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Why Scan Photos - An Introduction
Our generation faces a unique challenge.
It’s a challenge that will determine if our photographic memories and those of our parents are preserved forever--or lost forever.
In 1888, Kodak started producing the first commercial film camera. For the next 115 years, most photography was film photography.
Around 2003, there was a quiet change in how we think about photos. In that year, for the first time, digital cameras outsold traditional film cameras. Digital photography has continued to be the main way most of us take photos ever since.
What does this mean for you and your personal photo library?
It means that you likely have thousands and thousands of digital photos taken recently that you can already preserve, share, and use to connect with friends.
What about the rest of your family history photographed before digital photography?
They are probably paper photo prints. Hidden in albums and shoeboxes, these photos are slowly fading and deteriorating over time, and their stories are lost and forgotten forever.
Perhaps some of these photos aren’t even in your custody. As families grow and move, paper photo collections tend to get scattered across the country, with nobody having a complete set of their shared memories.
You are not alone in this problem!
It is estimated that 4-5 trillion paper photos exist worldwide, with about 1 trillion of those in the United States.
If placed in a single stack, those 1 trillion photos would reach 2/3 of the way to the moon!
Placed end to end, the photos would reach from the earth to the sun!
As those photos deteriorate with time, we are losing a large portion of our personal history.
What have people been doing to address this problem?
Many simply ignore the problem, not realizing how valuable their photos were to them until they are destroyed or lost.
Others have taken a pro-active approach. They have invested in small personal scanners, often an inexpensive flatbed like the one pictured here, and are scanning their photos into a digital format one at a time.
Unfortunately, many people are simply too busy to devote their time to scanning their pictures on a personal flatbed. At medium quality settings, the typical home scanner takes a minute to a minute and a half to scan and save a photo. At that rate, it could take over 120 hours non-stop for someone to scan 5,000 pictures!
Until people know that there is another solution, they are forced by the sheer volume of photos to pick and choose only a select few shots for scanning, leaving the rest to the ravages of time.
You may remember, years ago, buying Kodak film and then making sure that your finished rolls were developed and printed on Kodak paper.. You did that because your photos were important to you. Kodak built its reputation on preserving your “Kodak Moments” with care and quality.
As we shifted our attention to digital photography, so did Kodak.
Starting in the late 1990s, Kodak started putting Kodak Picture Kiosks in stores to help us to print and share our digital pictures. As of early 2010, there were over 100,000 Kodak Kiosks in locations around the world.
Meanwhile, Kodak also turned its attention to creating scanners featuring state-of-the-art technology for capturing documents and pictures and turning them into files that you can keep, protect, and share on your computer.... without having to pick and choose just a few photos that will be preserved.
We don’t just want to have photos. We want to share them, connect with them, and talk about them with our friends and family. In the 21st century, a photo is not a “Kodak Moment” until it is shared!
E-Z Photo Scan is a Kodak Document Conversion Center and Authorized Reseller with years of experience handling sensitive photos and documents. We bridge the gap between people and the latest technology to make photo and document conversion easy, and affordable!
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3; Ready, Scan, Go!
Step One is to get your photos ready by collecting them together and dropping them off at a convenient E-Z Photo Scan Affiliate location. Photos can be in albums, scrapbooks, shoeboxes, or envelopes from photo processing labs. No preparation or sorting is required!
Step Two... The Scanning Part...is handled by E-Z Photo Scan. We scan your photos using Kodak equipment on high-quality settings and save the files to archival CDs or DVDs. We even put your albums back together exactly as they were when you dropped them off!
Step Three is Delivery... E-Z Photo Scan returns your photos using one of our couriers back to the affiliate drop-off location or directly to you using a portal-to-portal system with FedEx.
E-Z Photo Scan accepts most major credit cards. We make it easy!
Looking for a creative gift for that special someone? E-Z Photo Scan Gift Certificates are available at most E-Z Photo Scan Affiliate Locations.
We make it easy for you to Keep, Protect, Share, and Connect.
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