We Digitise Your Slides
High-Resolution Slide Scanning—It’s all we do.
Prices include custom packing boxes, VAT and return postage.
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).
5/5
We are 5 Star rated by our customers.
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
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Order for an estimated number of slides
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Receive our custom packing box and instructions
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We return your slides with expertly scanned and adjusted digital copies on USB stick or online gallery
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Order prints from the online gallery or of course from your normal printing service
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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.
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)
Colour correction
Years Established
Slides converted
Step by Step Process
Step 1
Pricing and ordering
Just click here to get 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 send you our free packing boxes to organise and safely post your slides back to us. We confirm when the slides arrive and confirm the 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 DVD, USB stick or Internet delivery.
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, Paypal or cheque.
Step 5
Receive your slides
The slides and their digital copies will be returned by 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!
Common Questions
See the full list of common questions. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any queries or help needed.
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 in on our contact page.