Strips of film in an envelope you have never really looked at. The negative is the original — scanning it gets you the picture, not a copy of a print.
How many negatives each kit covers
Negatives 35mm and smaller are counted in groups of 25, so one item is 25 negatives.
| 2 Item Kit | up to 50 negatives |
|---|---|
| 10 Item Kit | up to 250 negatives |
| 20 Item Kit | up to 500 negatives |
| 40 Item Kit | up to 1,000 negatives |
You do not need an exact count. Send what you have — we count everything on arrival and adjust the bill. Larger negatives — 120, 126 and glass — are counted 15 to an item. Nothing here is a limit on what will fit in the box: send more than your kit covers and the extra items are simply added to your invoice.
How it works
1 · Order your kit
Your Digitize Kit arrives as a crush-proof, water-resistant box with a Welcome Guide, a Customer Card and a free prepaid return label. Fill it with your negatives, sleeves and envelopes included.
2 · We digitize it
We scan every frame on specialty equipment, correcting the orange base so what comes back is a positive image you can actually look at, and keep any grouping you label.
3 · Enjoy it anywhere
Stream, share and download from the Cloud, or take a USB drive or a disc set. Every original negative comes back to you.
Why digitize your negatives now
Pick the kit that fits your envelopes
Every 25 negatives counts as one item. Mix in photos, slides, tapes, reels and discs if you like — one tape, reel or disc is one item.
Common questions
For 35mm and anything smaller, including APS, every 25 negatives is one item — so a 2 Item Kit covers up to 50 and a 40 Item Kit covers up to 1,000. Larger negatives such as 120, 126 and glass are counted 15 to an item. You do not need an exact number; we count them when they arrive and adjust your bill.
We take APS, 120, 126 and glass negatives, and disc negatives too. Disc negatives are a specialty item and are billed at $24.95 each. The one format we cannot digitize is 3D film. If you are not sure what you have, ask us before you send it.
Yes, we can digitize undeveloped 35mm film canisters. These are a specialty item and are billed at $24.95 per canister.
No. Leave your negatives in their strips and sleeves — that is how they are safest in the post, and it is no harder for us to scan them that way.
Negatives are scanned on specialty equipment at roughly 3000 x 5000 pixels, which is enough to crop in and print from. A specific DPI is available on request.
Often, yes. Eclipse AI Enhancement restores color, corrects fading and recovers detail, which matters more on negatives than almost anything else. You get the untouched scan as well as the enhanced one.
Yes. Group your negatives before you send them and label the groups, and the digital files come back in the same groups with the same labels.
Two to six weeks for standard processing, depending on the size of your order. Processing upgrades are available on the Customer Card in your kit.
We have digitized over a million memories and never lost or damaged one, including in shipping. Your kit is crush-proof and water-resistant, tracked in both directions, and we email you at each stage.
1,000,000+
Memories digitized
100%
Digitized in the USA
Start with one envelope.
Fill the kit, send it back with the free label, and see what was on them.
