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Digitalize 1,000 photos for $50

by Jerry Guo (RSS feed) on Aug 14th 2008 at 2:20PM

All those Kodak 4x6 prints tucked away in who knows how many shoeboxes? You can finally scan them to your computer with a new service that costs pennies per print.

It's the latest tip from David Pogue, the New York Times' personal-tech columnist (he writes frequently about cameras, mobile gadgets, and other nifty tech stuff that flashpackers and the mobile traveler will be interested in; bookmark him).

Anyways, the service is called, straightforwardly enough, ScanMyPhotos.com, and for $50, they'll digital 1,000 of your prints, of all sizes. And as Pogue says, there's no catch. Just lots of small print (much of which basically stipulates that you do most of the work in terms of sorting and organizing). He does a good job of running through the service here.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris Aug 14th 2008 3:01PM

The last link doesn't work...

Ben Aug 14th 2008 10:29PM

I just used these guys. I had 15 rolls of APS film, which is more dead than 35mm. I mailed my box of film to them on a Tuesday (from Atlanta, they are in CA) and received a DVD of my images and the negatives back the following Wednesday. The image quality was as good as the originals and the total cost was around $80. I would definitely use them again if I need their services, they rock.

Lucy Aug 19th 2008 12:35PM

I’ve used Life Preserver and they START at 600dpi. They’ll take anything-albums, individual photos, slides, negatives-and do a lot of professional retouching, etc. The resolution of the files they send back are massive.

I'm a fan of the the more hands on thing where I know my photos are getting a lot of precise attention. I mean, these people have my lifetime of pictures after all. Just my $0.02.