High-resolution scans of slides and negatives

I never liked internegatives or copy negatives.

I made thousands of each - internegs from slides, copy negs from prints - back in the darkroom days, using 4X5 inch sheet film, and following all the recommendations. But no matter how carefully I worked, I could never capture all the color and detail in the original. The loss was always noticable.

Now, instead of making second-generation negatives, I can scan slides, negatives and prints on our high-tech scanners. The results are amazing, and beautiful.

For additional information on reproducing photo prints and graphic art, please see our Copies and Restorations page.

Scan Prices

Film scan, with print order:
$11.50 each

Film scan, without print order:
$18.00 each

Print scan from 8X10
or smaller original:
$10.95

Print scan from 11X14
original:
$15.00

Scans from originals larger than 11X14 are quoted individually. Please call us at (517) 393-4402.

Look at the color and detail which was captured in this 1950s-era Kodachrome.

When this slide was shot and for many years thereafter, it just wasn't possible to reproduce all the information contained on the film, but digital technology now makes superb results like this routine. So now is the time to have your best slides and negatives scanned and enlarged.

Maybe you remember Oldsmobiles, but did you know they were used as dune buggies? I didn't.

This old Anscochrome must have been stored under ideal conditions because it wasn't badly faded, although it did require some color correction. Kodachromes, like the examples below, were almost fade-proof.

We use an Imacon scanner for our film scans. In the opinion of many knowledgeable persons, this instrument is the finest film scanner on the market.

Of course this solid-state drum scanner has all the right specs in regard to DPI, density range, and so forth, but what really sold us was the sheer photographic beauty of the images it produces. We looked at several high-end scanners, but nothing else comes close.

After the scan, we examine each image at full resolution in Photoshop. First we carefully remove the specks and scratches which are present on every negative and transparency.

Next we make additional adjustments to the color and tonal values of the image. Often these adjustments are applied only to selected areas, which is similar to the "burning and dodging" technique from the darkroom days, but much more powerful and sophisticated.

Finally, after every aspect of the image has been optimized, we burn it to a CD. All this is included in what we usually just refer to as "a scan."