Scanner History

Various scanners have been used to transfer the photographs into digital images. The types used were:

For 1985 and before photographs

Epson Perfection 1650. This gives slightly dark, high-quality scans.

For 1986-1998 rolls

001 to 018 Fujitsu ScanPartner 600C. This tended to give very dark, reasonable quality scans. However, it is fast.

019 plus Epson Perfection 1650. This gives slightly dark, high-quality scans.

Selected images in the range 001-001 to 025-036 were done on a Kodak Professional Photo-CD scanner.

For 1998 on rolls

001 to 010 HP ScanJet 4C. Gives good quality results, but slow.

011 to 020, 25, 26, 27, 28 Done by Kodak on a standard photo scanner for a PhotoDisk.

021 to 024, 029 to 068 Fujitsu ScanPartner 600C. This tended to give very dark, reasonable quality scans. However, it is fast.

069 plus Epson Perfection 1650. This gives slightly dark, high-quality scans.

For 2002 onwards on rolls

080 onwards scanned by Wal Mart at on digital film scanner. Moderate quality.

For 2006 rolls

For 2001-2003 digital photographs

Olympus Camedia D-450 Zoom (1.3 MP) for photographs Pxxxxxxx.jpg.

For 2003-2004 digital photographs

Canon S400 (4.0 MP) for photographs 100_0001.jpg to xxx_yyyy.

For 2004- digital photographs

Canon S500 (5.0 MP) for photographs xxx_yyyy on.