Scanning several stacks of old pictures from the pre-digital era can be a chore even if your USB scanner has a ADF. Hammacher Sclemmer is now getting ready with this new solution called "Photograph to Digital Picture Converter". As self-explanatory as it sounds, the 'converter' houses a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor so it actually captures whole image of your old photograph. This is needless to say insanely faster than a scanner.With a max. res of 1800 dpi and 10 bits per color channel, the converter should give accurate digital representation of the original prints. It however can only handle just one photograph at a time so you will need to swap in another one every few seconds since the conversion process should be pretty darn quick. The converter whose USB takes care of both data and power will be on the digital retail shelves by the end of April for $149.95. If you need to scan slides & negatives instead, the same company offer this. [Everything USB]
