Slide scanning is done on a state of the art, hi-end Noritsu commercial film scanner costing many thousands of pounds. The resulting images are beautifully rendered, colour corrected, sharp, and of superlative archival quality.

Your image is first displayed on a screen prior to scanning. At this stage we manually adjust the contrast, colour balance and saturation of the image until the screen is showing a perfectly optimised image. Scanning then takes place. Digital Ice technology is used during scanning to remove artifacts and specks of dust and scratches on the slide surface - the results are absolutely stunning.

Costs

With discounts for quantity, prices start as low as 50p per slide.

Optimisation and Digital Ice Enhancement is standard on every slide - FREE OF CHARGE.

Film Services

• Std res scan is good enough for A4 printing
• High res scan is good enough for A3 printing
• Service time on small orders is 24 hours – longer on larger orders
• A rush service is available at 50% extra
• Slides scanned to CD or customer provided USB stick (available in store)
• Scans can also be emailed via WeTransfer
• Other film format such 126, 127, 110 & half frame films is available
• 35mm mounted and unmounted slides (aka Transparencies)
• 120 Medium Format Slide Scanning is also available

Standard Verses High Resolution

Standard resolution will is good enough for most purposes. it will easily allow printing up to A4. High resolution will give good quality prints up to A3. Higher res available on request

Medium Format Slides

If you have medium format professional film slides which are in plastic or card mounts, please be aware that we will need to take the film out of the mounts in order to scan it. if the mounts have been glued or gummed together then we will not be able to remount the slides.

Dust and Scratches

Digital Ice is used when scanning colour films. This removes all scratches, artifacts and dust. However, the Digital Ice system does not with Black and White Films. So some scratches and dust marks may remain on the image after scanning. 

Before scanning, we make sure that the equipment and film is as dust free as it can be, but inevitably, dust, scratches and other artifacts will be seen on the scans, especially at higher magnification.

Clients should be aware of this limitation as a condition of putting work in with us and should also be prepared to photoshop these Black and white scans as required.

Enhancements

No matter how many negatives you send us, each frame is individually assessed by an experienced technician and adjustments are made to optimise the resulting scan.

Manual Adjustment includes

• Exposure control
• Brightness and contrast
• Colour balance

Custom enhancements, such as cropping and zooming in are available on request.

How to Order

Pop into our store in Camden London and chat to our friendly staff about your requirements.

You can also post us your films along with your instructions and on receipt we will call you for payment over the phone by credit or debit card. Don't forget to include your name, address, email and telephone number.

Please note - All materials left in the lab must be collected within one month of the work having been completed - otherwise storage charges may apply (£5/month) or the work will be disposed of:(

Mail Order Form

Scans emailed by WeTransfer

You can now have your scans emailed to you using WeTransfer. It's fast, very easy to use, no account is needed! We will upload your files and send you the link, and you can then download them at your leisure.

Total Peace of Mind

We are part of the Kodak Express group were quality and superlative customer service comes as standard. From our studios in central London, we offer our specialist scanning services across the whole of the UK