Have you just discovered your father's old slides in the attic? Then don't hesitate and have them digitized now.
Digitizing protects your slides from ageing and loss. Analog media, such as slides, age and lose quality. Colors fade and the brilliance decreases significantly.
In addition, digitized slide photos can be easily reproduced and shared with friends and relatives.
Have slides, negatives, photos and more digitized!
Whether for the archive or the family tree, we at Foto Koch digitize your treasures from the past! Highest resolution quality for saving down to the smallest detail. With our digitization service you save a lot of time, because the digitization of slides, old photos or negatives not only takes time, but also costs a lot of money, depending on what you want to digitize, you need expensive equipment.
We take care of all that for you! So you don't have to worry about the treasures of days gone by.
Save your pictures / slides from decay today!
Slides, negatives, videos, cine film etc. lose their first details after just 20 years, resulting in the decay of your memories / snapshots.
The consequences of not digitizing your slides + negatives
- Framed slides accumulate dirt and become dull over time
- The films, negatives and co. can develop a color cast
- Under poor storage conditions, films, slides + co. can also develop mold or be irretrievably destroyed
- Over time, the images lose color and fade
New life for old treasures
Slides and negatives not only take up a lot of space, they are also not particularly practical. Let us show you why it makes sense to digitize your photos + snapshots:
- Create backup copies, as much as your heart desires!
- Take your slides anywhere + spread them around the world, share the memories with your family, wherever you are!
- Image editing is possible!
- Have photos reprinted and give great photo gifts as presents
- A new look for your masterpieces: Printed on Alu-Dibond or canvas?
- Easier ++ faster sorting by: Year, place, people, etc.
- Gain storage space / space
Your advantages of the digitization service at Foto Koch
- Digitization with up to 5100 dpi
- Multiple scans for a higher dynamic range of each image
- Multi-stage image optimization
- TÜV Rheinland certified products
- transparent costs
What resolutions are possible for the scans?
Premium quality:
4,500 ppi/dpi corresponds to 4020 x 6036 pixels per image
Professional quality:
5,100 ppi/dpi corresponds to 4912 x 7360 pixels per image
Resolution qualities in comparison
Premium quality is a more comprehensive service package and also has a higher resolution of 4500ppi/dpi. This service package includes the following services:
- Multiple scans
- Edge trimming
- multi-stage image optimization
The professional quality has the highest resolution of all packages with 5100ppi/dpi, including a comprehensive range of services.
How can the slides be delivered?
With slide magazines / slide trays, you can deliver in the typical magazine types, e.g:
- Unviersal magazines
- CS or
- LKM magazines
Which slide formats do we support?
35mm slides
We support the following dimensions for standard 35mm slides:
- 24x36mm
- with 5x5cm plastic or cardboard frame
Special slide formats
- Minox format 8x11mm
- Instamatic 28x28mm
- Pocket 13x17mm
- Half format 24x24mm
- Half format 40x40mm
Slide medium formats
- 6x4,5cm framed
- 6x6cm framed
Large format slides
The large format slide category includes all slide formats from 6x7cm to A4. The large format slides are either unframed or in glued glass frames.
Which slide magazines are not supported
The following magazine types are not supported and must be sorted manually, which results in a sorting surcharge:
- BRAUN Paximat
- KODAK round magazines
- Leica round magazines
- Bulk magazines
- Slide archive boxes
- Slides without magazine / loose slides
- and much more.
How long does order processing take?
As you are used to from us, we process orders in the shortest possible time. Digitization is completed within 7 - 14 working days.
