Color Slide Scanning

Your color slides, are in jeopardy from color changing, scratching and possibly developing fungal stains that can develop.
ScanCafe can save them.

Image of 3 children, shot in 35mm film with noticeable photo damage

Color Slide Scanning

Each image is scanned and repaired by hand, one by one. We offer high 10MP resolution scans with your saftey guaranteed. Starting as low as 21¢ per 35mm color slide scan with our Value Kit

flatlay photo of 35mm film slides

Handcrafted Quality

At ScanCafe, we think there's a better way. We think that every single negative you send us, frame by frame, should be examined by a highly trained technician with a good eye and a terrific set of hands. That's why we've designed our service from the ground up around the idea of a technician individually processing and correcting your images as needed.

Same image of 3 children, shot in 35mm film, with noticeable changes to photo clarity and quality

Image Adjustments

For slide we receive we will manually perform:

  • Re-orientation
  • Cropping
  • Scratch and dust removal
  • Color Correction
  • Red-eye Removal

How It Works

The saftey of your photos is guaranteed throughout the entire process. We offer door-to-door tracking so you know your photos are safe.

You gather all your origins

Package all your originals and mail them to our facility. We'll handle the rest.

Scan Selection

You review and choose which scans to keep.

Photos return Home

We return your originals and a DVD of your scan.

Memories to Last

You preserve and share your memories.

Frequently Asked Questions

We are happy to answer any and all questions! Heres just a few common ones.

Yes. We scan 120/220 medium format slides. We also scan 35mm, 110, 126, 127 slides.
We often use the measure "dpi", which stands "dots per inch". While not precisely accurate, it does enable you to begin to understand two important things about your scanned image: 1) how sharp it will look when printed, and 2) how large it can be printed before it begins to look a bit fuzzy. It is not true, however, that a higher resolution is always the best solution--sometimes a more finely detailed scan can pick up the grain of the underlying material and give results that are inferior to a scan at a lower dpi.
So in general we recommend scanning 35mm slides and negatives at approximately 10 megapixels ("MP"), which should give you a very nice print up to about 13" x 9". If you plan to print larger than that, then you may want to think about our Pro Resolution feature, which will enable you to print even larger, up to 16" x 20" and beyond.
If you have mold build up or crusted dust that is difficult to get off with a jet of air, we will use a special film cleaner such as "Rexton Anti-Static Film Cleaner for Black & White and Color Film". A lint free cloth will then be used and we will wipe gently along the length of the slide. We will not apply the cleaner in a swirling motion because this will scratch the surface. In certain cases, the mold build up will be so extreme that we will need to do advanced photo restoration.
ScanCafe's service is unique because we provide free, manual color correction and restoration for each slide although a small number of slides require more advanced restoration work. It works the same way as our photo restoration, but the image comes from the slide. Color restoration can be done during the scanning process using the scanner hardware or after the scanning process using an image editing software like Adobe Photoshop. At ScanCafe, we do both. We use Kodak Digital ICE which is built into our Nikon scanners, and we use Photoshop photo editing software after the image is scanned.

Our Customers

Here what some of our customers have to say about Scancafe

When I got my DVD back with the photos, I could not believe the quality of the scans! It was like I was transported back in time....It was truly an emotional experience reliving those photos on my computer with such startling clarity and quality.

Matthew C., Colombus, GA

December 2007
The images I received were amazing quality - just like the original pictures...I loved that ScanCafe had great prices and that I could choose which images to purchase after they had scanned them all - what a deal!

Connie S., Toccoa

August 2008
I am a full time professional photographer for 17 years. I recently sent an equal amount of slides to both ScanCafe, and a major US competitor. The scans came back from Scan Cafe, and every single one of them was 100% perfect. 20% of the scans from the competitor were completely unusable, and 50% of them required adjusting in Photoshop. And to make it even better, Scan Cafe was one third the price of the competitor...

Brian S., Baltimore, MD

July 2007
The service was fast and friendly, the techs are knowledgeable and polite. I had them do Medium format slides and color negatives, as well as 35 MM slides and black & white old prints (one that I had them restore) all were very well done. I am putting my next order as soon as I finish this review.

Jim Sells, Hathaway Pines, CA

February 2016