Photo Advice

Hi Everyone,
I think this is the first time Im posting to this group, but I've had success with awesome people helping me out in the other creative cow groups, so I thought I'd give this group a try too.

So, here's the situation, I've been trying for almost a year now to figure out a way to back up my 2000+ hardcopy photos. I finally found a photo autofeed scanner by Kodak, the s1220. So here are my questions.

- Has anyone tried this scanner? I'm thinking about going with the i1220 which is the same scanner as the s1220, but is cheaper because it doesn't come with industry type software.

- I'll have the option of scanning at 300 dpi and 600 dpi. Even at 600 dpi, saving as a jpg, is it worth it to do it now, or wait a few more years until technology is better... or is that sufficient for archival purposes.

- Both scanners are pretty expensive, so I think I'm gonna see about doing it for money as a part time job, because I'm sure other other people would like photos backed up too. So if I go with the cheaper package which doesn't come with the software, then I need some software if I want to make minor changes... redeye, old photo adjustment, etc. Is there an easy program that people can think of which would let me quickly make changes to large batches of photos.

Thanks for the help.