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Your old film and photos can go through a lot. Whether they are extremely discolored, torn or ripped by a child, involved in a flood or accident, we want to fix it!
The world's very first photograph! We wouldn't have a business if the photography industry never progressed. It's amazing how far we come, and how advanced we continue to get.
-You stick a tape into a VHS player to watch, and the film gets stuck inside, or better yet- you don't have a way to watch your VHS tapes since the technology has moved on to better devices.
-You are still trying watch movie film through a projector
-Your way of remembering that one vacation to that one place is viewing slides in a plastic sheet
-You are still walking around with a “Walkman” in order to listen to your old audio tapes
-Your child/grandchild’s favorite activity is looking through old scrapbooks and photos albums so they can rip all the pictures out, or draw whiskers and mustaches on the subjects.
-You try to take a picture of old photos with your digital camera or phone to upload it to your favorite social website.
Choosing a company to preserve your memories can be tough! To make sure you get the best bang for your buck, make sure you research each of your prospective companies in the following areas:
Resolution is one of the biggest factors determining the quality of your digital images. Resolution means how much "information" or dots/pixels are in your digital image. The more dots/pixels, the sharper your image will be and the higher quality digital image you will get. In an attempt to keep their rates low some companies outsource all their scanning work outside the USA. They try and hide this fact by having you send your slides to a facility in the states, such as California, Texas or Arizona. Once your film and video has arrived in their state side location, they package it up again, and it is shipped out of the country on a barge ship. In a recent article it was estimated that 10,000 cargo containers are lost at sea each year. Read Full Article
Instead of painstakingly trying to merge, organize, and sort all of your photo memories, pick a company who will upload your scanned images to a website where you can do all the organization and custom naming you want!
Equipment should be a big factor in your decision. Choose a company who respects your precious belongings enough to scan it with equipment that will do the job the way you want!
Do you know whether you want a JPEG vs TIFF digital file?
