


They are also very expensive for a simple photo scanner. Many reviews talked up how great a scanner was only to point out that “photos didn’t turn out very well”. There are lots of document scanners out there, but none were really touted as “photo” scanners. Otherwise, if you want to scan through a lot of photos really quickly, a stationary document scanner is the best bet. If you have a few great photos that you want to scan at 2400dpi, a flatbed scanner is the way to go. Flatbed scanners also required more time laying out each photo on the glass. Although my previous recommendation required a computer, it was needed because of the sheer amount of photos the scanner was sending to the computer (while simultaneously straightening and cropping each one). There were many flatbed scanners available, but each had the fundamental flaw of requiring a computer to scan photos. I needed to get something my wife could use, is easy to understand, and produced acceptable results. It’s a slim, light, and reasonably quick photo scanner that scans photos in both 300dpi and 600dpi with supported sizes up to 8.5 inches by 11 inches. What I found worked the best was the Pandigital Photo Scanner (PANSCN06). The solution needed to be a little easier to use than the Kodak I recommended and so I started looking at retails stores, Amazon, mail catalogs, and eBay for something. I wanted to find a cheaper alternative that people could use for a smaller project (perhaps 1000-2000 photos). My recent post about a high speed photo scanner showed some good information for those people looking to scan mountains of photos quickly.
