Photographs are a great way to keep your memories preserved. One look and they take you back in time to relive your precious moments.
While people are quite passionate about taking photographs, they often don’t pay enough attention to persevering them carefully. Losing your photos means losing all your memories. This is why you should always keep digital copies of your photographs as well.
Although there are several photo scanning service providers that can digitize your photos for you, you can also do this by yourself. However, for this, you will need to invest in a good scanner. Let’s take a look at the top 5 scanners for photos.
1. Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner
Flip-Pal is a battery-powered portable scanner that can fit in your handbag. With this, you don’t have to worry about connecting your scanner to a PC.
All photographs scanned by Flip-Pal have an optical resolution of 300-600 DPI and a color depth of 30 bits. You can scan up to 8 pictures per minute. Once your photographs are scanned, they’re automatically saved in the 4GB SD card that comes along with the scanner.
The scanner costs around $199 but it’s worth the investment.
2. Plustek Z300
Plustek Z300 is another modern, PC-independent portable scanner that can be used to scan not just 8×10 photos but also standard A4 size pages. What makes Plustek stand out is its outstanding imaging software which helps with automatic retouching of old photos and returns scans of up to 600 DPI.
Its price ranges from $199 – $270 on different websites. Investing in Plustek is always a good idea since it can be used for multiple purposes and not just for photos.
3. Brother DS-620
With its modern 12 inches style, this particular scanner allows users to scan photographs, documents, invoices, business cards and much more. It can scan up to 7 pictures per minute with an optical resolution of 600-1200 DPI. Not just this, but it also offers an excellent color depth of 24 bits.
Brother’s software is quite easy-to-use and is compatible with macOS, Windows, and even Linux. It’s also comparatively cheaper than the above mentioned options and costs around $99 only.
4. Doxie Flip
This 4×6 size flat-bed scanner is designed specifically to scan photos and hence, is perfect for them. It’s also quite renowned for sketch-book scanning. It comes with 4 AA batteries as well as an SD card.
Doxie Flip can scan photos at 300 to 600 DPI in JPG or PNG formats. With the small screen on the scanner, you can also have a preview of the scan once it’s done. Although scans are directly saved into an SD card without the need for connecting to a computer, Doxie also has a software application that could be used to staple and stitch photos. The application works on both macOS and Windows.
Doxie Flip costs $149 and is indeed a good value for money.
5. Epson FastFoto FF-680W
Epson’s FastFoto has been ranked #1 in the photo scanners category by several tech magazines. It can scan up to 60 photos per minute and provides scans of up to 600 DPI.
Some of the features that make Epson one of the best options include its wireless support and its intelligent software that can recover damaged documents. Additionally, FastFoto works quite well for polaroids as well.
While it’s slightly more expensive than other options (between $470 to $500), it is definitely worth your money.
Have you tried any of these photo scanners before? Let us know how your experience was!