Motivated by nostalgia, I have decided to create some photo books of old times using film camera snapshots taken before I had any interest or proficiency in photography as a serious hobby. That means a lot of poor focus, blown highlights, and thoughtless composition, as well as enormous sentimental value to me and many others who appear in them. Most of them are 4x6 or 5x7. I believe I now have enough proficiency in Lightroom and Photoshop to do a good job of cleaning up spots and scratches, as well as other adjustments that might be necessary.
However, I do not know much about scanning. I have an old Canon LIDE 60 scanner that cost me less than $100 and that has been good enough for general purposes, but I wonder if I should get something better for the my project. Would I be wasting money, or would it improve the results significantly?
I would appreciate advice on scanners and scanning, retouching old photos, and anything else that might be useful for such a project.
Many thanks,
Trevor