35mm Slides to Digital
The following scans are actual examples of 35mm color slides, both professionally and amateur shots that we've scanned. These slides show the degeneration of the dyes contained in the film over time, and what our scanning service will offer you in terms of image recovery from slides that have degraded over time.
The red outlined bubble points to an image of what your slide looks like to the naked eye, without any modification.
The blue outlined bubble pointing to the finished "customer ready" scan gives you details on the file. This gives you an idea of the specifications of the completed files you'll expect to receive. Of course you will also receive the same image in JPG format, reduced in resolution by 50 percent. These reduced JPG files will be suitable for printing your images at your favorite photo printing retailer. Alternatively, these JPG images give you more than enough resolution for displaying on your phones, portable display devices, computers, digital frames... any device that supports JPG format images. The possibilities are endless. Even e-mailing to your friends and family.
As discussed elsewhere on the website, the TIF format images are given to you because they contain ALL of the data from the original scan. Retain these as they are a permanent copy of all of the photo information that was captured at the time of scanning with no compression or loss of data.
35mm Scanned Sample - Number 1
This slide is a commercially purchased professionally shot slide. It's approximately 35 years old. As you can see, the dyes have begun to fail considerably.
The first scan is an un-modified raw scan as the analog slide exists at the time of scanning.
The second scan is what you would receive if this were your slide. As you can see, the muddy brown color is gone, and much of the original color has been restored.
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35mm Scanned Sample - Number 2
This slide is also a commercially purchased professionally shot slide. It's approximately 35 years old. As you can see, the dyes have also begun to fail in a more subtle way.
The first scan is an un-modified raw scan as the analog slide exists at the time of scanning.
The second scan is what you would receive if this were your slide. Much of the original color has been restored in the scanned image you would receive if this were your slide.
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Scan with no post processing. |
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This is the finished scan you'd receive. |
35mm Scanned Sample - Number 3
This slide is an amateur shot taken in the 1980's (approximately 30 years old). It is showing a marked degeneration in the color spectrum, as a direct result of failing dyes in the film. This slide was stored in a a dark cool environment for virtually all of it's life, isolated from moisture or wide temperature swings. This indicates and supports the generally accepted findings that slides will fail over time regardless of how carefully they are stored.
The first image is a scan of the slide exactly as it existed at the time of scanning.
The second scan is what the actual scanned image would look like that you, the customer would receive if this were your slide. ALL scans that we do undergo this same corrective process ensuring that you get the best quality image possible, in a 3600dpi scan.
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Scan with no post processing. |
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This is the finished scan you'd receive. |
35mm Scanned Sample - Number 4
This slide is an amateur shot taken in the 1980's (approximately 30 years old). It is showing a marked degradation in the color spectrum as a result of failing dyes in the film.
The first image is a scan of the slide exactly as it existed at the time of scanning.
The second scan is what the actual scanned image would look like that you, the customer would receive if this were your slide. ALL scans that we do undergo this same corrective process ensuring that you get the best quality image possible, in a 3600dpi scan.
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Scan with no post processing. |
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This is the finished scan you'd receive. |
35mm Scanned Sample - Number 5
This slide is an amateur shot taken in 1971 (40 years old). It is showing a marked degeneration in the color spectrum, as a direct result of failing dyes in the film. This slide was stored in a dark, cool environment for virtually all of it's life, isolated from moisture or wide temperature swings. This indicates and supports the generally accepted findings that slides will fail over time regardless of how carefully they are stored.
The first image is a scan of the slide exactly as it existed at the time of scanning.
The second scan is what the actual scanned image would look like that you, the customer would receive if this were your slide. ALL scans that we do undergo this same corrective process ensuring that you get the best quality image possible, in a 3600dpi scan
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Scan with no post processing. |
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This is the finished scan you'd receive. |
35mm Scanned Sample - Number 6
This last example slide is a commercially purchased professional shot (approximately 30+ years old). Out of all the examples, it is showing the worst degeneration of the color spectrum, as a direct result of failing dyes in the film. There is very little color left in this slide. This slide was stored in a dark, cool environment for virtually all of it's life, isolated from moisture or wide temperature swings. This indicates and supports the generally accepted findings that slides will fail over time regardless of how carefully they are stored.
The first image is a scan of the slide exactly as it existed at the time of scanning. As you can see it is in VERY poor condition. As you can see, some slides have faired better over the years than others. This one, not so well.
The second scan is what the actual scanned image would look like that you, the customer would receive if this were your slide. ALL scans that we do undergo this same corrective process ensuring that you get the best quality image possible, in a 3600dpi scan. Although the slide does not contain vibrant colors, it is believed that the picture was taken on an overcast day and that the colors would not have been all that vibrant in this particular slide even when it was new. As you can see all of the muddy coloring has been removed and been replaced with color and contrast. Certainly the most stunning change from the original.
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Scan with no post processing. |
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This is the finished scan you'd receive. |
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