On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:46:47 +0000, Peter Johnson wrote:

On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:29:47 +0000, wrote:


Have you considered photographing them? The set-up takes a while but
then it's very quick. I use a greenhouse as a studio and choose a
cloudy day. I've done thousands of archive pictures that way.

Bill
I did, but I've only got a phone camera. Also, the faff of having to lay
them all out on some sort of grid didn't really appeal

I think you mis-understand. Why would you need to lay them out? Just
photograph them one at a time. Better if you can put the phone in a
clamp to hold it in place. Be mutch faster than scanning. Be even better
if you could borrow a proper camera, even a compact one. The
lens/quality would be much better.

I would dispute 'much faster than scanning'. The scanner we've been
discussing is a c ase of 'stick the item in the top, press the button,
repeat'.




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