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Bring your slides and negatives to scan into a digital format.
Bring your slides and negatives to scan into a digital format.
<br>Tips for slides
<br>Tips for slides
clean the slides of all dust and debris
*Clean the slides of all dust and debris.
rotate all slides to landscape orientation
*Rotate all slides to landscape orientation.
sort slides by 35mm and by 126mm
*Damaged slides can be captured using a flatbed scanner.
Kodak carrousel will work on the equipment
*Thick plastic should be captured using a flatbed scanner.
<br>Tips for slides
*Sort slides by 35mm and by 126mm.
 
*Kodak carrousel will work on the equipment.
bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended
<br>Tips for negatives.
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*Sort negatives with the shinny side forward.
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Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.
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Bring your VHS or VHS-C tapes to convert into digital format.
Bring your VHS or VHS-C tapes to convert into digital format.
<br>Tips
*Rewind all tapes before arriving for your appointment.
*Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.
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Bring your Handycam, regular, or mini cassettes to convert into digital format.
Bring your Handycam, regular, or mini cassettes to convert into digital format.
<br>Tips
*Rewind all tapes before arriving for your appointment.
*Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.
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Bring your audio tape and micro cassette tapes to convert into MP3 file format.
Bring your audio tape and micro cassette tapes to convert into MP3 file format.
<br>Tips
link to the chart
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Bring your reel to reel movies to convert to digital format.
Bring your reel to reel movies to convert to digital format.
<br>Tips
link to the chart
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===Equipment and Instructions===
===Equipment and Instructions===

Revision as of 12:41, 12 January 2023

Memory Lane

  • Description

Preparing for your Memory Lane Visit

Scan Photos

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Bring your photos to scan into a digital format. Whether you need a fast photo scanner or large flat bed scanner the FSL can accommodate your needs.
Tips

  • Turn the photos the same direction.
  • Remove all the dust and sticky debris.
  • Clean the photos.
  • Organize your photos before arriving.
  • Sort by size for the fast scanner.
  • Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.


Scan Documents

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Bring your original documents and certificates to scan into a digital format.
Tips

  • Organize your documents before arriving.
  • Sort by size.
  • Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended


Scan Books and Journals

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Bring your memory books, journals for family histories to scan into a digital format.
Tips

  • Organize your materials before arriving.
  • Sort by size.
  • Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended


Scan Slides and Negatives

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Bring your slides and negatives to scan into a digital format.
Tips for slides

  • Clean the slides of all dust and debris.
  • Rotate all slides to landscape orientation.
  • Damaged slides can be captured using a flatbed scanner.
  • Thick plastic should be captured using a flatbed scanner.
  • Sort slides by 35mm and by 126mm.
  • Kodak carrousel will work on the equipment.


Tips for negatives.

  • Sort negatives with the shinny side forward.


Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.


Transfer VHS to Digital Conversion

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Bring your VHS or VHS-C tapes to convert into digital format.
Tips

  • Rewind all tapes before arriving for your appointment.
  • Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.


Camcorder Conversion

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Bring your Handycam, regular, or mini cassettes to convert into digital format.
Tips

  • Rewind all tapes before arriving for your appointment.
  • Bring a flash drive for capture. 32 to 128 GB is recommended.


Audio Tape Conversion

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Bring your audio tape and micro cassette tapes to convert into MP3 file format.
Tips link to the chart


Reel to Reel Movie Conversion

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Bring your reel to reel movies to convert to digital format.
Tips link to the chart


Equipment and Instructions

Epson 50000 Scanner

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Epson FF 680W Photo System


Epson V600 Color Scanner


Epson V850 Scanner

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Scanning photographs on the V850 is almost identical to the V600 (the software is the same). You can also read the user’s guide to gain an in-depth understanding of how to use this equipment.

The following video link provides helpful information on scanning negatives and slides:


Reel to Reel and Cassette

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Cassette

  • (the video you have on your sharepoint can be loaded to Youtube and then we can link to it - you might have to clear this with Jennifer, unless you want a "missionary" to do it on their off time and donate it to us to use)
  • (the document we can pdf and upload to the Wiki)

Reel to Reel
(the document we can pdf and upload to the Wiki)


ScanPro 2000 or 3000


SlideSnap Scanner

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(We can upload the pdf if you have rights to it or know who wrote it)


Video Tape Conversion

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Wolverine 8mm Super8 Film to Digital Conversion


images - we can move these to anywhere on the page - I just don't know where they go

TASCAM


label here
label here