Slide & Negative Scanning

Lakeside Camera Photoworks is your memory preservation expert. We’re in it for the memories!

Slide Scans

35 mm slide shows were one of the most popular ways to enjoy pictures in the 1960’s and 1970’s. You probably have some of those classic Kodak slide trays that held 80 or 140 slides. If you have a projector that works, you’ll have a lot of fun viewing your slide the old fashioned way. If you don’t have access to a projector or if you want to share and enjoy your slides on today’s digital devices, bring your slides to Lakeside Camera Photoworks.

The good news is that those classic slide trays double as great storage devices for slides (assuming you don’t have your trays in your attic or garage). The not so good news is that not all slides age well. The type of slide film used, the quality of the processing and the environment the slides have been stored in all influence the stability of the images. Kodachrome slides tend to be the most stable if they have been stored in a dark, cool, dry place. Ektachrome slides (E4 or E6) are either reasonably stable or horribly faded based on the factors mentioned above. Either way, the best option you have for preserving your slides, prints and negatives is to make digital copies of them now. Lakeside Camera Photoworks is your memory preservation experts. We’re in it for the memories!

Prices

Standard resolution (35mm) – 6 mb
Super resolution (35mm) – 24 mb

Standard resolution – per frame – $0.75
Super resolution – per frame – $2.00
Premium CD backup – $7.00

Negative Scans

If you are an organized person who saved your negatives along with your prints, there is no question you’ll get better digital files from your negatives than from your prints. Negatives and slides should be considered the originals of your images. Or, to paraphrase Ansel Adams, your negatives are the scores for your symphony (symphony = print).

Our standard resolution scans from 35 mm negatives will deliver a jpeg file whose size is around 6 megabytes when open. These scans are made on our Noritsu commercial scanning device and they are color and contrast corrected by the technician operating the scanner. The digital files we return to you are perfect for sharing your pictures digitally, making new prints, for inclusion in video and presentation projects and as digital backups.

Additionally, we offer a super-resolution option scanned on the same device and corrected to the same standards as our standard resolution scans. The super resolution option will deliver a jpeg file whose size is around 24 megabytes when open. This option is best when you intend to produce large prints (16×20) and above from your scans. The difference between a standard resolution file and a super-resolution file has nothing to do with the quality of the scan but exists only in the size of the file we deliver. Because the super-resolution scans take three times as long to complete, the charge is higher than the standard resolution scans.

As in any photographic process, the digital files from our scans will only be as good as your original.

Prices

Standard resolution (35mm) – 6 mb
Super resolution (35mm) – 24 mb

At time of processing 35mm & 120 includes film processing and premium CD backup

Standard resolution – $10
Super resolution – $25

Previously processed 35mm,120 & APS

Standard resolution – per frame – $0.75
Super resolution – per frame – $2.00
Premium CD backup – $7.00