the lighting right and think it would work. Same with all the family VHS tapes, like me as a baby and stuff, should digitize those one day. Just the thing of getting properly setup for it so that it's fast and efficient. Like for the VHS what I'd want to do is set it up so that whatever is capturing would stop the capture once the tape ends. That way I can put a tape in it and then walk away. Could probably do that with a Raspbery Pi or arduino or something and then have it talk to the PC that's capturing. Come to think of it my church has lot of cassette tapes they want to convert too.

Nice to think about but probably never going to actually do it. :p I should though.
 

bigboxes

Lifer
Apr 6, 2002
42,412
12,431
146
and I have to get up after every scan as the printer/scanner is on the other side of the room. Weeee!
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
100,739
18,041
126
Why lol? I want to archive these so that I can preserve them and share them. If the original photos become damaged, destroyed or lost there is no getting them back unless I archive them. I got the resources. I set up my sister with a Plex account so she can access my home server. Will probably do the same for my nephew as a Christmas gift.

I am not sentimental so...
 

Zanovar

Diamond Member
Jan 21, 2011
3,446
232
106
I almost pulled the trigger on a 3800x,just chscked the price.424,you motherfuckers.nvm still 380.a chinese firm was selling for 40 cheaper earlier,risky.might pass.
 

Cyco

Diamond Member
Jan 15, 2002
4,244
174
106
Long week but got a few hours of OT so some extra lettuce in the bank is nice nef.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
73,164
34,491
136
Pass. I can get a better deal from Amazon and can pick any card. I've got a 1080 Ti. Unless I upgrade my monitor, I think I would pass on the new video card anyways.
That's where I am. I have a 1920x1200 60hz monitor. There is zero reason to get a faster card than my current 1070 without buying a new monitor. I want a new monitor but the monitor I want is hinky with Windows.