[twobjshelbys]

I started with slides since they were on top of the box. Well, I've already scanned well over 1000 images and I'm pretty convinced that I severely underestimated the size of the project. I keep finding more boxes with stuff in them.

I'm becoming less than enamored with VueScan. The scans look great in the preview window, yet the saved scans always look flat. I've emailed the guy a dozen times demonstrating his bug, but he is in denial. The differences are very subtle but noticeable in a side-by-side comparison. I'm evaluating SilverScan which has a better reputation but can't get it working on Windows 7 - the driver refuses to load. It also has a high-volume workflow and cataloging feature that may make it worth the money.

I also added a 8TB (yes, TeraByte) Seagate NAS440. Each 35mm 36 exposure scan is taking somewhere around 8.5Gb (a dual-layer DVD) but the 12 exposure rolls of 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 slides are up to about 10GB each. I'll scan and catalog and keep them on the hard drive and then archive later.