We Digitise Your Slides

High-Resolution Slide Scanning—It’s all we do.

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Includes packing boxes, VAT and tracked return mail

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Any make 50mm mounted slide

Any slide mounted in 50 x 50mm card, plastic or glass.

Colour & Exposure Correction

We correct faded and tinted images

Free Packing Boxes

Safely transport and archive your slides in our custom boxes.

DVD, USB media OR Web download Gallery

Choose how your images will be delivered.

Order prints from selected images

Order prints, photo books, calendars and more direct from your download gallery

Our Highest Resolution Scans on Every order

We scan beyond the equivalent highest resolution of slide film (Velvia 25).

Do you have a Bus or Train transport slide collection?

We have teamed up with one of the UK’s largest Transport Image archives and they will help cover the cost of the slide conversions.  Contact us for details.

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5/5 

We are 5 Star rated by our customers.

Thanks to all our Customers!

We’re thrilled to celebrate an incredible 600,000 high-quality digital copies made in 2024, all while maintaining our proud record of 100% 5-star Google reviews! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The Slide Conversion Experts Since 2003 

Our fully inclusive hi-resolution service costs the same as other companies basic low resolution scans.  We clean the slide, colour & exposure correct, rotate & crop border for the same price.

Simple process

    • Order for an estimated number of slides

    • Receive our custom packing box and instructions

    • We return your slides with expertly scanned and adjusted digital copies on USB stick or online gallery

    • Order prints from the online gallery or of course from your normal printing service

Turnaround times

The estimated turnaround time shown above begins from the date we receive your slides. We dispatch our packing boxes on the day of your order, so please allow a few extra days to receive the box, pack your slides, and return them to us.

 

A premium express service is available.  For orders required within a few days or even hours, please give us a call if you need this.

 

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Liz Potter
16:58 21 May 25
An easy-to-use service where they send a box and packing materials for safe transit of your slides, and detailed but simple instructions. Everything is scanned high res - excellent quality and value. Should have done it years ago!
Response from the owner 17:11 21 May 25
Thanks for the review Liz, I hope you enjoy seeing them again in their full glory!
Debora Price
15:47 19 May 25
Fantastic experience with The Slide Converter, digitising about 1,500 slides that we found in my Dad's house from the 1960s and 1970s. The process was seamless, they were very responsive to queries and a pleasure to deal with, very clear instructions, everything worked like clockwork, and the quality of the converted slides is just great. Very happy to strongly recommend.
Response from the owner 17:13 21 May 25
Very glad to have been able to assist. Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review.
Richard Poulsom
10:33 25 Apr 25
Daren gave us rapid and re-assuring responses to queries before the slides were sent to him, and his results were much better for some 'repeats' of slides scanned elsewhere previously. The gallery view and 'download all' options were very helpful additions to the USB stick option, and we now have a lasting digital record of around 900 transparencies from ~1960–1990 that we can all enjoy. The LZW-compressed TIF option was worth it imho. Thanks Daren!
Response from the owner 17:16 21 May 25
Thanks Richard, as you found, we are happy to go down into the finer technical details when asked. It’s particularly pleasing that you were able to compare our scans favourably to some you had done elsewhere.
ROBERT BROWNE
13:54 10 Apr 25
I had my colour slides divided into years.. Daren put them all in order onto the memory stick. great service, excellent results
Response from the owner 17:18 21 May 25
Thanks for leaving a review and mentioning the “save slides in named folders option”. It certainly does make viewing and future organising a bit easier!
Huw Fischer
07:55 25 Mar 25
My thanks must go to you for doing a great job with all these old slides. From the initial contact to the final safe return of the originals and the jpegs, you have been very helpful and reliable, with a very good result in the end product. Waves of memories back to the 60’s - foreign travel, weddings, family events. All brought to life again!
Response from the owner 17:20 21 May 25
Thanks Huw, always a pleasure. As slide photographers ourselves it’s enormously rewarding to be getting all those memories out of those boxes in the attic and back into circulation.
John Abbott
12:08 21 Mar 25
So I've a lot of slides that are precious to me that needed to be put on USB stick after a lot of searches I came across the slide converter and decided to try mainly because of the read up and boy I was not disappointed the box arrived quickly and I soon had it sent back free of charge I also ordered a USB stick I was notified that they were nearly ready I was on holiday so contacted Darren who held sending my order till I got home the quality of service and price is great I've asked for a repeat order I highly recommend this company john Abbott
Response from the owner 09:46 22 Mar 25
Many thanks John. We look forward to processing another order for you!
Paul Wakely
12:44 19 Mar 25
very helpful and positive company - excellent slide digitising quality ...highly recommended !
Response from the owner 09:51 22 Mar 25
Thanks for placing your trust in our service and taking time to leave us a review.
Christopher
17:45 17 Mar 25
After a very disappointing effort to convert some very old slides to digital photos myself, I decided to turn to the professionals and chose The Slide Converter, who had an impressive website and were able to convert a small number of slides for a reasonable price. Very pleasant to deal with. Extremely pleased with the results. Thoroughly recommended.
Response from the owner 18:04 17 Mar 25
Thanks for the review and trusting us to covert the images and get the best from them.
Red Squirrel
21:12 05 Feb 25
Very impressed! I needed everything quite quickly, and it arrived on the day! Everyone loved looking at them. It made my mum's 80th birthday very special. Slides were all digitalised the right way up, none needed flipping or rotating. Perfect!

They definitely went the extra mile for us. Thank you guys.
Response from the owner 18:02 17 Mar 25
You are very welcome, glad you were please with the results.
Jill Bostock
11:48 02 Feb 25
Excellent service. I was very wary trusting my dad's old slides to be sent off to be converted but needn't have worried. Excellent and easy from start to finish.
I shall be sending more off when I've sorted more out.
Treasured memories brought alive again.
Response from the owner 18:06 17 Mar 25
Thanks for the review, we'll be very happy to process more for you!
Nicky W
13:07 03 May 24
Excellent service from The Slide Converter. It was lovely and very reassuring to be able to easily speak to Daren on the phone on a number of occasions. He took time to talk me though the process and the options available. Great communication all through and we have just received the digital copies of the slides. They're fantastic and we are now able to share these memories with family across the globe. We would definitely recommend The Slide Converter. Thank you!
James Noble
11:48 10 Apr 24
A really efficient, well-thought out process for digitising very precious slides and a great result. Many thanks to The Slide Converter team.
Debs Donaldson
14:14 09 Apr 24
I highly recommend using The Slide Converter to digitise your old camera slides. I am now looking forward to being able to share the photos with family and friends, along with being able to print and put into an album/photobook. Just looking at them now brings back great memories of an era before mobile phones! Once I received the usb stick and digitial link, I had a couple of questions which Darren answered in a phone call. Posting the slides to them was easy and I have all the original slides back as a keepsake. Whilst not perhaps the cheapest compared to others offering this service, I would have no hesitation in using them again.
Nick Gent
08:33 03 Apr 24
Daren at The Slide Converter did a great job of my transparencies to digital format, he communicated promptly, followed through on his word & had a very quick turnaround time given the work involved. Payment was reasonable & straightforward & everything returned well packaged. If I had any more slides to convert I would have no hesitation in using him again. Highly commended thanks Daren :-)
Adrian Moss
09:05 22 Mar 24
Fantastic service - My father was given a camera in the early 1950's, over the next 70 years he took (literally) thousands of slides documenting his love of railway and canal history. In today's digital era, his legacy might be lost, but "The Slide Convertor" are working their way steadily through his collection (limited more by may packing speed than anything). Quality is great, and we now have the first 5,000 images online with many more to follow.
shelley baylis
08:54 01 Feb 24
Excellent service from start to finish with clear instructions throughout. We were thrilled to be able to relive lovely memories at Mum 90th birthday celebrations by being able to see photos originating from the slides which had been hidden away for many years...a big thank you!
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Whether it’s one slide or thousands, we provide no obligation help and advice. Just call us and experience our personal service. 01702 840 283

Actual scans

Below is a sample of our standard scans showcasing the ability of the scanner when given perfectly exposed film, taken on good equipment. (permission kindly given by Mr I Chisman)

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Colour correction

It’s not unusual for a collection to include a few slides with very bad colour tints caused by dye ageing.  Our service includes colour correction. Below are some examples.  On the left is what you would receive from your own scanner or potentially, another slide scanning service. 

Many slides have this purple or magenta tint which is caused by insufficient chemical fixing during development. Because we focus 100% on slides, we have unparalleled experience in the treatment of the raw scans to recognise and correct these flaws. 
 

Years Established

Slides converted

Step by Step Process

Step 1

Pricing and ordering

Click here to see an instant online quote and provide details for an order with us.  We are available by email or phone for any queries you may have.  

Step 2

Getting the slides to us

We’ll send our free packing boxes to organise and safely hold your slides in transit.  We confirm  arrival and the expected turnaround time.

Step 3

Processing

Your slides will be individualy scanned using the latest high resolution equipment.  We remove the black borders, apply exposure and colour correction and save to your chosen digital media  USB stick, Internet Gallery or DVD.

Step 4

Payment after scanning

We invoice you via email  when the slides are ready to be posted back.  You can pay securely online using card, bank transfer or by phone.

Step 5

Receive your slides

The slides and their digital copies will be returned by tracked post.  We hold digital copies at our end for a few weeks for extra security.  Our scans are fully compatible with PC, Mac and all activities such as social media, ordering prints, etc

No payment is required when ordering so why not start the ball rolling today!

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Common Questions

See the full list of common questions.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any queries or help needed.

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How long will my order take?

Our turnaround time in less busy periods is 2-3 weeks, for large orders at busy times it can be 4-6 weeks.   However if you have an important deadline we can usually process smaller volumes of slides in about a week.  Critically urgent orders can be met too, just give us a quick call. 

Why is The Slide Converter different?

As far as we know, we are the only Company that specialises exclusively in scanning slides.  Since 2003 we have scanned close to 2 million slides.  Being avid slide photographers ourselves, we understand that obtaining a good image involves a lot more than just mounting a slide and pressing a button.

We use modern dedicated slide scanning machines; NOT scanners made in the 90’s and based on old technology and NOT scanners which are just re-purposed paper scanning machines.  Our machine is constantly updated as better sensing devices, lenses and light sources become available. 

We provide custom made transport and archive boxes for you to safely send slides and then compactly store going forward.  The boxes and the clear labelling we provide are no doubt part of the reason that no customer has ever lost their slides.

We genuinely do have only 5 star reviews to our name on Google!  

What's the quality of your scans?

Your slides are scanned so that the resulting image is around 5000 pixels wide by 3500. That is around 17 megapixels in digital photography terminology.

Perfectly exposed slide film is generally accepted to be equivalent to between 10 megapixels (Kodachrome) and 15 megapixels (Fuji Velvia) so we are scanning at a higher resolution than the film itself.

For comparison, an HD TV displays just 2 megapixels.  Even the latest 4K HD screens can only display 8 megapixels.   So at the scan resolution we use, you will be able to crop in on tiny and previously un-noticed details of the picture. This detail will enable you to nicely re-frame pictures to make subjects larger and clearer.

Of course, the quality of the image is much more than just the resolution and that’s why we check and adjust the exposure and colour on slides which are too light, dark or have got colour casts such as purple or red due to aging of the chemical dyes.  We are dependent too on the quality of the original image but we do obtain the best image possible from the slides provided.   See our gallery of actual slide scans further down the page.

What types of slides can you convert?

We can process any mounted slide measuring 50x50mm this includes 35mm, which is by far the most popular format, but also includes Super35mm, 127, 126, 110 and half frame. 

NB. We only scan slides which are mounted in 50mm slides, not film strips or loose negatives

Do you offer sample scans?

Yes! We are confident you will be impressed. Send us a few of your slides (suggest 5-6 slides) with your email address.  We will scan them and email you the images back. We’ll also send your sample slides back for free.  The address to send slides to is on our contact page.

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