Slide Scanning

Your Pictures Don't Belong in a Carousel!

Slide Scanning

Your slides have collected dust long enough – don’t let your precious memories fade away. It is definitely time to get those slides scanned to preserve your legacy for the next generation.  Slide projectors are obsolete, parts are impossible to find, and your slide carousels take up a lot of space.  Scanning your slides will allow you to create new slide presentations on your computer, share images with friends and family, or utilize the latest photo technology tools to share your experiences.

The ScanCafe philosophy is simple.  If you are going to scan your slides, do it right the first time.  With the highest quality, lowest prices, and a revolutionary "smart choice" scan plan, ScanCafe has quickly become the best slide scanning service in the market.

Slide Scanning Experts

ScanCafe provides first-class slide scanning using superior slide scanning technology along with free, manual color correction that you will not find anywhere else.  In addition, our revolutionary, “smart choice” price plan allows you to select the scans you want to keep (with a 50% minimum) so we make it easier than ever. Transfer your slides to DVD today!

35mm Slide Scanning and Medium Format Scans

• We scan 35mm, 110, 126, 127, 120
• Top rated Nikon 5000ED & 9000ED scanners
• Free Kodak Digital ICE™ & other free services
• Scan at 3000 dpi but can go to 4000 dpi for Pros

With the highest quality and lowest prices, ScanCafe is quickly becoming the standard of excellence in this ever evolving digital photography world. We are the only organization providing free value-added services that deliver the best scan results.

Slide Scanning Benefits

• Reduce the clutter in your office or home
• Create new presentations and slideshows on your computer
• Locate a particular image much more quickly when it is on your computer
• Protect your precious memories in case of emergencies
• Throw away the slide projectors! 

Slide Scanning Benefits

To help you see the benefits of using ScanCafe and to determine if our services are right for you, we have created the following simple quiz:

• Are you a busy person ?                                       O Yes            O No
• Are you price conscious?                                     O Yes            O No
• you scanning more than 4,000 negatives?      O Less          O More

If you plan on scanning less than 4,000 slides you should definitely use ScanCafe because it will be cheaper than buying a quality slide scanner on your own – not to mention the cost of your time.

If you have more than 4,000 slides, you should use ScanCafe as well, unless of course you have A LOT of free time. For instance, it takes at least 4 minutes to scan and color correct each slide. For 4,000 slides, it will take you 16,000 minutes or 267+ hours non-stop. If you work every Saturday for five hours non-stop to scan your images, it will take you over one year to complete the job. Double that time drain if you have 10,000 images or more.

You’ll come to the same conclusions if you are looking for negative scanning or photo scanning services.  Furthermone, combining slide scanning with photo restoration makes ScanCafe an even better one stop shop.

Slide Scanning You Can Trust

We believe ScanCafe’s slide scanning service is unique in many ways.  First, we pride ourselves on customer service and communication which is critical when you are dealing with valuable memories.  Second, we believe slide scanning should be affordable, and we have built a superior logistics chain to minimize costs and maximize quality.  Third, slide scanning requires a highly educated and meticulous team to manually enter, scan, and color correct your slides.  Therefore, we have mobilized a very experienced art and graphics animation team in India to ensure your satisfaction and guarantee quality.

Slide Scanning Case Testimonials

ScanCafe provides advanced slide scanning quality and service, and we have built an enormous amount of trust with our customers.  See for yourself by checking out our slide scanning testimonials.

Top Tips for Packing Slides

Scanning slides is the most important step of the process, but packing is also important.  See our latest suggestions on how to pack your slides.

Top Frequently Asked Questions for Slide Scanning

Based on our experience, ScanCafe has developed a great list of top FAQs for slide scanning that everyone can use.

Top Tips for Picking a Slide Scanning Service

ScanCafe is a first class company, and we want to be partners with our customers.  If this is your first search for a slide scanning service, we have provided some simple information to help you make your decision.  Just see our picking a slide scanning service page as well as our post scan services such as photo restoration.

Top Tips for Buying a Slide Scanner

Some customers have asked us about our scanning equipment so we decided to post our criteria for buying a slide scanner equipment.  In our case, we went with top rated Nikon 5000ED and Nikon 9000ED scanners.

How to Scan Slides

Scanning slides is not an easy task.  ScanCafe has scanned over 15,000,000+ images, and we have developed an expertise around scanning slides.  If you are thinking about scanning slides on your own, you can find out more information on our how to scan slides page.