I did something similar for a friend, she had some old family photos, not sure the age on this pic but it was in pretty bad shape and at the very least 40+ years old.
She was so happy she ended up making an 8x10 of it (the original I think was 4x4 and I scanned it in at 1200dpi) Like most here, in the end it comes down to preference, but I always keep the original untouched scan incase a client wants more done, such as colorizing, croping, or some other effect, etc.
The process was similar, I used photoshop 3.0 I think (have CS5 now and oh I wish I had updated sooner!) and a wacom tablet (an older one the intuos 9x12 grapire grey)
-david http://www.cluniephotography.com - My Photography Blog
Here is the link to the original scan:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f6D06qpPLJM/S3yScxV5AHI/AAAAAAAAKPg/T1gwee3L5oo/s800/Photo1_start.jpg
Here is the link to the "after photoshop magic"
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hZPy3inw-Ts/S3ySes5_G0I/AAAAAAAAKPk/d4ltaDloOhY/s800/Photo1_finished.jpg
She was so happy she ended up making an 8x10 of it (the original I think was 4x4 and I scanned it in at 1200dpi) Like most here, in the end it comes down to preference, but I always keep the original untouched scan incase a client wants more done, such as colorizing, croping, or some other effect, etc.
The process was similar, I used photoshop 3.0 I think (have CS5 now and oh I wish I had updated sooner!) and a wacom tablet (an older one the intuos 9x12 grapire grey)
-david http://www.cluniephotography.com - My Photography Blog