Best way to scan in old photos? Service? Feed scanner?

I would like to bring a large number of film prints into my digital life. I cannot bear the thought of using a flatbed scanner for several hundreds of photos (if not more). I figure I have two choices: 1) a service I mail photos to and they send me digital files or 2) buy a scanner that has a feeder. Would appreciate suggestions on either account. If a service, appreciate any recommendations. If a scanner, any suggestions on make/model would be greatly appreciated as it seems there is not much info on which scanners (or multi-function printers) perform that task well. Many thanks!

I am one of those people who has scanned in thousands of photos ! I have about 15000 photos, and probably about 9000-10000 are scanned in. I actually DID use a flatbed scanner. Wore out the first one, an HP so that it began to burn in the flat ribbon band lines. Got an inexpensive Epson perfection 2480
http://pcworld.about.com/news/Jul262004id117057.htm that can scan photos and slides and have been very happy with it. It is an older model, but I am sure there is a comparable newer model.
It actually went much faster than I had thought. I placed 4-6 photos on the scanner at one time, depending on the size of the photos. First did a preview to see all of them, then did the scan of each one onto my desktop. When the desktop appeared full, I imported them into iPhoto Libraries according to the years they were taken.
I DO have all of my photos in photo albums, labeled on the inside front cover what time span the album encompasses, so it was quite easy to keep the photos in the correct order.
The Epson has a color corrector that I used if it appeared that the photo had become discolored. You might give it a try before you just turn over your photos to a service. What if they lose them? Mix them up with someone else's? Just be sure the service is reliable, and not exhorbitantly expensive. Have you seen this?:
http://www.scanmyphotos.com/ That looks quite good! I may consider doing that with some of my slides, as this is just too much to do myself.
I have not used a feeder type of scanner, but if I have to sit there and make sure the photos are feeding correctly, I may as well just be scanning them individually. See these for reports of problems/issues/use of them:
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00DH2T
http://www.superwarehouse.com/HPAutomatic_Photo_Feeder_for_Scanjet_4570CXi,_5500C,5500CXi/C9926A/p/142116
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=348125
http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/?filter=5021585320574
You might also like this:
http://www.homevideo101.com/automatic-feed-photo-scanners/
Technically, probably the best method is to scan negatives because you can get a more clear image. Although I have most of the negatives of my snapshots, the negatives are not in any particular order and are more difficult to visualize to determine if I even want to include a particular one. I decided it was too much trouble to try to oranize the negatives, and just went for scanning in the photos.
There was a terrific article last year about scanning photos, from MacWorld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/50580/2006/05/newlife.html
You might also find this helpful:
http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/mythdpi.html

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