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I feel like I am on a fool's errand, but sometimes you just have to take the journey, or at least make an honest effort. A large number of family photos of all shapes, sizes and conditions have recently made their way into my possession. As family members have asked about "copies" of the images, I am thinking about scanning and posting them so everybody can at least have access to the images in digital form. I am well aware of many the pitfalls, challenges and limitations when scanning photos, so I know that I need to temper my expectations when it comes to digital output. My budget is somewhat limited, so I am examining the price/quality curve to see if any equipment changes/acquisitions would make any sense. I presently have two 600dpi flatbed scanners in addition to Ed Hamrick's VueScan software. And while I have tempered my expectations, I have not really been happy with the output from either scanner - an old CanoScan N670U and a relatively new Brother MFC-7840w multifunction unit. I am considering purchasing either an Epson V600 or a Canon 9000F, but am not sure how much, if any, quality gain I will realize with either one of them. Assuming I continue to use VueScan or the provided software with either of these units, does anybody know if they are leaps and bounds better than the two units currently at my disposable? Any advice (or sympathy) would be greatly appreciated. Thankfully, nobody is in a hurry for the images.
--Ken
--Ken