Skybird- That is an incredible photo, it belongs on the front of a Jackson Hole travel brochure. Also, I will not be claiming a rear. J- Dog photos!! How adorable Pablo is! The best kid book I've ever read is entitled "Skippyjon Jones" and its about a siamese cat who keeps pretending he is a chihuahua. Your photo reminded me of it with your Pablocito cavorting around the house in his food tub. Dafygardennut- Your daughters are beautiful (like their mom), they look a lot like you, especially the one on the left. Stevation- The photos on your site are incredible, what are you shooting with? What a handsome family! I'm still waiting (in vain) for a kiddo with my hubby's eyes. I tell him he has sold me a phony bill of goods and he has to make good on his "promises" but he knows my threats are empty. Two kiddos are enough he tries to tell me. Bonnie- You have a beautiful smile and I love your dimple. Digit- I love the curls, the hats, chubby baby legs, buckets of sunflowers and the quickness you removed the photos. Around here, you snooze or you lose! Aliceg8- Chance is adorable and lucky to have you snuggling him in that photo, does he hate the snow?

Doris if you have the same or similar software as my HP scanner try doing this or similar to make your scanner do it's scan. Set to scan and I have a small window appear. Click the Preview button and a scan is created onscreen. By default mine is set to 200% size increase but I rarely accept that but you need to scan the same picture at various settings until you are satisfied, then scan. Once you find the acceptable magnification then you can do all your scans. As I have said, I like to scan to create quite large files with the knowledge that I can downsize for any computer based use. So if you intend to do any photo editing you might be wise to scan large then downsize those you place on Facebook or the group you belong to. Also when I downsize I use 'Save as..' add a letter after the numeric name or a number after a word name so my original is not lost and both versions remain together when viewed on Windows Explorer.

No judgement can be made because we don't know the size of the photo that was scanned, nor can we see the original and a print of the digitized one to compare. The file size will be porprotional to the area of the scanned object plus some overhead. I've had good success scanning B/W photos at 300 dpi (dots per inch) and using 256 gray scale. A finer gray scale can be used but there won't be much difference in the final tonal scale. Scanning to a jpg format reduces file size and you can control how much reduction to make; jpg files are 'lossy'; defintion loss increases with increased file reduction. B/W photos can be scanned in color which will pick up any yellowing or color tinges at the expense of a much larger file. I have found that 256 gray scale is quite acceptable. I will switch to a color scan if I wish to preserve color tinges. (My scanner always scans in color. It then writes the digital file depending on user selection. It converts the color image to gray scale for writing the file. Therefore, once the image hs been scanned, I can flip back and forth between color and gray scale.) After a photo has been scanned, it should 'played back' in a photo editor to check the result and to correct the color or gray scale balance. If the technician did not take time to check and make adjustments, the result may be disappointing. This brings us back to your monitor. If you display the digitized file on your monitor, the result can be puzzling. For example, the picture when printed on your printer may not match what you see on the screen. That's because your monitor was not color corrected and needs to be adjusted to a standard. Some older CRT monitors may not have adjsutment range. In some cases, best result is achieved by adjusting the video display card. This is done by software supplied with the card, if it is adjustable. The quality of the copied photo depends greatly on the skill of the operator both in making the copy file and printing thereof. If you have only 10 pics or thereabouts, it may not pay to buy a scanner. If you have 50 or more photos to digitize, then a scanner purchase is recommended. Once you have a scanner and become familar with its operation, you will find uses for it.

Joanie I asked my daughter about the adapter and she didn't know they had such a thing. Do you already have one or are you looking as buying one? I would have the dealer that you purchased/purchase it from do a demo for you. Hope that helps. Pam