Category Archives: The Blog World of Scanning Film to Digital

Most families have them: those old VHS tapes in a shoe box under the stairs. Camcorder tapes in a drawer that hasn’t been opened for years. MiniDV cassettes labelled in biro with dates that feel like another lifetime. They store footage of birthdays, weddings, first steps, holidays and people who have long passed away. The […]

Turning old photos to digital is one of the best ways to protect your family memories. However, you might not be sure how to prepare your prints, negatives or albums before sending them to a professional scanning studio. Preparing well helps keep your collection safe and also makes the digitising process smoother, especially when you […]

At Christmas, there’s one present that never fails to make an impact: nostalgia. And few things spark more powerful memories than old family films. Imagine sitting down this Christmas to watch old films from your family’s past, only on a modern screen.  If you’ve got a box of Super 8 reels gathering dust in the […]

Do your old photos always come out at Christmas?  Nowadays, it’s one of the few times when we tend to gather around such albums and remember the moments that shaped us. But as the years go by, those precious photos, whether tucked away in boxes or albums, are at serious risk of being lost forever. […]

Nowadays, most of our memories live in the cloud, on hard drives or smartphones. But many of us also still have special moments trapped in old shoeboxes full of 35mm negatives. These are often a treasure trove from history, but are rarely looked at.  Whether they’re of your grandparents’ wedding or childhood holidays, these film […]