This Device Saved Me Hours

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Keep an eye out on Amazon Prime day (7/16+17). Not sponsored but you might see this come in at a further discount.

[@athmaid]

Casually has Laurence Fishburne, Lenny Kravitz and Morgan Freeman in her family photos

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

LOL. Well spotted.

[@PhilMakesThings]

Tim Dalton and Carey Lowell!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

@@PhilMakesThingsdeep cut there. Bravo 🙌🏼

[@Anónimodesinteresado]

and a former Bond (Timothy Dalton)

[@athmaid]

@@Anónimodesinteresado missed it, damn! I think I saw a young Milla Jovovich as well

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

That picture montage and the music was amazing work.. And those pictures are more interesting than thousands of landscape or street photography pictures.

[@JayTsPhoto]

Loved the slideshow, looks like quite an interesting story there. Even got Morgan Freeman in there.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Ha! Good eye!!

[@BP-xe7dw]

Lovely slideshow. So glad you have great memories from your family. People don't often understand how valuable those pictures are. I went through a war as a young man. My family in the process lost most of the pictures. The ones that were left were highly treasured. One is sitting on the side of my bed, circa 1960, of my parents. Unlike material things, I never get tired of looking at it. Your children will be so glad to have them. As always, your videos are wonderful.

[@tappenyaki]

I’ve honestly been putting off digitizing all of my family photos simply because my v600 isn’t fast enough - I had no idea this existed!! Every feature you kept naming made it better and better, the ability to keep the notes on the backs of the photos is incredible

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

I was gob smacked when I discovered this thing

[@ledheavy26]

That scanning speed is incredible (glares over at Epson v600). Looks like you have the makings of many awesome photo books in your hands.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

I fully started this on a flatbed and thought, there has to be a better way LOL

[@mattdayphoto]

I've been thinking about pulling the trigger on this for MONTHS now hahaha. So glad you made a video on one!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

haha great minds! i hesitated so hard since it's a pricey purchase but this thing absolutely crushes!

[@ordinary.american.beauty]

The work is so good!! We need a zine or like book tbh of the work, but I don’t know you have time for that. My dad photographed fires, I so wish I was his subject!! Why 300 DPI? Are you going to rescan certain ones at 600 DPI? How many megapixels do 600 DPI come out to? Or how big are the files?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

@@ordinary.american.beauty I have toyed with the idea of a book or a documentary or something for YEARS. It all seems quite daunting but the stories are so good so perhaps now that I have this thing, I'll be a step closer to making it happen :) As for 300 DPI, I initially thought I would just get everything in to look at it and then sort and make selects to rescan. At 300 DPI the files are small at 230kb so I'm now reconsidering just scanning at 600 DPI, which is slower but won't require me going back for a second pass.

[@donnieclicks]

Wow, I had no idea something like this existed! I've been holding off on scanning all my old 35mm and Polaroids because I thought I'd need to buy a more expensive flatbed scanner. This is all I'd really need and would be 1000 times faster. Thanks for making this video!

[@Leandro_Montibeler]

The automatic colour correction looks terrific. Totally off topic: you were such a cute little kid!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

aww thank you :) the auto correct really does a great job

[@valramos2003]

Epson color scanning software is top notch. It goes beyond the essentials but none of the bloat of modern app-era software, if that makes sense. I hope App Store mentality doesn’t corrupt their software people. I will add that the color corrected would be preferred by older folks because that’s how they looked fresh out of being developed, before gradual oxidation of printed photos takes over.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

I completely agree. The software has been remarkable and so nice and easy to deal with.

[@tilerman]

I paused through the intro, some wonderful family images there, thank you for sharing.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Glad you enjoyed! I'm so happy to have these digitally now.

[@khevenrenan9927]

Another video in less than a week? Thank you so much! Just a reminder: if you're planning to keep the images saved for a long time, such as archiving for 10+ years, keep an eye on using SSDs, as they can "lose" data over that time frame. Perhaps consider tape archiving or something similar. Great video as always!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Oh interesting! I wasn't aware of that. Good to know.

[@andreatilli6227]

Tape?

[@PadPoet]

Archival blu-ray discs which have a lifespan of 100+ years is the most safe method.

[@patrick8035]

Slideshow and music accompaniment on point! I need this…and the someone to stand by the scanner 😅 I started digitizing our photos in very early 2000s on a flatbed scanner and gave up pretty quickly - I think I’m still traumatized as just thinking about it triggers a “nope” in my head (and I very much doubt I will find the same gems you have in your collection) and great video as always 👍

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

I had the same ptsd which led to so much of my skepticism, but I was happy to have been worried about nothing :)

[@thegreatvanziniphotos5976]

Whoa! That is impressive. Thanks. & I do love a good slide show. It's almost a lost art.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It really is!

[@somephotovideos]

Beyond thrilled that you’re making videos beyond just camera reviews. It was only a matter of time… 😋 Belated congrats on 30k subs!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Thank you so much!!

[@PadPoet]

Thanks for the review. How big are the filesizes for each photo scan at 600dpi? I know it's boring, but use archival blu-ray discs to store the scanned photo files. They have a shelf life for 100 years!

[@AlvinXant]

I rented this Epson for 1 week for 70€ here in Germany some years ago, I was able to scan our family photos from 60+ years, as my mom already put all photos from albums stacked into boxes ... loved it !

[@michaelnewmanphotography]

Oh, I love this! (new to your channel after your podcast episode with those mamiyamigos fellas and enjoying it!).

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Oh hiiiii! Thanks for coming over!

[@derinvanderspoel990]

This is great. Every time I think about digitizing old prints it seems daunting and so time consuming.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Same! Been avoiding this for years but this thing has been a genuine game changer!

[@bmcspillin]

The 300dpi looks pretty great... Are you happy with the outcome at that resolution?

[@kath121]

Omg, I'm in a near identical position to you! Although my mom wasn't a model, my father was a photographer, as I have been most of my life. I only recently finished scanning his slide trays...literally THOUSANDS of images. Luckily, my Epson v750 made it fairly streamlined. I will definitely look into that scanner for snapshots! 😉

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

That’s amazing! I’m still daunted by all the slides and negs I have ahead of me…

[@BiancaZell]

Thanks for the review! I have a few questions. Is it best to separate photos of different sizes, ie, if you have 20 4x6 prints and 30 8x10 prints, you would do one size first and then the other size later and not mix and match them? What’s the largest size image this scanner can scan? What are the file sizes produced by the different settings of this scanner? I wish there was something like this at a more affordable price!

[@photom3]

So important for the archive. Thanks for this Valuable information. I can see this in my future.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GaleriaPuntoCiego]

WELL DONE... AND THANKS FOR SHARING. WE HAD AN EPSON SCAN PERFECTION PHOTO V500, I DON´T REMEMBER THE MODEL. IT WAS SO SLOW, NEGATIVES 6X6, 35MM, SLIDES AND PAPER, BUT IT'S WORK WAS PERFECT!!! BEST REGARDS FROM SPAIN. NANO AND OLIVA.

[@alfredoziano]

wow some amazing photos/memories in there !

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

They’re so fun to revisit

[@ivanpollard4781]

Great video and good recommendation. I bought one and it worked wonders. Thank you

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Great to hear!

[@thedrunkweddingphotographer]

We had one similar made by Kodak when I worked at La Cañada Camera several years ago and yes, they work pretty good so long as the prints don't stick to each other and smaller than eleven inches. Also, do not throw away your prints. And yes, SSDs do have a shelf life. So it's best to transfer data to another SSD in a handful of years. But by then, I'm sure it won't be the case with the new SSDs.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Oh so cool you worked there! Didn’t know Kodak had a similar machine.

[@kskymmar]

Bought the scanner 3 months ago. Yup, I love it. But taking the photos out of the albums is another story altogether.

[@jjmarz1001]

Especially if you had any of those albums that used adhesive strips.

[@barclayjb]

Allie, that is so cool. My cousins are coming for the weekend tomorrow and we are going to go through all the old photos of our grandparents, or parents and us as kids (I am the baby and I am 64). The photos go back to the 1910's. I made a Blurb book with the plans for everyone to take a ballpoint pen and write the names, dates and info into the book to gather that info. I can then redo the book with all that info so copies can be made for all the generations. The limits are 1) My grandparents on my mother's side 2) Their children (my mom, her spouse, my aunts and uncles) and 3) their children (my siblings and cousins) only up to the age of adulthood. We have to have a start and stop. I can create a similar book starting with my parents and ending with adulthood of my children and their cousins. The challenge is being the curator. We have to limit the content so future generations can consume it.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

How amazing that you're doing that! I have such a small family that it is a bit easier I imagine on my side but still, just so many photos so quite the project regardless...

[@TheKetchupPacket]

This is interesting. Now for my family we don't have many loose photos. Most of our family photos are in old 80's or older books with glue on the page. So here's my questions: 1. can this scanner handle the old 1930, 40, 50 page that is black construction pager with photos glued on it? We can't remove the photos or the glue will damage the photo unless there is a method out there to fix this... 2. can it handle the 1980's photo album pages where the photo is now glued the that page under a plastic sheet?. There are several photos that will rip if we attempt to pull them from the page. 3. If we can get the photo off the 1980's album with the glue like pages...some sticky residue is on the back of the photo. How does this Scanner handle that situation? 4. At the 0:03 second mark you have an old B&W photo with wrinkled cornes and a beend in the middle. a. How did the scanner handle photos with that type of defects? b. Did those photos survive the scanning process with no damage?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Answers as far as I can give them! 1. I had many odd sized multi paper type images from my grandparents and great grandparents and the machine handled it without any issue at all. How think do you imagine the backing paper plus the printed images are? If the prints are the old super heavy cardstock that doesn't bend, I imagine there would be issues, but if it is no thicker than a postcard, I think you'll be fine. 2. I wouldn't do a paper backed photo with plastic on top. I think jamming isn't as much a it gripping the plastic in the rollers and potentially mashing up and crinkling the page as it attempts to suck the whole thing in. If it is one of the thick pages with the grippy adhesive that you lay the plastic layer down on after sandwiching a photo between the backing paper and the plastic, that will almost certainly be too thick I imagine. 3. If the back of the photo is sticky, I would take a make up brush and dust the sticky backing residue with baby powder or maybe even try a little Goo Be Gone on a cotton ball to see if it can be removed. That should either dull or remove the residue and allow the photo to pass through without issue. 4a+b. The photo was bent but not terribly ripped so it went through seamlessly with zero damage. Hope that all helps!

[@jocko_]

I love old photos but yea scanning them in on a flatbed is torture. I’m buying this.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Yay to fast solutions!

[@mikerichardson60]

Oh great like I don't already crave enough stuff now I need a fancy speedy scanner. This scanner is currently on sale in Canada for $649 CDN which frankly isn't that awful.

[@snappiness]

Wow, this looks like an incredibly helpful tool.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It's so bananas! Really loving it.

[@bw2314]

Ali your Sears Catalogue pic my fav. Also like your b&w selfie @1:07. Polaroids my fav. Plane group pic cool as well. So authentic. Havent met any movie stars but my brother was the starting catcher for Nolan Ryan when he played bball ⚾️ for the Angels.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

That is awesome!

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

I sold a few cameras. And buyers where all young people 🙂 It is funny when they ask how they get the pictures to the PC, or when you try to explain them the most basic settings.. They get big eyes and are clueless.. They want vintage but then they are totally surprised how complicated these things are. Which they are not. Haha.. Also what is a vintage camera: IMO it is around 2000.. But they think a 2015 camera is already vintage. What is it? Thanx

[@babynium]

I love your videos!!! Does anyone have access to the discord still? Idk if its still up but i would love to join and learn more with this community 💖

[@hendrixg]

That photomontage at the start... wow!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

So many memories...

[@hendrixg]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras Just shows you and your family live and breathe photography.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

@@hendrixg 🥹 feels so core to my meaning of life 🥹

[@fabianh8925]

Is this video filmed with the DJI Osmo Pocket 3? Thanks for the video. Will probably get this printer.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It sure was

[@fabianh8925]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras Thanks

[@NPJensen]

Looks awesome. Now if I could only find a scanner, that can do the same with all my dads slides from the 80's...

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Looking for that next… 🫠

[@kiwigreenflame]

That’s helpful. Nice to see an expensive piece of kit work well for ordinary people. Do you have slides to convert too? (I have my father’s slide collection to do something with).

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Yes I have loads of slides and negatives as well as multiple tape formats like VHS, Hi-8, etc that I still need to sort through :)

[@kiwigreenflame]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras Yes, I've got a bunch of cinefilm and VHS tapes to digitise too. Just need more hours in the day to do that.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

@@kiwigreenflame 100%

[@chanogonzalez7980]

great device. your kids will have a wonderful archive.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

So glad to have discovered it

[@Amphibax]

I have the same keyboard and for the scanner another device I have no real need for but now I really want one.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

there

[@americanlegendswatches]

I have so many old photos in albums. The dillema is trying to unpeal the photos out of those albums to scan them. Ironically it would have been a lot easier to scan them had they not been put in albums.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

I have a similar issue with numerous albums separate to these boxes of loose images. I've been trying to determine whether I disassemble the albums, which will mean they're torn up and destroyed, or if I should just scan full pages on a flatbed. TBD....

[@peruperu-jj8zs]

The intro is 🔥

[@daszwoelfilein]

Thank you for the tip!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

My pleasure!

[@dungbeetle.]

Wow, what a machine! 👍

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

💥💥

[@tedphillips2951]

Really amazing.!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@manhattason]

Carnegie Hall once had legendary loft apartments where notable artists lived and worked? Was your family one of those select few? Did you know Bill Cunningham? :-)

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

We did! He lived directly below us :)

[@theotherlinh]

Oh man, I started to do this with a scanner I had. I got paranoid of jams. And it was far slower and didn’t have that software. I feel like I need to revisit this. I was just going to take photos of my photos. But I have a lot of curved 4x6s, lol. How does that handle actually?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It's been flawless, even with a lot of pretty messed up prints of mine. I feel like I need a little follow up demo of all the types of prints Ive scanned so keep an eye out for that.

[@linhampton4827]

Thank you, loved the intro. I'm in a similar situation and this looks like the answer. Time to take the hammer to the piggybank!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

😂⚒️

[@MrJoeylikesmusic]

How are you likening the quality for Polaroids ? That speed has me staring at my epson v600 dreaming it was that fast

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

I e been remarkably impressed.

[@StarrysLostandFound]

Cool way to save old media.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Next onto solutions for slides, negs and vhs/super 8/etc LOL

[@QuicknStraight]

That thing scans insanely fast! 😂

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It really does!

[@RascalKyng]

Can you feed negatives through it?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

No this is for prints only

[@adrian.eduardo]

woah that monitor is so high up, is it comfortable to have it so above eyesight?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It’s a standing desk so when I raise to standing it’s the right level :)

[@adrian.eduardo]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras oh hahahaha that makes sense! thanks for clarifying lol I was distracted during the video by that but it's actually a really good one!

[@inzaneartworks3109]

Sorry if I missed this, Does it work well with Polaroids? Newton rings?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

It does a great job with Polaroids. No Newton rings and fast to scan. Much of the materials I have are Polaroids and it handles it like a champ. You just want to be sure to side load them rather than loading the top or bottom of the Polaroids and switch the media in the software to Instant Film.

[@inzaneartworks3109]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras Awesome! Thank you!

[@dougolupski]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras Would you say at least as good as epsons V series machines for Polaroids? The only thing I use my V850 for now is polaroid and wetplate tins. The plate tins I could do with my DSLR setup

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

@@dougolupski yes I feel it is very much on par but a whole lot easier

[@dougolupski]

@@OneMonthTwoCameras Thank you scanning made easier is my life goals

[@ChrisW.Fuji_Canon]

Great 😍😍😍

[@seanb480]

I slowed the playback speed down to .25 to enjoy these more! ...while catching a Brooke Shields Polaroid!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

So young, right??!

[@seanb480]

@@OneMonthTwoCamerasso iconic! The documentary on Hulu now is worth checking out.

[@SunOfTheia]

To grow up having Morgan Freeman, Lenny Kravitz, Laurence Fishburn, Tim Dalton and Mila Jovovich (?) and Brooke Shields (?) in your family photos must have been a surreal life.

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

There is a book waiting to be written :P Someday perhaps...

[@Matt_Goertz]

The license plate on the jaguar...

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

ClaSSSSSy

[@robertlayne8180]

Anyone recommend a good transparency/slide copier?

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Following! I need to tackle that next and only have a slow solution currently

[@aantonic]

if its about storage, you still need to store old prints so your storage problem wont change unless you throw photos away what youd be a real sinn

[@cassiacries]

Very cool and omg weren't (aren't) you cute!

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

🥹💕

[@TheChosenOne_]

wow, the slideshow was so cool. Might need to convince my mom to unglue all pictures out of family albums to digitize and then glue them back in 😂

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

Do it!!

[@hrdcpy]

Unless you have photo negatives. 🤞