Photo Digitizing
Prints, Slides, Negatives & Albums
Preserve and enjoy your cherished memories with Scan5’s expert digitizing services.
Why Digitize Your Photos Now?
Photos, like tapes, are vulnerable to time. Over the years, physical prints can fade, discolor, or suffer damage from light, humidity, or handling. By digitizing them today, you can preserve their quality and ensure your cherished memories are safe for generations to come. Don't risk losing your treasured photos to fire, flood or theft. Digitize them just once and they will safely live in the cloud forever.
Advanced Scanning Technology
Not all scanners are created equal. Consumer-grade scanners provide basic digitizing but fall short when it comes to capturing the quality and detail that your cherished memories deserve.
At Scan5, we use professional-grade equipment and software to ensure your photos are digitized in high resolution, capturing every detail with unmatched accuracy and color fidelity. We review every photo we scan for quality control.
Handling Fragile or Delicate Photos
At Scan5, we understand that some photos are fragile and require special care. Our strict guidelines ensures delicate materials are handled carefully and scanned on a flatbed or copy stand to prevent further damage or decay.
Photo Formats We Digitize:
Prints: Standard or oversized, we scan and preserve every detail at 300 or 600 DPI.
Slides: From 35mm to 126 slides. Dust and Scratch correction is included.
Negatives: Color or black-and-white, standard, medium or large format.
Albums: Photos stuck to pages? Not to worry, we can digitize those albums.
Choose the Best Way to Preserve Your Memories
Once your physical items are digitized, you have a few options for how to store them. While all methods are secure, cloud hosting offers the ultimate flexibility and peace of mind.
Cloud Hosting
(30 DAYS FREE!)
USB or HDD
Photo Digitizing FAQ:
Prints, Slides, Negatives & Albums
We digitize a wide range of photo formats, including prints, slides (e.g., 35mm), negatives (both color and black-and-white), and entire photo albums. If you have a unique format, feel free to contact us, and we’ll confirm whether we can digitize it.
Photos degrade over time due to exposure to light, humidity, and general wear and tear. Colors may fade, images can become discolored, and the overall quality deteriorates. Digitizing your photos now ensures they are preserved in high quality for future generations.
We handle all items with care, but for especially fragile or delicate photos, such as vintage prints or oversized albums, we use specialized equipment to ensure safe handling and digitizing. Every photo is treated as irreplaceable, and we take extra precautions to preserve its original condition.
You can choose from:
- Cloud Hosting: Access your photos anytime, anywhere. Cloud storage allows for automatic backups and easy sharing with family.
- USB or External Hard Drive: For those who prefer local storage, we offer USB and external hard drive options, providing easy access to your files across devices.
Our standard output format is high-quality .jpeg, scanned at 600 DPI. For advanced users or archival purposes, we also offer .TIFF files, which are larger but provide superior quality for editing or reprinting.
You can choose from several convenient options:
- Drop Off: Bring your items directly to our local office for personal handoff.
- Pickup: We’ll arrange a secure courier to pick up your photos from your home or office.
- Ship via UPS: Use our prepaid UPS shipping service, and we’ll notify you when your items arrive.
Most projects are completed within 2-4 weeks, depending on the size and complexity of your collection. Rush services are available if you need quicker results.
Yes, we offer custom editing services such as cropping, color correction, and photo enhancement. We can also help organize your digital collection by date, event, or family member, ensuring everything is easy to access and share.
Our cloud storage is highly secure, with industry-standard encryption to protect your files. You have control over who can access your digital collection, and sharing is completely optional.
We handle all photos with care and use professional-grade equipment to minimize any risk of damage. Photos are cataloged and tracked throughout the process to ensure their safe return.
Yes, we provide bulk discounts for large collections, such as family photo albums or historical archives. Contact us for a custom quote based on the size of your project.
Delicate or bound items, such as albums or fragile photos, require extra handling, specialized equipment, and additional cleaning, such as removing adhesive residues or reattaching scrapbook elements. This added complexity contributes to the higher cost.
With our 600 DPI scans, you can safely enlarge your photos by one size (e.g., a 4x6 print can be enlarged to 5x7 or 8x10) without noticeable loss of quality. For larger prints, slides or negatives are preferable due to their higher pixel density.
Cloud storage offers the most secure and convenient way to access your digitized photos from any device, anywhere. It ensures your memories are automatically backed up and easily shareable with family and friends, eliminating the risk of loss due to damaged physical drives. After 30 days of free storage, ongoing cloud hosting is available at $9/month, making it the preferred option for most of our customers.
Your Privacy Matters
We understand that your photos are personal and precious. At Scan5, we guarantee your privacy—your photos are securely digitized and never shared with third parties.
Ready to Preserve Your Memories?
Now that you know the importance of preserving your photos, it’s time to take the next step. Let us handle your digitizing with the care and expertise your memories deserve. Here’s how to get started:
Learn about the full process, from providing your items to receiving your digital files.
Explore our transparent pricing options for photos, albums, slides, and more.
Have a large collection or specific project in mind? Get a personalized quote today.
Digitize once, enjoy forever.