There are several techniques for converting negatives into digital images, and they can be completed at home. A film and slide scanner, a specialized scanning tool created for this particular job, is the best method. A standard flatbed scanner can also be used to transform negatives to digital images, but the procedure is more difficult. The final technique is to use a digital camera or a phone to picture your negatives or slides after backlighting them. Some negative to digital scanner services will convert your negatives for a fee if those methods sound like too much effort.

How Should My Negatives Be Digitized?

Using a film and slide scanner is the most effective method for digitising prints and slides. These scanners resemble standard scanners, but they are made especially to scan slides and negatives that require backlighting to view. In order to save you from having to edit your negatives later, these devices typically also have an option to invert the colours of your negatives after scanning.

Therefore, you expect them to be handled with care when you submit your collection of negatives to a negative scanning service. Make sure whoever actually understands how to digitise negatives is with our team and all our experts aware of this. Even something as straightforward as knowing which side to scan requires skilled touch because scanning negatives requires extremely gentle handling. We never subject your negatives to an automated correction procedure where a computer program makes educated assumptions about a collection of your most significant memories. But far too frequently, other services simply follow suit.

We understand the nuances of scanning 35mm negatives as well as other uncommon negative types. We believe that every single negative you give us should be examined, frame by frame, by a skilled technician with a good eye and a great set of hands. That really is the most effective method to scan negatives, in our opinion.