Bulk 35mm negative/slide scanning services?

[hwblanks]

On a similar vein as my film scanner query, I'd like to know about any reliable film scanning services that you've used for scanning your backlog of 35mm negatives and slides. I'd rather not have to spend a ton of money on my film scanner and spend a bunch of time scanning my personal and family snapshots.

Thanks!
Heather

[Venturi]

Give these folks a call, Heather. The Video Pros :: Welcome

My sis used them a few years back to convert a good portion of the 8mm movies my dad had taken over the years and burn them to video/DVD. Some of the reels were in not so good shape and they were able to recover and preserve most of it.

[SOldBear]

Check out Photo Scanning, Negative Scanning, Slide Scanning, Photo Restoration - ScanCafe.

They are good for me but initially you should try a small batch of insignificant neg/slides and see how it goes for you.

[larsbell]

Hi,

I put together a comparative list of all the slide scanning services (including my own). It shows price, dpi, country and other relevant facts for each service.


http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...f6N8DrY8b8ZGLw


Lars

[hwblanks]

After doing some looking around on my own, I decided to give DigMyPics a try. The services they offer are very similar to ScanCafe, but they do their work Stateside. They're a little more expensive than ScanCafe, but I feel more comfortable keeping both my negatives and money here in the U.S.

Photo Scanning Service | 8mm film to dvd | Slide Scanning Service | Slides to DVD | Slides to CD

I just mailed off my first set of negatives to them this morning, so I'll see how it goes and report back.

Heather

[boomgrib70]

I have not tried the company you listed in the previous post but I have had good luck with an east coast company for 35mm slide scanning called Discount Digital Art. Image quality was good.
Click here for the slide scanning service