Convert Film Negatives to Digital

Usually, yes. We carefully separate negatives from their sleeves using archival techniques. Severely stuck negatives may lose a small amount of emulsion in the process, but in most cases we can extract them cleanly and scan them without issue.

Negatives contain far more detail and tonal range than the prints made from them. A high-resolution scan of a well-preserved negative will produce a sharper, richer image with better colour than scanning the corresponding print. If you have both, the negatives are almost always the better source.

Yes. All colour negatives have an orange mask built into the film base. This is normal and is precisely subtracted during the scanning and inversion process. The final digital image will show correct, natural colours.

Yes. Most negatives come to us in strips of four to six frames, exactly as they came back from the photo lab. We scan them strip by strip and deliver individual images.

Yes. We scan 120 format negatives at high resolution. The larger frame size means these negatives hold significantly more detail than 35mm, and the resulting scans are often stunning.

Yes. All original negatives are returned to you after the transfer. We pack them in archival-safe sleeves where needed and return them with your digital files.