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ABOUT US
Convert Slides to Digital Images
We are a small semi-custom scanning shop specializing in converting slides and
negatives to high quality digital images. We are able to give your slide
conversions or negative scanning request individual attention, providing you one
of the best services in the market. We keep you informed during the
process and follow up with you when you
receive your order to ensure that you
received it in good order.
We scan slides in 2x2 mounts (35mm, 126, etc.),
120/220 film, 4x5 film and stereo slides. We can also scan other sizes on
special request.
We also scan both
color and B&W prints, with two
categories for pricing, 4x6 and smaller
or 8x10 and larger. We can
stitch photos together when too
large for our scanners.
Today's FAD (to follow the
fad from other slide scanning firms)
- We DO NOT
ship your pictures to another firm or
country. We do all our work in
house and strive on providing you the
best service that would not be possible
if your photos were shipped offshore to
process.
Our Pricing
Our prices are very
simple. When you select the
service you wish, we have no extra
add-on items to complete your order.
You do not pay extra for CD's or DVD's
or for special attention. Think
about it. you pay for the slide
conversion, you must store it one
something - be it a CD or DVD. For
this reason the media is included in the
price of the scan. We don't charge
you extra for taking slides out of your
slides trays and putting them back in
(this may be how you want to store your
slides). If they are in metal
slide holders, we will remove the slides
from the holder and then place them back
in the holders and trays.
When you wish to have
your slides remounted in plastic slide
mounts, or placed in archival sheets, we
will charge you for this service, but it
is a service you have requested, not
something extra to get your slide scans
back that you must pay.
When you are not sure
what you will receive or about the
quality of our service, you may order
our "Sampler"
which is offered for slides, negatives or
print scans. These are flat fee
services that include shipping and the
media. You will receive the actual
product (scan), and not an image shipped
via email. This will provide you a
good preview of the service before
sending a large quantity of slides or
prints to us.
High Quality Digital Images Help Preserve Your Valuable
Images
With our high
quality digital image scanning, old slides or 35mm color negatives of your old
photographic memories will be preserved digitally. You will easily be able to
share your new digital images with relatives and friends. By digitally scanning
your slides or color negatives, we convert them to either JPEG or TIFF images
and then save to CD or DVD. When we convert 35mm slides to digital images, you
will preserve your photos digitally and have digital images that will not fade
over time. With your new digital images of your old slides or color negatives,
you will be able to email, print, use in web pages, as well as share with
others. Digital images can easily be used to create digital photo albums or DVD
slide shows.
High Quality Nikon Scanning Equipment
Our scanners use the Digital ICE-4
Advanced system to help digitally remove scratches and blemishes from your
slides. We scan slides and negatives only with the finest Nikon Coolscan
systems - providing protection to your photos by using Nikon
Proprietary LED illumination technology rather than heat emitting light bulbs.
Nikon's exclusive LED light source provides for accurate color consistency. The
Nikor ED glass lens provides helps provide sharp clear images. Our slide
scanning services help you preserve and share you photographic
memories.
Epson Expression 10000XL f/print
scanning
We use Epson Expression 10000 XL flatbed scanner for scanning
prints and slides/negatives that are larger than 35mm. This provides you a
very high quality scan.
We offer two levels of service
We offer two levels
of service. Both provide
individual attention to your order:
STANDARD Service:
This is the service that most people
will need. We individually air
clean all slides, may individually
clean a few slides as needed,
re-scan slides to provide the best
quality. This is still a
semi-custom service that we provide
as part of our normal service.
PREMIUM Service:
In many cases you may need:
Individual hand
cleaning of all slides. You
may have a lot of slides with finger
prints, mildew, etc. that need
individual cleaning. Using
this service, we will individually
clean all the slides needing extra
cleaning prior to scanning so as to
provide you the best scan possible.
All slides scanned images are manually cropped rather than machine cropped and
individually color balanced to provide the best results.
You may wish a
higher level a scanning service.
In this case we scan all slides with
multiple passes to as to improve the
image quality. We also spend
more time ensuring the quality of
the scanned image is the best, to
include individual cropping rather
than system cropping, and limited
individual spotting of the images to
remove spots, etc.
Genuine Fractals:
Make it big with Genuine Fractals, the gold-standard for image resizing. Take
your digital images to new heights, and widths with Genuine Fractals patented
scaling algorithms that will resize your image over 1000% with no loss in image
quality. Genuine Fractals can enlarge them with better quality than
Photoshop or anything else.
When requesting Genuine Fractals service, you will need to specify the largest
edge size for the print you will be making.
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