Scanning Old Photo's

[Digisatman]

Just after a bit of advice, My middle sister is going to be sending me a batch of old family photos after going through our Mums old boxes, she sadly passed
March this year aged 67 . Would I be right is scanning them at 600dpi, which I hope to try and clean up in LR and store them online. as my youngest sister lives
in Vancouver Island

Cheers in advance

 

[droj]

Shaun I've used 600 ppi ok for print scans, and it's more than some prints deserve, I wouldn't go any higher. Negs or slides of course are a different matter. Dust specks might be the bane.

 

[Digisatman]

Cheer Rog

 

[steveo_mcg]

If it was a wet print, it probably was, you might be able to bump that up a but further depending on the quality of the paper the limit is ultimately the papers grain.

 

[Chappers]

Go for 600dpi. ( I wouldn't be surprised if 300 wasn't good enough ) Print paper is surprisingly low in resolution, mainly 'cos it doesn't need to be high. Surface texture though can be a problem in some cases

 

[Digisatman]

John & Steve

Thanks Guys