My aunt wants to convert old photos to digital by taking a picture of them with her digital camera instead of by scanning them. I have tried to convince her that you lose the quality of the photo, but she refused to listen. To get through to her, I need to find information I can forward to her (i.e. third party validation) for her to believe me. Does anyone know where I can direct her (website/book/article) to show that she should scan all the family photos?
2007-06-27 18:35:36 · 4 answers · asked by Laura 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Scanners
Of course, scanning is better in this situation, but just let her try and she'll see for herself.
The moment she gets a really fuzzy image because her camera cannot focus close enough on a small photo or her hands shake, she'll be convinced. Also all her images will be distorted because she'll never be able to hold her camera absolutely parallel to the original photos.
If you want "third party validation," have her ask your local photo lab how they would do it.
After saying all this, yes, you can have good results doing it her way, but you need a "professional" camera on a copy stand (not hand held.)
2007-06-27 18:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When taking a photo of a photo, you risk blurring the image due to shaking unsteady hands, you also risk having a flash mirror due to the flash bouncing off the gloss on the original image, plus if the camera has a red eye reduction lamp this red lamp will also come out in the photo that you take. The image quality will be reduced and the image may be distorted due to the magnification of the camera lens and from the angle that the photo was taken.
If you use a scanner all of the above issues will be 100% non-existant.
There's no book, website, or article that will talk about this. If she won't listen let her find out the hard way.
2007-06-28 13:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick a photo. You scan it, she takes her picture of it and uploads it -- print both and compare.
2007-06-28 01:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my scanner automatical brings out more color etc
my great grand paws pictures my mother had
they were like new when i scanned and printed
2007-06-28 01:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by Q&A Answer Mans Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋