Hi I'm Ali 👋🏼 Welcome to my project where I shoot one vintage digicam or film camera every two weeks, aka One Month Two Cameras. My philosophy is that there are #nobadcameras and whatever you already have will always be good enough. Follow me on Instagram for more photos produced by all these bodies and lenses or go to my Ebay store to pick up a digicam of your own. instagram.com/onemonthtwocameras/
Oh man, I started to do this with a scanner I had. I got paranoid of jams. And it was far slower and didn’t have that software. I feel like I need to revisit this. I was just going to take photos of my photos. But I have a lot of curved 4x6s, lol. How does that handle actually?
It's been flawless, even with a lot of pretty messed up prints of mine. I feel like I need a little follow up demo of all the types of prints Ive scanned so keep an eye out for that.
Allie, that is so cool. My cousins are coming for the weekend tomorrow and we are going to go through all the old photos of our grandparents, or parents and us as kids (I am the baby and I am 64). The photos go back to the 1910's. I made a Blurb book with the plans for everyone to take a ballpoint pen and write the names, dates and info into the book to gather that info. I can then redo the book with all that info so copies can be made for all the generations. The limits are 1) My grandparents on my mother's side 2) Their children (my mom, her spouse, my aunts and uncles) and 3) their children (my siblings and cousins) only up to the age of adulthood. We have to have a start and stop. I can create a similar book starting with my parents and ending with adulthood of my children and their cousins. The challenge is being the curator. We have to limit the content so future generations can consume it.
How amazing that you're doing that! I have such a small family that it is a bit easier I imagine on my side but still, just so many photos so quite the project regardless...
This is interesting. Now for my family we don't have many loose photos. Most of our family photos are in old 80's or older books with glue on the page. So here's my questions: 1. can this scanner handle the old 1930, 40, 50 page that is black construction pager with photos glued on it? We can't remove the photos or the glue will damage the photo unless there is a method out there to fix this... 2. can it handle the 1980's photo album pages where the photo is now glued the that page under a plastic sheet?. There are several photos that will rip if we attempt to pull them from the page. 3. If we can get the photo off the 1980's album with the glue like pages...some sticky residue is on the back of the photo. How does this Scanner handle that situation? 4. At the 0:03 second mark you have an old B&W photo with wrinkled cornes and a beend in the middle. a. How did the scanner handle photos with that type of defects? b. Did those photos survive the scanning process with no damage?
Answers as far as I can give them! 1. I had many odd sized multi paper type images from my grandparents and great grandparents and the machine handled it without any issue at all. How think do you imagine the backing paper plus the printed images are? If the prints are the old super heavy cardstock that doesn't bend, I imagine there would be issues, but if it is no thicker than a postcard, I think you'll be fine. 2. I wouldn't do a paper backed photo with plastic on top. I think jamming isn't as much a it gripping the plastic in the rollers and potentially mashing up and crinkling the page as it attempts to suck the whole thing in. If it is one of the thick pages with the grippy adhesive that you lay the plastic layer down on after sandwiching a photo between the backing paper and the plastic, that will almost certainly be too thick I imagine. 3. If the back of the photo is sticky, I would take a make up brush and dust the sticky backing residue with baby powder or maybe even try a little Goo Be Gone on a cotton ball to see if it can be removed. That should either dull or remove the residue and allow the photo to pass through without issue. 4a+b. The photo was bent but not terribly ripped so it went through seamlessly with zero damage. Hope that all helps!
That’s helpful. Nice to see an expensive piece of kit work well for ordinary people. Do you have slides to convert too? (I have my father’s slide collection to do something with).
Epson color scanning software is top notch. It goes beyond the essentials but none of the bloat of modern app-era software, if that makes sense. I hope App Store mentality doesn’t corrupt their software people. I will add that the color corrected would be preferred by older folks because that’s how they looked fresh out of being developed, before gradual oxidation of printed photos takes over.
Ali your Sears Catalogue pic my fav. Also like your b&w selfie @1:07. Polaroids my fav. Plane group pic cool as well. So authentic. Havent met any movie stars but my brother was the starting catcher for Nolan Ryan when he played bball ⚾️ for the Angels.
Omg, I'm in a near identical position to you! Although my mom wasn't a model, my father was a photographer, as I have been most of my life. I only recently finished scanning his slide trays...literally THOUSANDS of images. Luckily, my Epson v750 made it fairly streamlined. I will definitely look into that scanner for snapshots! 😉
I’ve honestly been putting off digitizing all of my family photos simply because my v600 isn’t fast enough - I had no idea this existed!! Every feature you kept naming made it better and better, the ability to keep the notes on the backs of the photos is incredible
We had one similar made by Kodak when I worked at La Cañada Camera several years ago and yes, they work pretty good so long as the prints don't stick to each other and smaller than eleven inches. Also, do not throw away your prints. And yes, SSDs do have a shelf life. So it's best to transfer data to another SSD in a handful of years. But by then, I'm sure it won't be the case with the new SSDs.
It does a great job with Polaroids. No Newton rings and fast to scan. Much of the materials I have are Polaroids and it handles it like a champ. You just want to be sure to side load them rather than loading the top or bottom of the Polaroids and switch the media in the software to Instant Film.
@@OneMonthTwoCameras Would you say at least as good as epsons V series machines for Polaroids? The only thing I use my V850 for now is polaroid and wetplate tins. The plate tins I could do with my DSLR setup
Another video in less than a week? Thank you so much! Just a reminder: if you're planning to keep the images saved for a long time, such as archiving for 10+ years, keep an eye on using SSDs, as they can "lose" data over that time frame. Perhaps consider tape archiving or something similar. Great video as always!
The work is so good!! We need a zine or like book tbh of the work, but I don’t know you have time for that. My dad photographed fires, I so wish I was his subject!! Why 300 DPI? Are you going to rescan certain ones at 600 DPI? How many megapixels do 600 DPI come out to? Or how big are the files?
@@ordinary.american.beauty I have toyed with the idea of a book or a documentary or something for YEARS. It all seems quite daunting but the stories are so good so perhaps now that I have this thing, I'll be a step closer to making it happen :) As for 300 DPI, I initially thought I would just get everything in to look at it and then sort and make selects to rescan. At 300 DPI the files are small at 230kb so I'm now reconsidering just scanning at 600 DPI, which is slower but won't require me going back for a second pass.
I have so many old photos in albums. The dillema is trying to unpeal the photos out of those albums to scan them. Ironically it would have been a lot easier to scan them had they not been put in albums.
I have a similar issue with numerous albums separate to these boxes of loose images. I've been trying to determine whether I disassemble the albums, which will mean they're torn up and destroyed, or if I should just scan full pages on a flatbed. TBD....
I know this was a while back but I'm glad I found it! (I have commented on your videos before... I'm the one from Atlanta who was on that photowalk but didn't actually meet you!) You and I have so much in common with regards to which cameras we lean towards and I have total confidence that most things you don't like, I won't like! It's just nice to hear more detail around the beautiful points of this camera and the challenges as well, which I completely and totally agree with 100% on every single one. How did it perform for you in Yosemite? Lastly, I do shoot some wildlife (birds, mostly) and have considered picking up a long lens and giving it a go. Many would call me crazy since it's not your typical birding set up but honestly, I think it can do quite well. I did pick up the grip by the way and it's so much better. BTW, Sigma I think is blocked by the Tamron/Nikon relationship so not expecting lenses, sadly. Oh, and the flip out screen - bleh. As a street photographer, I REALLY prefer the tilt screen. My solution has been to completely close the screen and treat it like a film camera. Not as flexible. Lastly, totally agree that we need more custom buttons! Thanks for all your awesome videos! p.s. I haven't heard you mention anything in your archives about the Panasonic GX9. I absolutely love it! Touch to focus is insanely precise and the colors are amazing! Would love to know what you think.
My first time viewing your channel because I recently bought a D700 again after owning one for years then sold and eventually went the mirrorless route. Huge Nikon user since my teenage years many decades ago but glad I found your review of D700, well done! ...so many incredible F mount lenses as you know...the 28mm f/1.4D is pretty legendary and can't wait to test out on my D700 arrival in a few days. Best Regards
This camera is beyond repute! Best thing mankind has ever made! I used the NONS SL42 instax mini SLR in my latest youtube short. Watch if you're into having fun & you have 60 seconds to spare. Thank you for your detailed analysis. If I were considering spending money on one of these this would be right up my alley. I just borrowed mine. SUBBED! =)
Funny how content creators simultaneously "discover" the same old camera. A better option is to buy a Panasonic GX9 which has the full 20 mp sensor and 5-axis IBIS. Can use the entire range of MFT glass instead of being stuck with one zoom. Recommend the Olympus 45/1.8 and Panasonic 14/2.5 for a total under a grand.
There’s an option in CHDK software to have it run on start up which makes it seamless. Then if you want to not run it, just unlock your SD Card. CHDK demands locking the card but it doesn’t impact your DCIM images folder.
I have always liked mine and highly appreciate that it uses the ef mount so good quality fast prime lenses are available but the size I have always found intimidating. With my small hands I find my go to tends to be micro 4/3 and I know I should learn to use my 5d classic to its full potential.
