Vintage Family Photos... Which scanner?!!!

Absolutely. Depends on the original of course; but I blew up a few of my dad's 6 x 9 prints to a full page bleed of 8 by 8 inches and they look great.

There's plenty of resolution - I've been scanning at around 1,200 per inch which gives full resolution at that size, but it will scan up to 4,800 if you're starting with a smaller print.
 
Thanks for your response, but one more clarification please. I'll be scanning about 70% 35mm negatives and the balance are printed photos of different sizes (negatives long lost).

I am most interested in being able to scan the negatives at an appropriate size, to then be able to print 8x10's from the snanned files. Would the V39 be capable of scanning the negatives to allow for this size of print size?
 
Thanks again for the info; I'll keep looking up scanner specifications. I have no set date by which to get them done, but I'll have to start sometime!
 
The primary difference between the V700 and the V800 is The light source. The V800 has LED lights that do not require a warm up period. I have a V600 which also has the LED light source, a V700 and a Minolta ScanDual IV. For 35mm film scanning the Minolta has noticeably higher resolution than either of the Epsons even though the listed resolution on the Epsons are higher. For scanning film or documents, the V700 is better than the V600, but not by much. You really have to zoom in to see the difference. There is a shop in the town north of ours where the proprietor restores old photos and does a beautiful job. He uses a V700 to scan the originals. I would say that either the V600 or V700/800 would do the job exceptionally well for you unless you have a lot of 35mm negatives or slides to scan.
 
Dwig said:
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A v700/800 series scanner is significant overkill for scanning photographic prints and documents. They'll do the job very well, but not any better than a v600. Actually, a v300 will likely be perfectly good for the task.

That said, I use a v700 for a similar project. I chose it years ago because I not only have old prints and documents, but also a significant number of old negatives in a wide range of "antique" film sizes ranging from sub-miniature up to 3-1/2 x 5-1/4".
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I haven't seen a small Epson scanner first hand but thought that they have a smaller platen than the larger models. One point that might sway someone towards one model or the other, could simply be the size of the prints they need to scan. A V300 might do a very good job but if one needs to scan larger photos, a larger scanner might still be the way to go.
 
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