For a few years now, I’ve been finding a practical and efficient way to convert negatives and slides into led light pad or digital images. Your old photos from your vacations, holidays, and other significant events that are still hidden in your decaying box can now be accessed and turned into digital images.
With the advancement of technology and through social media, it is now easy to access and share photos online using digital methods to view negatives. Converting your Negatives and Slides to Digital Images can help you protect your photos from damage through the years, as well as archive your memories.
Another advantage of digitizing your photos and documents is it simplifies your storage, you will no longer need a bigger space since you can use hard drives which can store a thousand images.
Before your photos and documents decay, take time to convert them into digital images. Here are a few ways you can digitize your treasured memories.
Visit a Photo Lab and have your photos scanned
You can visit the nearest photo lab to have a professional convert your film negatives and photo slides. They usually place your scanned photos and videos on a CD or thumb drive. It is recommended to have a professional digitalize if you have a lot of slides to save time and to achieve a better quality than doing it on your own. However, you have to consider these points before availing.
Quality
Slide Scanning in photo labs delivers good quality and high-resolution scans that will make your slides look original even in very large formats. Using the Darkroom slide scan for older slides and negatives will reduce more dust spots.
Price
For a minimal amount, you can have few images converted or you may send in bulk. However, if you have extra time you may scan your negatives at home to save money.
Convert Negatives and Slides at home
If you have time, you may also convert your negatives and slides into digital images on your own at home. Below are ways to do it on your own.
Use a Slide Scanner
The quality of the images scanning services offer is way better than those made at home and scanning it by your self will be time-consuming and exhausting but if you have time scanning it at home is okay. Buy or rent a slide scanner but before buying you have to consider some features to avoid wasting money.
Quality
The resolution is the most important feature you need to look in. Check the megapixel of the scanner, it ranges from 5 to 9. The bigger the megapixel the better the resolution is.
Speed
Most cheap slide scanners would scan negatives one at a time. If you don’t want to spend so much time scanning, go for a high-speed scanner.
Compatibility
Before buying a scanner, always check the compatibility of your scanner to your computer however some scanners don’t require computers.
Comparison
It is better is your first research before buying. Compare a few scanners to each other and select the best one you can get.
Flatbread Scanner
Another type of scanner is the Flatbread Scanner. This scanner is a cheaper way to digitalize and gives acceptable quality. Since each slide must be illuminated, using flatbread scanners will capture light from the photos resulting in not so good quality, resolution, and lighting. However, you may edit using photo software to enhance quality.
Conclusion
Aside from any artworks displayed at home another irreplaceable objects are your important family documents, photos, and videos. To preserve them, as soon as possible have them digitalized. This will give you peace of mind and at the same time more space in your home.