Slide & Film Scanning

$5.00/frame

$3.50/frame

$3.00/frame

$2.50/frame

$2.00/frame

$5.00

$19.99

$10.00

Two reasons! Firstly, we don't just use any old scanner for our digitisation work - we use professional flatbed scanners. These work at a much higher resolution than the scanner on your home printer (resulting in clearer scans), along with a host of other benefits including more precise colour & tonal reproduction, and built-in dust removal technology. Secondly, our scanning fees also include basic post-processing services as well. Our team use their skills and experience with industry-standard software to correct colour shifts and adjust brightness to get your scans looking the best they can be. That's why so many of our customers rely on us to digitise their family's collections.

This depends on both our current workload, and the size and complexity of your job. If you just need a couple slides scanned, we can usually do it same day. Larger jobs of hundreds of frames may take a couple of weeks to complete. If you have a timeframe or deadline you need to meet, discuss it with us so we can let you know what we might be able to do for you.

We typically scan slides and negatives at 1200 dpi as this provides a good-quality scan for digital use, although we can scan at a higher resolution (up to 6400 dpi) depending on your needs (e.g. if you want a make a large print from the scan).

Unfortunately, fungus & mold often causes irreversible damage to the emulsion layers of slides and negatives that can't be cleaned off. This is why we recommend that you get your collections digitised before any signs of fungal growth appear! Superficial fungal damage can often be mostly filtered out in our post-scanning editing, however if your slide has extensive damage, we do offer a restoration service for an additional fee.

Of course! Our scanning service includes colour adjustments, so if your slides show any colour shifts (e.g. blue or red), we can adjust the colours to be closer to how they were meant to be!

It can be difficult to get a good look at slides and negatives with the naked eye. We do have a slide viewer available for use in-store or for hire (local pickup only; subject to availability), as well as slide viewers available for purchase in-store or online. Our viewers have a light built-in as well as a magnifier to help you get a better view of slides and decide which ones you'd like to keep.