We use cookies to bring you the best online experience of our site. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more about our cookie policy

Negative Scanning Service for Elmer, West Susex

Negatives to digital service

Bognor Regis Pier and boat

We are based in Felpham, just outside of Elmer, and we specialise in all manner of digital conversions, including negatives, slides, photos, videos and audio cassettes.

We can scan your negative films into beautiful high definition colour digital images. By default we scan negatives at 2400 DPI, but please feel free to let us know if you would prefer a different resolution.

Dust & scratches can be removed using digital ICE technology. Each negative is scanned by hand with great care taken, we do not use automatic feeders which can damage your film.

For customers within the Elmer area (including Elmer Sands), we are happy to come to you and pick up your negatives and return them back to you after the scanning process for no extra charge, you only pay for the scanning. The price includes 2 copies of all your scans on disc, but we can also copy the digital images onto digital photo frames, usb memory sticks, portable hard drives and most other methods of digital storage, please contact us to discuss your requirements if we have not mentioned it.


We also offer a slide scanning service and photo scanning service with free collection and delivery to the Elmer area.


Key Features

  • Free collection & delivery
  • £0.30p per image for 4800 DPI
  • £0.20p per image for 1200 DPI
  • Any size of film, prices are per image
  • Scanned as Jpeg or TIFF files
  • Prices include CD or DVD data discs
  • USB memory sticks at extra cost
  • No job too small or too big
  • Discounts for larger quantities
Get a quote

Want more information ?

ICEDigital ICE stands for Digital Image Correction and Enhancement and is a technology developed by Kodak that removes surface defects, such as dust and scratches from images during the scanning process. The corrections are made on the scanner and is achieved by scanning the image from two different lamps, one a normal RGB lamp and the other infrared . The IR lamp detects the dust or scratch and the image is modified based on the image picked up by the RGB lamp. When ICE was originally created,it was not able to scan Kodachrome slides as the Infrared is absorbed by the cyan layer on the Kodachrome slide, however the technology has evolved and more recent scanners have been able to work with Kodachrome. At Pixave, we have never had a problem scanning Kodachrome slides with ICE but if you would prefer us to disable ICE on your scans, just let us know when you place your order. If a slide is in good condition and has no dust or scratches, it is always preferable to scan without ICE to ensure you are left with an image as close to the original.

DPIDots per inch is the term used to measure the density of an image, namely the number of dots that can be placed in a line within 1 inch (2.54cm). The higher the DPI used to scan a slide, the larger the resulting file will be. Most slides are 35mm square, approximately 1.4 inches, so therefore if we scan a slide at 100dpi, we will get an image approximately 140 pixels square. To give you an idea of scale, a modern digital camera taking a 10 megapixel image will create an image approximately 3600 pixels wide, so 35mm slides should be scanned at a MUCH higher resolution. We can scan upto 4800 dpi, which will create an image size of approximately 6700 pixels wide. However, for most everyday usage, such as Facebook, email, standard size prints, 1200dpi should be fine, image sizes will be approximately 2000 pixels wide.

JPG JPEG files are the most commonly used method of storing images on computers and digital cameras. Slides's scanned to JPEG files do produce excellent results whilst taking up a minimum of space, and achieves this by compressing your images, which results in a loss of quality. However, the JPEG standard allows for different levels of compression, with higher quality scans resulting the less you compress the image. By default, Pixave scan your slides in JPEG format with the least level of compression, resulting in high quality images that are reasonably large in size. The quality will be outstanding and will look fantastic for everyday use such as reprinting as a standard size photographs. There are some applications that require a higher quality, e.g. images to be printed in magazines, where professionals require the highest quality possible, in which case, we are happy to scan your photographs in TIFF format which are lossless (i.e. have no compression) but take up HUGE amounts of disk space.

TIFTagged Image File Format (TIFF) files are commonly used to store images within the publishing industry, graphic artists and professional photographers. TIFF files produce a better quality image when compared to JPEG files, because the images are not compressed, however they take significantly more space on your hard drive, e.g. a 1200 DPI scan of a transparency that creates an image sized 5267 * 6899 pixels is 18.2MB in JPEG format but 105.2MB in TIFF format. As you can see from these figures, the JPEG format has removed 80MB of the same image, and therefore it is logical to assume that the TIFF file is of higher quality, however this is a very subjective area as a lot of people cannot tell the difference, and the cost of storing TIFF files compared to JPEG on your systems can be a lot higher simply due amount of disk space required.

Pixave are happy to scan your slides in your choice of resolution file format (JPEG / TIFF) at no extra cost. By default your slides will be scanned at 4800 DPI into JPEG format, if you have different requirements please let us know in the special instructions of our order page or when you speak to us on the phone.


Prices

How much does it cost?

Find out how much it will cost to scan your negatives. We charge 2 prices, depending on the resolution of the scanning you require. We are happy to scan in either JPEG or TIFF format at no extra cost.

»» Negative scanning prices

How it works

What happens next ?

You can of course contact us or use our online system to get a quote and place an order, then just send your photo's to us. We will take great care of your photos.

»» How negative scanning works

Why scan your negative's ?

Preserve your family history

Want to share your negatives with your children ? Or are you having a wedding, perhaps a big birthday coming up and want to embarrass the lucky person ?

»» Why scan your negatives

Sharing your images

Facebook, Twitter, Flickr etc

Share your scanned slides with the world through social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Dropbox etc and let the world enjoy!

»» Sharing your scanned negatives