AWESOME – I GOT THE SLIDE AND NEGATIVE SCANNER FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas was very good this year I think everyone likes the gifts I found for them which is always my biggest concern. Second to that is the fact that I got some seriously AWESOME stuff !

Gifts included a very nice fishing rod and reel case, fishing tool kit, a pair of fleece and suede flip flops (and what self-respecting Parrothead wouldn’t be thrilled with those – they rock ), military jet DVDs, Blue Man Group tickets, Jimmy Buffett’s Live in Anguilla CD/DVD set, and a whole lot of other cool stuff as well .

One thing that I was really hoping I would get was the VuPoint film scanner I wrote about in early November.

I’m happy to report that yes, Santa delivered it to me on Christmas and it’s everything I had hoped it would be ! I finally have a cost-effective way of getting all my old slides and negatives into some format that people can see !

It’s very easy to use and my only gripe at this time is that it’s going to take me some time to get the hang of the advanced features.

I have to say that I hadn’t counted on all the memories that came flooding back when I started going through all my old negatives and slides.

Here’s a few of what I’ve scanned so far. Mouse over the picture for a description and click for a larger version in a new window .

I’ve got quite a bit more to scan which will take some time, but look for them in the gallery and upcoming posts soon !