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Lamplighter · 08-29-2010, 02:45 PM

ScanCafe: to scan 35 mm (color) slides into digital images

Last winter I looked into buying the equipment to scan 30 years (1300+) of slides into digital (jpg) format,
After a lot of research and comments from others,
I came to the conclusion it would be less expensive, save my time,
and I'd get better quality (color corrected) images going to a professional scanning company.

You send in your slides in any groupings you wish,
They repair, scan, color-correct, and post the digital images in your account on-line in those same groupings.

The thing that makes ScanCafe really different is that you
go through the images on-line to select only the ones you want.
You can reject up to 50% of the scans without penalty,
and you pay for only the scans that you have not rejected.
They send a disc with your selected images in the groupings,
and return your slides in the same groups too.

Really an excellent service !
They had some bad press during early years of start-up, but I feel they have correct those problems. I had no problems with my order.

Currently they are offering 30% off ... PM to me if you want more info. I have no other connection with this company.

08-29-2010, 02:45 PM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	ScanCafe: to scan 35 mm (color) slides into digital images Last winter I looked into buying the equipment to scan 30 years (1300+) of slides into digital (jpg) format, After a lot of research and comments from others, I came to the conclusion it would be less expensive, save my time, and I'd get better quality (color corrected) images going to a professional scanning company. You send in your slides in any groupings you wish, They repair, scan, color-correct, and post the digital images in your account on-line in those same groupings. The thing that makes ScanCafe really different is that you go through the images on-line to select only the ones you want. You can reject up to 50% of the scans without penalty, and you pay for only the scans that you have not rejected. They send a disc with your selected images in the groupings, and return your slides in the same groups too. Really an excellent service ! They had some bad press during early years of start-up, but I feel they have correct those problems. I had no problems with my order. Currently they are offering 30% off ... PM to me if you want more info. I have no other connection with this company.