I've never purchased or operated a slide scanner, but: Read up on JPG EXIF metadata, if you're going to do a bulk import, there's some google Linux CLI tools for bulk-modifying EXIF data. For example if you scan in hundreds or thousands of JPGs and watch to apply the same date to them, or add a comment...
You'll probably end up using at most 3 or 4 fields in the EXIF metadata, there's a ton of fields that are only populated by a digital camera (shutter time, exposure, f-stop, etc) and GPS lat/long. http://www.exiv2.org/tags.html Various google GUI tools exist for OSX, Windows and Linux as well. On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > I was out at the 'rents today, and they pulled out a bunch of their 35mm > slides. Some of them are great family pictures, and historical to the area > where they live. I'd love to be able to scan them so they're more easily > viewable. Looking for recommendations for a good and easy to use Slide > scanner that hopefully won't break the bank. Also, is there a file format > which is better to use to be able to add notes to the picture. Like Date > it was taken, and who is in the photo? >
