Join Me in Singing the Digitization Blues - no harmonica required
Here are lists of software I've found useful
- Adobe Lightroom - good for importing from cameras and light editing (adjustment of contrast, color, and lighting $$
- Adobe Photoshop - good for adjustments and edits/cleanup, as well as art.$$$
- GIMP - good for adjustments and edits/cleanup, as well as art. no $
- MS Paint - capable of some edits, but mostly for art. $
Here are a list of places to get good used/refurbished equipment:
- Ebay: Though you have to constantly check for deals and be ready to let it go when it gets too expensive. Vigilance pays off. My Canon EOS Rebel T3 was apparently listed originally at $449. I bought a used one with no lens for about $60 and a lens for about $20. Like most technology, riding just behind the newest product pays off because there's always someone wanting the newest just for newness sake. www.ebay.com
- Amazon: They have a used and refurbished listings. Search for digital camera (or scanners), refurbished. www.amazon.com
- Best Buy: Much like Amazon, they have used and refurbished. My Epson Artisan 810 was a stock clearing sale (though they still sold them last I saw).Theirs is a bit more pricey. www.bestbuy.com
- New Egg: Another place that lists new and used/refurbished. Again, deals come and go. www.newegg.com
- B&H: The world of photography at your fingertips, and sometimes listing used/refurbished items and supplies. bhphotovideo.com
Stats you are looking for in equipment:
Camera need:
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Scanning needs:
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Caveats of negative scanning:
I forgot to cover this in my presentation:
Negatives are little pictures, right? So they need to be scanned at higher resolution if you want them to be made into bigger pictures. There's a formula found at archivehistory.jeksite.org/chapters/chapter2.htm and then a calculator at tiporama.com/tools/pixels_inches.html
Negatives are little pictures, right? So they need to be scanned at higher resolution if you want them to be made into bigger pictures. There's a formula found at archivehistory.jeksite.org/chapters/chapter2.htm and then a calculator at tiporama.com/tools/pixels_inches.html
Caveats of Color:
Colors and what we see are always an issue. Not everyone can see the same colors in the same way. We calibrate our monitors, scanners, printers, cameras, and projectors to match, but we can't calibrate eyes. Age, sex, and genetics play into what we see when it comes to color. What we can do, is match color to what we see, but that does not mean everyone will see it as that color. As your eyes age, your vision will yellow. Men see greens more than blues. Women tend to see towards reds. Throw in an undiagnosed colorblind issue and it becomes an interesting challenge. To top it off, the human eye sees more than the scanner. The scanner sees more than the monitor can display. Surrounding colors (that red shirt you're wearing while your scanning and while the lid isn't able to close all of the way) will throw off colors. Scanning a glossy photo will be yellower because of the glossy film. Yellow light casts a yellow hue; where as fluorescent light turns things bluer. Check out this test to see how accurate your eyes see color: www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-people-have-4th-cone-see-colors-p-prof-diana-derval If you can't see all of these colors, don't worry - you're not broken. Just know that someone might see more nuances than you.
Publishing photos:
- Moo is a great resource for postcards and such. www.moo.com/us/
- Flickr is a reasonable place for storage and printing. www.flickr.com/create
- Art.com also provides printing/canvas art. www.art.com/gallery/id--d207238/canvas.htm
- Amazon photo is another resource for storage and printing. www.amazon.com/
- Lulu.com does photo books. www.lulu.com/create
- Cafepress is another resource for printing. www.cafepress.com/
- Shutterfly offers storage and printing. www.shutterfly.com/
- And there's so many more...