No. We simply ask you to estimate how many slides and negatives you have and select the package that comes closest. The package allows you to submit up to the maximum number of photos for a given package. That means you know the exact total cost prior to committing to a purchase. Our flat-rate package model simplifies the process and translates to less hassle for you and translates into savings, without sacrificing quality.

We process all the slides and negatives you send and will scan up to the maximum for the package you ordered. If there are negatives you wish not to have scanned on strips or rolls, you may cut those from the film and not included those in your order. Be sure that all remaining negatives are at least two continuous frames – single frames may incur a small additional charge.

For slides in standard cardboard or plastic mounts, use the rule-off-thumb of 25 slides for 1 inch (stacked or filed vertically). Negative strips typically contain 6 frames per strip while rolls are usually 36 or 24 frames.

If your estimate is slightly off and you submitted more slides or negatives than the package you selected, your order is processed without delay – all the images submitted are scanned and delivered safely back to you in the course of our normal fulfilment process. Similarly, if your estimate is slightly under the package maximum your order is processed without delay and without adjustments for minor variations. All our packages allow you to submit up to the maximum quantity of photos and provide the best value when you come closest to the maximum quantity.

If you submitted significantly more slides or negatives than the package ordered, we will contact you with the option to cover the overage with smallest package sufficient to cover the overage, providing you with the best possible value. You may also elect to have us complete the order according to your original selection and incur no incremental fee, returning your photo as submitted.

No. If you can’t quite get motivated to empty those old slide carousels and trays or don’t want to remove your slides from sleeves or slide pages in a book, we will process slides directly from your carousels, projector trays, and slide pages. We remove your slides, scan them and return both the slides and carousels, pages, trays (separately) with your new digital images.

Don’t want the carousels back (slides alone store in about 1/10th the space)? Simply enter “keep carousels” in your online order comments field when placing an order.

When sending slides in carousels, keep in the original boxes and pack tightly in larger boxes while protecting from moisture with a single layer of bubble wrap or plastic inside the shipping box.

Removing slides from carousels, trays, slides pages and cartridges allows for effective  organisation and efficient shipping. But prior to packing, we suggest you determine if image file sequence and ordering are important on the media (DVD or USB Key) you receive from iPhotoscan. Keep in mind, once you receive your newly digital photos you can copy them to your computer, make multiple backup copies and rename, re-sort and reorganise your digital images using a variety of methods and tools.

If initial image sequence is important, organise slides in groups of 50 to 100 slides and assign a value and/or a short description to each group. We suggest the values and descriptions you select naturally sort to the order you desire. For groups of 50 or more slides, iPhotoscan will create the image file name based upon the values/descriptions (25 characters or less) you assign. For example:

“01 1982 Lake District 001″,    “01 1982 Lake District 002″, ……….    “01 1982 Lake District 051″

Tagging groups and indicating a start slide (or “top”) for each group is all that’s required. Groups can be bundled with rubber bands and placed in plastic bags or loosely placed in plastic bags with a tag per bag. Empty foil or wrap cartons can also be used to easily sequence and tag slides. Sequencing and file naming requires documenting the request in your online order comments field when placing your order online.

All slides and negatives packages include 3200 dpi as standard, which produces high quality images for viewing and sharing online and is suitable for printing images up to about 14” x 9” (at 300 dpi print output), in excess of A4 size. If your original slides and negatives are in excellent condition, were shot with professional equipment or you plan to print enlargements up to about 12” x 18”, upgrading to 4000 dpi will likely produce the most versatile, archival digital image, around A3 size.  See file sizes below:

We deliver high resolution, high quality JPEG image files that can be copied, edited, reorganised and used for just about anything imaginable. They can be freely shared online, backed-up locally or to the cloud and used again and again for creating personal photo gifts and photo books.

The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format is the most popular and versatile digital format in use. Nearly all digital image devices support this format. Cameras, digital photo frames, printers, photo kiosks, online personal photo gift providers, mobile phones to name a few all support JPEG. Similarly, photo related services like digital printers, online hosting and sharing sites, online forums, blogs, scanning and restoration services all use and support JPEG.

For Slides and Negatives, we also offer a “TIFF Pro Option”. When selected, we will deliver both JPEG and TIFF files. These TIFF files are minimally processed images for photographers that plan on editing the scanned images themselves. These files will often appear ‘flat’ and lack the contrast of the JPEG files that have been enhanced and colour corrected for viewing. The TIFF Pro Option includes a Mobile Drive (excludes 250 package) with the necessary capacity to store and transfer the significantly larger TIFF images

Where to send your Slides and Negatives:

Please send to: 12 Green Leys, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5UH

Cine Film Identification

8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the film strip is eight millimetres wide. It exists in two main versions — the original standard 8 mm film, also known as regular 8 mm, and Super 8. Although both standard 8 mm and Super 8 are 8 mm wide, Super 8 has a larger image area because of its smaller and more widely spaced perforations.

Super 8 & Standard 8mm Reel Differences

Another easy identifiable difference between Super 8 and Standard 8mm film is the size of the central hole in the reels.

Super 8 & Standard 8mm Film Sizes and Lengths

3 inch – 7 cm Diameter – 50ft – 4 mins
5 inch – 13 cms Diameter – 200ft – 15 mins
7 inch – 18 cms Diameter – 400ft – 30 mins

MiniDV

MiniDV is a digital video tape cassette format.  It was launched in 1995 through the joint efforts of leading producers of video camera recorders. MiniDV was a popular format for camcorders, and allowed manufacturers to reduce the size of their video cameras significantly.

Common Tape lengths are 60 and 90 minutes. We charge the for 60 minutes rate for lengths less than this.

We back up to our Cloud Service as standard but optionally can also copy to DVD and USB Key, check out the MiniDV shop page for more details.

Video8, Hi8 and Digital8

The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats for the NTSC and PAL/SECAM television systems. These are the original Video8 (analogue recording) format and its improved successor Hi8 (analogue video and analogue audio but with provision for digital audio), as well as a more recent digital recording format known as Digital8.

Similar to MiniDV, common Tape lengths are 60 and 90 minutes. We charge for 60 minutes rate for lengths less than this.

We back up to our Cloud Service as standard but optionally can also copy to DVD and USB Key, check out the Video8, Hi8 and Digital8 shop page for more details.