Discover the Google app for scanning your old photos (1 Viewer)

[icantremember]

I expect I'm the last to find the Google app "Photoscan".
It's a very simple to use app which scans your old traditional photos with yur smart phone and uploads them to Google Photos.

 

[pagey]

I expect I'm the last to find the Google app "Photoscan".
It's a very simple to use app which scans your old traditional photos with yur smart phone and uploads them to Google Photos.

good find just downloaded it i will pay later

 

[SpeedyDux]

I bought a Kodak gizmo that scans and digitises directly from negatives. Or slides. Easy peasy. I converted all my late dad's photos and slides; next I digitised my own. All now organised into folders on my laptop and backed up externally. A great archive.

The best thing is not relying on google's cloud for storage, and google not having access to all those precious images for nefarious purposes.

 

[TheBig1]

What I hate about such google apps is their need to bury in their T&Cs that you agree to, that you give permission to them to store and use your photos and data as they see fit

 

[Ingwe]

I bought a Kodak gizmo that scans and digitises directly from negatives. Or slides. Easy peasy. I converted all my late dad's photos and slides; next I digitised my own. All now organised into folders on my laptop and backed up externally. A great archive.

The best thing is not relying on google's cloud for storage, and google not having access to all those precious images for nefarious purposes.

Any details of the Kodak gizmo please?

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[SpeedyDux]

Any details of the Kodak gizmo please?

This is the one I bought:

Amazon product ASIN B084NVRHYQ

 

[Odd job]

I did all my old photos on a scanner and sorted them into folders. It did take a lot of hours over a few weeks. When I got my first computer in the 90's I planned to do it when I retired but I was surprised at how long it took.

 

[Coolcats]

I bought a Kodak gizmo that scans and digitises directly from negatives. Or slides. Easy peasy. I converted all my late dad's photos and slides; next I digitised my own. All now organised into folders on my laptop and backed up externally. A great archive.

The best thing is not relying on google's cloud for storage, and google not having access to all those precious images for nefarious purposes.

Agreed and Google will probably now ‘Own’ those images, give as little data away as possible to these leaches, as they say there is no such thing as a free meal.

 

[SpeedyDux]

I did all my old photos on a scanner and sorted them into folders. It did take a lot of hours over a few weeks. When I got my first computer in the 90's I planned to do it when I retired but I was surprised at how long it took.

I also did that with photos for which the negatives are no longer to be found. For example very old family photos from my grandad's generation. It is a bit time-consuming. They are saved in pdf instead of jpeg format.

 

[philann]

I just use my iPhone to take a new photo of the old photo, quality is good , easy to edit if necessary, and no extra software required!

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[TheBig1]

I lay out about 10 photos at a time on the flatbed scanner. The crop each image out and save to a folder with suitable naming. Helps to keep on top of the image library as you go. A negative scanner does one at a time so takes.much longer. When mother in law died I scanned a suitcase full over 2 days. Uploaded to dropbox and shared with family across the world. People were discussing the photos at the funeral and the wake. It helped keep family as far away as Australia feel included in the celebration of her long life

 

[Odd job]

I also did that with photos for which the negatives are no longer to be found. For example very old family photos from my grandad's generation. It is a bit time-consuming. They are saved in pdf instead of jpeg format.

I saved them as jpegs, some time ago I converted some pictures to pdf and found it had cropped some of them, so as space is not an issue these days I stuck with jpeg

 

[Downsie]

On a similar vein I have loads of old standard 8 cine films but no projector to find what’s on them. Any ideas? Will happily pay to have some digitized but not the lot!

 

[Stonemags76]

I also just take a photo of the photo with my phone. We had some old slides, & I put them in a viewer & took a photo. Could you play the fine films & just video it on your phone?

 

[Coolcats]

On a similar vein I have loads of old standard 8 cine films but no projector to find what’s on them. Any ideas? Will happily pay to have some digitized but not the lot!

try snappysnaps they do a range of media conversions including film. Scroll down the page on the link.

VHS to DVD | Convert Video to Digital | Snappy Snaps

Bring your precious memories back to life and convert video to DVD & other digital formats in your nearest Snappy Snaps store!

www.snappysnaps.co.uk

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[Downsie]

Thanks for that, I might talk to them in a shop but the vast majority of my films are unlabelled. I cannot play them as I have no projector. I remember my Dad had an editor gadget whereby a film could be reeled by hand and an image obtained on a tiny screen. If I had one of those at least I could see what’s on the films and choose which to have professionally digitised.

 

[Odd job]

On a similar vein I have loads of old standard 8 cine films but no projector to find what’s on them. Any ideas? Will happily pay to have some digitized but not the lot!

There are projectors on eBay around £30. Maybe buy one use it to check your movies and then resell it.

 

[Yorick]

On a similar vein I have loads of old standard 8 cine films but no projector to find what’s on them. Any ideas? Will happily pay to have some digitized but not the lot!

I'm interested as got loads of my dad's.

 

[Coolcats]

Thanks for that, I might talk to them in a shop but the vast majority of my films are unlabelled. I cannot play them as I have no projector. I remember my Dad had an editor gadget whereby a film could be reeled by hand and an image obtained on a tiny screen. If I had one of those at least I could see what’s on the films and choose which to have professionally digitised.

Have a chat with them in the shop they may be able to help, they are part of the Timpson group and if it’s possible for you to view first they would let you know.

 

[Revolvor]

This thread reminded me that I have about 15x 400ft reels of 8mm cine that I want to digitise.

I have discovered this company and am going to sent some as a trial.

Yorick

Cine transfer

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[TheBig1]

I frequently see super 8 and standard 8 projectors and screens on facebook marketplace and locally for pretty much nothing. People find them in the loft and they are of little use these days. Just project on a plain wall to scan through and find the ones you want to copy. Be careful with some really old film stock as it is very flammable

 

[Yorick]

I've thought about buying a cine camera and playing against white wall and film it with my camera.
But remember many, many times my dad splicing/gluing the film after it broke.
I'm scared that 60 year old films will be brittle.

 

[TheBig1]

I've thought about buying a cine camera and playing against white wall and film it with my camera.
But remember many, many times my dad splicing/gluing the film after it broke.
I'm scared that 60 year old films will be brittle.

IF you can get them to unroll without crumbling is the first nightmare. Then you are mechanically pulling them over rollers as you simultaneously heat the old cellulose tape with a very hot bulb. It was fun when they were reasonably fresh years ago

 

[SpeedyDux]

On a similar vein I have loads of old standard 8 cine films but no projector to find what’s on them. Any ideas? Will happily pay to have some digitized but not the lot!

I sent my dad's standard 8mm home movies away in batches to be digitised. They go back to the 1950s. I split the cost with my brother. Worth it to revisit childhood memories and see long departed family members again. Although I have his old projector and folding screen, I prefer the convenience of seeing the films on my laptop whenever I want.