Digital Pictures

26 years ago

Does anyone else out there use a digital camera for scrapbooking? I am concerned with the life-span of the pictures. I am using an HP printer and HP paper. When I contacted HP, they said that they would only guarantee that the images would last without significant fading, etc. for a year. I don't want to spend all of this time making beautiful pages only to find out the pictures will be ruined in a few years. HELP!

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Carla
26 years ago
I don't know what to tell you. This is the reason I have no interest in owning a digital camera.
Roberta - Wisconsin
26 years ago
I love my digital camera but I don't use it for scrapbooking! We have so many family members that are out of state but have computers that we got the camera to send them pictures. I use a regular camera for scrapbooking (yes, I do end up carrying two cameras to "big" events!!) I have made a lot of color copies of some of the older pictures that I don't have duplicates for and these blend nicely with the regular pictures and, unless I point them out, no one has noticed a difference once the page is finished. Keep the digital for emailing .... use a regular camera for scrapbooking JMHO!
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grace
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You should be able to get your digital pictures printed by a company such as Ofoto. I asked one of their people about their printing process and received this response:

"Our process uses optimized traditional silver-halide photographic paper that's exposed pixel by pixel by a light source inside of our digital printers. The process mimics traditional photography where light from your subject would expose photographic film inside of a camera. Ofoto uses KODAK PROFESSIONAL Digital III Color Paper, a resin-coated, silver-halide color paper designed for digital printers that use LED, CRT, or laser printing devices. The photographs we image at Ofoto have the same archival quality as 35mm prints because they are real photos."

They're currently having a special where you can get 100 prints made free. I've tried them, and their prints are fantastic!

Hope that helps!

-- Grace

Here is a link that might be useful: Ofoto
Carol - OH
26 years ago
I believe I read in Dear Abby that a professional photographer warned about using digital camera photos for scrapbooking because they are not archival quality and also the possiblity of not being able to retrieve the pictures as technology advances. He suggested that if you must use a digital camera, get negatives made so that you can get regular pictures for your scrapbook. Also I don't believe the technology is here yet got get good prints off a a printer unless you spend a fortune for a printer.

For those reasons I prefer to use a regular camera and scan the pictures for e-mailing.

Roberta mentioned that she has had color copies made of photos. I know they look just like the original photo, but are they archival quality? I've been meaning to ask a local copy shop, but haven't gotten around to it.
Becky B.
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My sister prints her photos out on special paper from Kodak made for printers. I thought they were archival. You could always laminate the printer copies, couldn't you?

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