Computer: Scanner
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a scanner that works like a xerox machine

I would really love a scanner into which you could put multiple photos to scan, just as you would a feeder on a xerox machine. Somehow you would have to create a system so that the photos would not get bent, but it has to be possible.
-- lsteinho, Jun 07 2002

Flatbed Scanners http://techdepot.of...iid=194?AffID=11334
Dependent on the image size, you can do multiple images on most of these economy models, though none incorporates a true sheet feeder. [jurist, Jun 07 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Loads of feeder scanners http://bizrate.com/...51-,de_id--300.html
[pottedstu, Jun 07 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Kodak photo scanner http://www.kodak.co...apshotScanner.shtml
With auto feeder. [pottedstu, Jun 07 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]

scanned http://xroads.virgi.../kitchen/cattle.jpg
feeding [thumbwax, Jun 07 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Yes, so possible in fact that there are several of them in my office building. To put it another way, baked.
-- angel, Jun 07 2002


Amazing what you find when you type "photo scanner feeder" into Google!

But if you're scanning large number of photos you should use a film scanner (or possibly a transparency scanner) rather than scanning prints; many film scanners come with feeders for rolls of 35mm or APS film.
-- pottedstu, Jun 07 2002


Or you could get a digital camera, perhaps?
-- yamahito, Jun 07 2002


No good if you have a backlog of old 35mm work to digitize (unless you plan to re-photograph the prints / negs / transparencies).
<aside> I've recently started using a digital camera (Sony Mavica) after years of 35mm stuff. I reasoned that I wasn't using my camera to its fullest extent (because it was a drag getting films developed) or to its fullest capabilities. The loss of features (manual focus, exposure control) in the Sony is not really a problem.</aside>
-- angel, Jun 07 2002



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