using my cellphone

I’m guessing that many of the older picture takers among us have a mountain of slides sitting their closet in a proverbial shoebox. Hopefully they’re not collecting dust.

I was introduced to digital images in the late 1990s and since then I’ve been scanning thousands of my slides and transparencies. I started by using a reasonably priced flatbed scanner since I couldn’t justify a more expensive piece of equipment. The flatbed produced quite good results but at the expense of time and patience.

About a year ago I started using a simpler method to digitize the slides. The slides aren’t scanned. Instead I photograph each of them with a cellphone. The results are quite acceptable- image resolution and sharpness – since my goal is to archive all of these “forgotten” photos.

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Here’s how I “scanned” a slew of slides in a very short while:

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Afterward the cellphone images are transferred to my desktop or laptop. From there I can work with them using my usual editing software.

I’ve digitized hundreds of slides using the cellphone and most of them are more than acceptable for archiving my huge collection of memories and events. As a bonus for my efforts wading through these slides, I was pleasantly surprised to run across people, places and things that I haven’t thought about in many years.

Please keep in mind that if the resulting images using the cellphone do not meet your quality requirements you still can scan the originals using a more traditional scanning method.

Give this technique a try to see if the results meet your requirements.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Instant Print Cameras

For many of us, the Kodak name is synonymous with photography.

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A pack ofr20 sheets of ZINK instant paper costs about $10.

For more information visit Kodak Printomatic

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Instant prints before your eyes

Of course I stopped by the HP booth at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

HP had a large exhibit showing off several new printers.

One of the printers is the Sprocket Panorama and prints strips similar to we used to get from the photo booth. Another is the Sprocket 2×3 printer prints medium size prints. And a third is the Sprocket Studio Plus 4×6 printer for larger prints. All of the printers use Zink photo paper.

HP software lets you add decorative stickers and embellishments of your images. You can use your cellphone to send the images directly to the printers using bluebooth.

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The Sprocket Panorama printer costs $130 and a 5 meter roll of paper $40. The Sprocket Studio Plus 4×6 cost $150 and a 50 pack of paper $40.

For more information please visit Hewlett Packard Sprocket Printers

Written by:

Arnie Lee

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