Photo scanning service in Austin, TX?

August 8, 2006 3:38 PM

Anyone have any experience with a photo scanning service in Austin, TX?

A friend is looking to have a few dozen photos scanned. Does anyone have any experience with any place in Austin, TX? I've checked Precision Camera, but they seem a bit pricey: $3/scan. Or is that the price that my friend should expect?

posted by nightwood to shopping (7 comments total)

Sorry, no definitive answer, but Walmart, Walgreens and HEB have photo labs. I've never got any scans done, but I assume atleast one of them should provide those services. Call them and find out.
posted by forwebsites at 3:57 PM on August 8, 2006

I'm about to see a friend who works at Wolf Camera (in the Central Market complex). I'll ask.

Also, does your friend still have the negatives? Because it's a lot cheaper to take the negative in and have the photos put on CD. Or you could go to Kinko's and do the scanning yourself.
posted by lunalaguna at 4:50 PM on August 8, 2006

I think my friend only has prints (culled from friends and family for a special occasion) and has run out of time - which is why the service is needed instead of scanning them themselves.
posted by nightwood at 7:17 PM on August 8, 2006

So at that price he's looking at 75 bucks? He'd be better off buying a scanner.
posted by justgary at 11:59 PM on August 8, 2006

Ooops, missed the part about time, though scanning them himself wouldn't necessarily take longer.
posted by justgary at 12:00 AM on August 9, 2006

From friend at Wolf says they charge $2 a scan, or the customer can scan it him/herself in-store for the same price as digital development.
posted by lunalaguna at 7:04 AM on August 9, 2006

From friend at Wolf says they charge $2 a scan, or the customer can scan it him/herself in-store for the same price as digital development.

Cool, thanks for checking.
posted by nightwood at 8:26 AM on August 9, 2006