Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and the Yahoo Answers website is now in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
What is the best scanning option for my Dad's old photographs?
My father (in his early 80's) has stacks and stacks of photographs - like most parents/grandparents do. He just bought a TV with a built-in DVD player and SD card slot. I sent him some digital photos on an SD card, and he really enjoyed seeing them. Now, he would like to display some of his old photographs on his TV as well.
He has never owned a computer, and is not interested in that. However, he is gadget-friendly (GPS, cell phone, etc.) and comptetent in operation. He said he saw something on TV about a new portable photo scanner -- wondering if there is something that will scan directly to an SD card. Also, I have heard of scanning services at photo labs/Walgreens, etc., and wonding if anyone has experience with that.
I'd really like to make this happen for him, but I really don't have the time to sit an scan hundreds of photos for him. Thanks in advance.
1 Answer
- dallenmarketLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I haven't seen (nor been able to find any info about) stand alone photo scanners. All I've found attach to a computer. Many of the ads didn't mention needing a computer, but these days they assume everyone has one! They are basically flatbed scanners with attachments for scanning slides and negatives as well as normal flat media.
The only self contained photo devices I found were for downloading/viewing and writing to SD/CD/DVD from digital cameras. They wouldn't work for what you want.
I agree with you that scanning old photos is a lot of work. I spent more than a week scanning hundreds (seemed like more!!) of old photos to DVD for my parents and another few days scanning my dad's slides.