35mm Slide Scanning & Negative Scanning to Digital

Digital Roots Studio can scan your 35mm slides & negatives to high-quality JPEG or TIFF digital files that can be shared online, archived, and/or printed. Every slide & negative is cleaned with compressed air & scanned using Nikon 5000 Coolscan scanners that produce high-quality digital images.

Digital Roots Studio offers two scanning resolutions, 2000 ppi or 4000 ppi which is the preferred choice for archiving and printing. For the type of scan you have two choices, either our raw “as is” scan where no post-production is done or you can have the “pro scan” and let us do the color correction, cropping, dust removal, and rotating of the images before giving back to you. (no frame selection for negatives)

$30 setup fee for scanning orders under $30

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With all of our scanning services, you have the choice between our raw scan & pro scan. With raw scan you receive back the images as-is, without post production, rotating or color correction. Pro scan includes cropping, rotating image, sharpening & color correction.

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Materials That We Scan

Medium & Large Format

Digital Roots Studio can scan your medium or large format negatives into a convenient digtial fromat. By default digital images are output into JPEG format, but for an additional fee8/16bit TIFF files are available.
35mm Slides

Let us convert your 35mm slides into a convenient digital format that can be give back to you on a data disc, digital upload or external drive. By default we output all digital images into JPEG format, but 8/16bit TIFF files are also an option for an added fee.
Negatives

Let us convert your Negatives into a convenient digital format that can be give back to you on a data disc, digital upload or external drive. By default we output all digital images into JPEG format, but 8/16bit TIFF files are also an option for an extra fee. NO FRAME SELECTION

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Two Scanning Options: Raw Scan or Pro Scan

Raw Scan Example - Negative

Raw scan output, or untouched, is when you receive the image back without any post production work done on the image. Raw scan is suggested for clients who have experience using photo editing applications like Photoshop, and would like to do their own post production on the photo, or who simply want the image backed-up for preservation.

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Pro Scan Example - Negative

With pro scan you will get a folder with the touched raw images, in addition to a folder that has all the final images that have had post production work. Pro scan includes cropping the image border, photo rotation, and color correction. This provides a view-ready collection without any additional efforts on your part. NO FRAME SELECTION

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Scanning Resolutions

You have the choice between two resolutions for 35mm slides & negatives, 2000 PPI & 4000 PPI. If you plan on having a print 8” x 10” or smaller made, or simply enjoying the transferred materials digitally, we recommend 2000 PPI. If your print size will be larger than 8” x 10”, we recommend 4000. Medium format negatives can be scanning at 1000 PPI or 2000 PPI, and large format negatives can be scanned at 600 PPI or 1000 PPI.

WE DO NOT OFFER SELECT FRAME SELECTION

Digital Ice Technology

Digital ICE is applied to all color 35mm slides and negatives. Digital Ice works by building a record of defects in the image during scanning. Scanners normally work with three input channels - red, green, & blue. Scanners equipped with Digital ICE add a fourth channel called the D channel (defect channel). During scanning, the information on defects, surface dirt, and scratches is collected. Digital ICE then applies a series of algorithms (formulas) to rebuild the missing information. The result is scans that are scratch free and dust free even if the original film has serious defects. Digital Ice DOES NOT work on black & white negatives, so scratches along with surface marks will appear if present on physical slide/negative.

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Pricing - 35mm Slide & Negative Scanning Per Frame

2000 Raw Scan - $0.65 per frame scanned

2000 Pro Scan - $0.80 per frame scanned

4000 Raw Scan - $0.80 per frame scanned

4000 Pro Scan - $0.95 per frame scanned

Output Options - 35mm Slides & Negatives - NO FRAME SELECTION

DVD-Rom Data Disc - $10 per disc

Web Upload Per GB - $2 per GB

Playable Image DVD montage (For DVD players) - $20 per DVD created

64gb Flash Drive - $30 or 1TB External Hard Drive - $85

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Customer Supplied EMPTY Hard drive/flash drive - No charge if supplied by customer. We ask that drives are empty and formatted ExFat or NTFS. Digital Roots can format if necessary.

35mm Slide & Negative Scanning FAQ

You have two options when it comes to the digitization of your 35mm slides & negatives. You can invest in a scanner and digitize the negatives/slides yourself, or you can hire a company like Digital Roots Studio do do the scanning to digital for you. The cost may be cheaper when shipping your materials out of state, but you risk possible damage/loss of shipment when not handing your materials to someone directly.
No, you don’t need to organize your materials prior to dropping off. Some clients will organize the slides & negatives prior to dropping off, this way each grouping can be scanning into its own0folder by subject and/or year. We ask that all slides/negatives be in groupings of no less than 20 per grouping.
We have two resolutions to choose from, either 2000ppi or 4000ppi.
No, we do not offer frame selection when scanning the negatives.
The digital images can be given back to you on a USB empty drive that you supply, you can buy a drive from us, DVD-ROM or we can do a web upload for an additional fee. (not a cloud storage. Download only available for one month before auto deletion.
We use the Nikon 5000 to scan all 35mm slides and negatives.

Read what our customers are saying about us!

“They were able to provide a truly amazing slide show for a life celebration that my whole family was thoroughly impressed by. Everyone was asking for their info as we all have memories that we need to have archived to pass on to our next generations. I couldn't recommend them any higher!”

— Andre B. Dublin, CA

“Sean and Andrea were great to work with. They took my old VHS cassette tapes, digitized them, and uploaded the mp4 video files to a secure server. Communication was excellent, price was fair and I'll certainly be back again. Thanks!”

— Robyn H. Oakland, CA

“They transferred 8mm film and a few old prints to digital video format and jpeg format. Unlike many similar online services, this business does all transfer work in house. So there's less risk of your precious family analog memories getting lost in transit.”