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Bring New Life to Old Memories with Mr Scan Ltd
Bring New Life to Old Memories with Mr Scan Ltd
Digitise, preserve and share your photo prints, slides and negatives—without the hassle.
Boxes of old photos, albums on the shelf, a shoebox of slides—nostalgic treasures that deserve better than fading away. At Mr Scan Ltd, we make it easy to digitise, preserve and share your memories so they’re safe, organised and ready to enjoy on any device.
Why digitise your photo collection?
- Protection: Prints can fade, tear or get water-damaged. Digital copies keep your history safe.
- Shareability: Send images to family, view on TV, phone or tablet, create slideshows and photo books.
- Search & organisation: Tag people/places and keep a tidy, searchable archive.
- Peace of mind: Backups mean your stories last for generations.
Common routes to digitising (and why we’re the easy button)
1) Scan at home with a flatbed
It can work for a handful of photos—but it’s slow. You’ll wrestle with dust, alignment, resolution settings, cropping, and file naming. We remove the pain: send us your prints and we’ll handle everything to a professional standard.
2) Buy a dedicated photo scanner
Great hardware isn’t cheap—and you still spend hours feeding stacks of photos, then organising backups. With Mr Scan Ltd, there’s no equipment to buy and no weekends lost. We deliver consistent, high-quality results—fast.
3) Use a mobile scanning app
Handy for one-offs, but lighting, reflections and perspective can be hit-and-miss. For hundreds or thousands of images, professional scanning is far quicker and better quality.
4) Outsource to professionals (the Mr Scan way)
This is our speciality. We scan prints, slides and negatives at high resolution, apply sensible colour correction and dust mitigation, organise your files, and return them via USB or secure cloud download—with your originals safely returned.
Why choose Mr Scan Ltd?
- Quality you can see: Industry-standard scanners and workflows for accurate colour and detail.
- Order from chaos: Clean folder structures, consistent file naming and helpful metadata.
- Flexible delivery: USB stick, external drive, or secure cloud—whatever suits you.
- Save time: Skip the DIY slog and get a ready-to-use digital archive.
- Preservation-first approach: Your originals are treated with care and returned as requested.
What we can digitise
- Photo prints (loose or albums)
- 35mm negatives, medium/large format negatives
- 35mm slides and other transparencies
- Plus: vintage media (VHS/Hi-8/cinefilm) via our broader services
How it works
- Get a quote: Tell us what you have—prints, slides, negatives—and approximate quantities.
- Send or drop off: Securely post to our Farnham studio or arrange a drop-off.
- We scan & organise: High-resolution digitising, gentle cleaning, sensible
