Photo Scanning Service to Preserve & Share
There are so many environmental reasons why photos don’t age well. On top of that, as the prints slowly fade away, so will your family’s memories unless you digitalise and share them.
Our Photo Scanning team will carefully and loving convert your old photos to digital. It’s an easy service to order. We make it simple to future-proof your legacy.
We also Convert Negatives, Convert Slides to Digital and Scan Photo Albums to Digital.
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Freephone 0800 690 6160
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About Our Service - The Supaphoto© Way
Thousands of Families Have Trusted Supaphoto
Our customers span from private individuals to institutions and TV production companies
How our Photo Scanning Service Works
Our photo scanning service is the best thing you could ever do for your family in three simple steps.
1. Package Up Your Memories
Simply pack your beloved memories and send the photos to digitise to us. Use either our courier collection and return service or send it to us directly. Ask for your step-by-step welcome pack now.
2. Lovingly Converted
We love what we do. Our specialists will digitise your old photos to digital. We’ve preserved millions of memories over 20 years. And don’t worry, you’ll get regular updates along the way.
3. Share & Enjoy With Your Family
This is where the magic begins, We’ll return your original media. Once the digitised photos are ready, you’ll be able to relax and let those memories flood in.
From start to finish, we track your video tapes carefully so you always know their status and when they’ll be ready for return.
What's Included?
You’ll receive everything needed to safeguard your memories.
Yes, where collection is applicable, we’ll organise for an easy to understand pre-paid address label to be sent to you. Could not be more simple. There’s also a section in there for you to add notes.
We know how precious your memories are. It can feel like a big decision. The Supaphoto Welcome Guide explains the process in step by step simple terms. It will also include useful contact details for peace of mind.
We loe what we do. Our dedcated team will digitise every item by hand. We’ve saved millions of memories over 20 years. And don’t worry, you’ll get regular updates along the way.
This is where the magic begins. We’ll return all of your original media. Once preserved, you can access your files via our easy cloud download service, on a memory stick or a lovely DVD. Finally, just relax and let those memories flood in!.
How to Choose the Right Digital Conversion for your Photos
Choose what you get back. Sit back and soak it in!
Convert Photos to Digital
Convert Photos to USB
Convert Photos to DVD
Your old photos turned into digital images, accessed and stored safely online . Download your digitised photos from our cloud – instantly from anywhere.
Converted photos copied on a new USB memory stick. Plug in to your computer (or a device with a USB port) to easily view, save and send your digitised photos.
Your original photos scanned and copied to a DVD. You’ll be able to enjoy them on a DVD player, computer, laptop with DVD drive.
What you’ll Get: Digitised conversions as digital image files.
What to Order: Just order a cloud download option to access your digital image files.
Ideal For: Sharing with family and friends.
What you’ll get: Your photos on either a standard SSD or USB drive.
What to Order: One USB stick is normally enough for your digitised photos or upgrade to a safer SSD version.
Ideal For: Watching on a computer, most TVs (with USB slots) or making a digital photo album.
What you‘ll get: Your photos on a DVD.
What to order: Just choose the DVD option to get your digitised photos on a DVD set.
Ideal for: Watching your digital images on a TV as a slideshow.
How to Choose the Right Digital Conversion for your Photos
Choose what you get back. Sit back and soak it in!
Convert Photos to Digital
Your old photos turned into digital images, accessed and stored safely online. Download your digitised photos from our cloud – instantly from anywhere.
What you’ll Get: Digitised conversions as digital image files.
What to Order: Just order a cloud download option to access your digital image files.
Ideal For: Sharing with family and friends.
Convert Photos to USB
Converted photos copied on a new USB memory stick. Plug in to your computer (or a device with a USB port) to easily view, save and send your digitised photos.
What you’ll get: Your photos on either a standard SSD or USB drive.
What to Order: One USB stick is normally enough for your digitised photos or upgrade to a safer SSD version.
Ideal For: Watching on a computer, most TVs (with USB slots) or making a digital photo album.
Convert Photos to DVD
Your original photos scanned and copied to a DVD. You’ll be able to enjoy them on a DVD player, computer, laptop with DVD drive.
What you‘ll get: Your photos on a DVD.
What to order: Just choose the DVD option to get your digitised photos on a DVD set.
Ideal for: Watching your digital images on a TV as a slideshow.
The UKs No1 Photo to Digital Converter
The video alongside this section gives you a clear overview of how our photo scanning service works, with real examples of the quality you can expect from professionally digitised photographs, negatives and slides. You’ll see how cherished family collections are transformed into modern digital files that are simple to view, organise, share and protect for the future. Whether you’re preserving a handful of treasured photographs or thousands of images spanning generations, our experienced team follows a careful process designed to maximise quality while handling every original with care. For additional advice on preparing large collections, our guide to scanning large photo collections efficiently offers practical tips before you send your memories.
Every order is completed in our fully equipped professional studio using pro-grade digitalisation equipment selected to achieve the highest possible quality. Our knowledgeable technicians produce faithful reproductions that preserve the character of your original photographs while, where appropriate, improving faded or ageing images through careful colour correction and expert adjustments. We carefully dust photographs before scanning, provide free image cropping, and use high studio-grade scan resolutions suitable for digital viewing, long-term archiving and high-quality reprinting. Particularly valuable or damaged originals may also benefit from our professional photo restoration service before or after scanning to help revive faded, creased or marked images.
See also our Prices and FAQs further below.
What you can Expect From Us & Our Advantages
Choosing Supaphoto means your photographs are handled with the same care and attention we would give our own family collections. Every batch remains together throughout the scanning process, with photographs kept in their original order wherever possible to preserve the story behind your memories. Our experienced technicians hand digitise every order here in the UK, carrying out multi-point quality assurance checks before your files are returned. If you’re also preserving negatives or transparencies, our professional negative photo scanning service provides the same careful approach for additional film formats.
We’ve designed the process to be as straightforward as possible, with friendly, old-fashioned customer service from real people whenever you need assistance. You’ll receive updates and order tracking for reassurance, enjoy a fast turnaround, and always have your original photographs safely returned once scanning is complete. There are no hidden annual cloud subscription charges, no fees for blank or unscannable images, and optional cloud hosting is available if you would like convenient online access to your collection. USBs can also be supplied preloaded and ready to use, making it simple to enjoy your images immediately on compatible devices and digital photo frames.
With more than 20 years of trusted experience and over 600 genuine five-star customer reviews, Supaphoto has earned the confidence of families, museums, institutions and television production companies, including projects associated with the BBC Repair Shop. Our commitment to careful preservation extends beyond scanning alone, and our guide to protecting treasured photo albums for future generations offers practical advice for looking after your originals once they’ve been digitised. You can also browse our Photo Preservation Learning Zone for expert guidance on storing, backing up and organising your growing digital collection. Together, these services help ensure your photographs remain safe, accessible and ready to be enjoyed for many years to come.
We are really proud to be an ongoing technical partner to the TV Production Company behind for the BBC’s Repair Shop and have worked on multiple programmes.
See more examples of references below.
Output & Viewing
Digital file download via Cloud, USB or DVD. Watch on TV, PC, tablet or mobile
Colour Corrections
Expert colour correction plus advanced service options for more discerning customers
AI Photo Enhancement
Optional AI enhancement and restoration delivers cleaner images whilst remaining faithful
Free Services
Free cropping of images, rotating to correct aspect and pre-scan dusting
Security of Handling
We take security of handling very seriously at Supaphoto with step by step tracking
Museum Grade Photo Scanners & Software
We use professional-grade scanning equipment and museum certified software for colour faithful, accurate digital conversions.
See for Yourself - 35mm Slides to Digital Example
We take technical quality seriously at Supaphoto. We uniquely possess our own designed for us / made for us purpose made deep scanner which already delivers fabulous results as you can see from the photographic example below. Now with our REVIVAL AI process and treatment, the quality is even better! We can now optionally use the latest AI to further enhance and restore your images. The technology can sharpen film while recovering accurate detail, remove excess harsh noise while recovering true authentic detail in your film, soften the look of dust and scratches and much more besides – all the time being faithful to your original image.
For more information, watch our photo to digital service and examples video
Before
Pre Treatment
After
Post Treatment
Don’t Just Take our Word For it...
Photo for illustration purposes only.
Sir Richard Attenborough – Just One of Our Proudest Moments
We were so proud to be chosen by the University of Sussex to preserve some of film director Sir Richard Attenborough’s photographs.
Over the years, we’ve also scanned thousands of photo from prestigious photo albums going back to the 1900’s for British politicians to thousands of everyday family photo collections for families throughout the UK.
We were chosen to undertake cine film conversion work for the TV Production Company behind the BBC’s Repair Shop!
Other projects include digitalising Sir Richard Attenborough’s personal collection of images, converting early footage of Virgin Airways promotional films and digitalisation work relating to Windsor Castle, The Mary Rose and the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Prices for Our Old Photo Digitisation Service
At Supaphoto we take pleasure in growing our business slowly through referrals – see prices below and our Service FAQs further down.
Scanning Prices for Prints:
Typical 6″ x 4″ Prints: From .39p each
Typical 7″ x 5″ Prints: From .49p each
Over 7″ x 5″ Prints: From 59p each
Take me to the Print Scanning Page
Scanning Prices for 35mm Mounted Slides:
1-100 Slides – £0.89 each
101-200 Slides – £0.79 each
201-400 Slides – £0.69 each
401-700 Slides – £0.59 each
701-1000 Slides – £0.49 each
1000 Plus Slides? – Call Us!
Take me to the 35mm Slide Scanning Page
Looking to print photos as well?
For more info see FAQS below.
Free Service Features:
– Free Batch colour correction / Red eye correction
– Free rotating and image orientation
– Free placement in a logical order within a digital folder
– Free cropping
– JPEGs – Ideal for viewing & Sharing on TV’s, PCs, Laptops, Tablets, Macs, IPads, iPhones, Androids and Mobile Phones
What Do I Want Back? – Choose from one of the following options:
i) JEPG Digital files as a download from Supaphoto Cloud for easy viewing & sharing with family: £19.99
ii) Configured as JPEG Digital files on a Master USB Stick: £19.99
iii) Configured as JPEG Digital Files on a CD in nice presentation case: £19.99
Optional Extras:
– Studio Grade, Larger TIFF Digital Files – Add just .20p per scan
– Back-up Version of Master USB Memory Stick or CD: £19.99
– Extra copy of USB or CD: £14.99
Free Doorstep Collection & Safe Return & Signed-For Delivery
We’re easy to deal with at Supaphoto. Contact Us Now to receive your free welcome pack. We’ll liaise with you to collect your package free of charge. We safely return items with signed-for delivery for extra peace of mind too.
Want to Order? – How Can I contact You?
Simple! Just Call us on freephone 0800 690 6160 or drop us a line.
Like to learn more about our service?
For more info see FAQS section below.
All Prices are Inclusive of VAT
FAQs
We’ve made life easy for you by compiling the the most commonly asked questions that we’ve been asked over the years in one place!
What other free other scanning services do you offer as standard?
– Colour correction
– Free rotating and image orientation
– Organisation into logical folders to suit clients needs
– Free cropping
– Free ‘red eye’ corrections
How can I view my photos?
Could not be easier! Either watch on PC, Laptop, MAC or Phone and as a slideshow or as images in folders. Or plug and play with USB on your TV.
No upfront payment? – when do I pay?
We never charge upfront unlike other companies. Why? Because there’s always a small chance that you may have images not worth scanning.
Is it easy to share with my family?
It’s so easy. Just forward the link we send you or share your USB memory stick.
Which media output is best?
Digital images are easy to view and share on PCs, laptops, ipads and phones. A USB can simply be plugged into a TV nowadays!. Perhaps have with your own DIY family archiving project? Or opt for a back-up set on a USB or CD for safety.
How long does it take?
Typically 5-10 working days or less but longer with bulk orders.
Do you send the originals back?
Yes indeed – It’s important that you always keep your originals somewhere safe.
Free Doorstep Collection & Safe Return & Signed-For Delivery
We’re easy to deal with at Supaphoto. Contact Us Now to receive your free welcome pack. We’ll liaise with you to collect your package free of charge. We safely return items with signed-for delivery for extra peace of mind too.
What’s your quality like?
We always work with high quality resolution scans for your peace of mind.
Do you clean them beforehand?
One by one, every image is automatically air dusted prior to image capture.
Do you collect / Can we visit your studio?
Yes we collect throughout the whole of the UK! Alternatively, you may visit us too so that we can go through the variables together. Just call or email us in advance to make an appointment at a suitable time please.
Do you offer an advanced service?
Yes. We offer a museum quality service for more discerning customers and organisations. It delivers quality – higher resolution images with extra treatment such as tint corrections to further enhance them to our ‘Museum Standard’
I don’t want to pay if images are so dark that they are not worth scanning..!
Don’t worry. We will NOT scan any images that are so dark that they would not result in a good discernible image.
I have notes on the back of images. Can I have a scan of that side too?
Yes we can economically scan the reverse of prints too if done at same time.
Can I view and save them on a Free Online Gallery?
Yes indeed and you can share them with your family thereafter.
Where can I read reviews about your service?
We always treat your photos as if they were our own. Read our reviews for yourself
Why should I do it?
All photos slowly fade over time. The sooner you do it – the better.
Do I have to count them before sending?
No need! We’ll tell you the number of scans on completion or if you have the time or inclination, please count them before sending as we don’t do this.
Can you organise them?
Each batch will typically be placed in logical folders. For your peace of mind, we normally precede file numbers with the initials of our clients.
What’s your security like?
Rest assured that we take security of handling very seriously and have an insurance policy to match.
I have a lot of images – Can I get a bulk discount?
Contact us to see how we can help.
I still have questions!
Call us for some friendly help on freephone 0800 690 6160 or drop us a line.
What delivery service would you suggest using when I want to post my own material to you?
We would always advise sending by Royal Mail Special Delivery which is by far the safest delivery option in the whole of the UK!
Bulk Discount?
Got a large order? We’ll always do our best to help you. Just give us a call and we’ll see what we can do.!
More Help & Guidance
Benefits of Choosing a Professional Photo Digitisation Service
Converting negatives and 35mm slides to digital files is a great way to protect important memories from ageing, deterioration or becoming difficult to view. By choosing a professional service, you benefit from specialist equipment, experienced technicians and a careful process designed to achieve the best possible results from your original film.
At Supaphoto, we carefully handle every collection, whether you are converting a small number of treasured images or a large family archive. Our professional approach helps preserve the detail, colour and character of your photographs, creating easy-to-use digital files that can be shared with family, stored securely and enjoyed on modern devices.
We can digitise a wide range of photographic formats, including 35mm negatives, slides and other film types, helping you bring older memories back into everyday life. If you also have printed photographs requiring preservation, our professional photo scanning service provides a dedicated solution for converting physical prints into high-quality digital images.
Digital conversion also makes it easier to create backups, organise collections and reduce the risk of losing irreplaceable family moments. For more advice about preserving older photographic collections, our guide on digitising old photos and films explores the importance of protecting these valuable memories before they deteriorate further.
How to Place an Order
Sending your negatives and slides for digital conversion is designed to be simple and straightforward. You can select the service that best matches your collection, prepare your original film carefully, and send your items to our UK studio for professional processing.
Once received, our experienced technicians assess your collection and begin the scanning process using specialist digitalisation equipment. We carefully maintain the order of your negatives and slides wherever possible, helping ensure that your finished digital files remain organised and easy to understand.
If you have a mixture of different photographic formats, we can help you choose the most suitable option. Our range includes services for specific collections such as converting slides to digital formats and other specialist film types.
Throughout the process, your originals are handled with care and returned once the work is complete. Our team is available to answer questions and provide support, giving you reassurance that your memories are being looked after by specialists.
A Simple Process From Start to Finish
Many people delay converting negatives and slides because they expect the process to be complicated. Professional digitisation removes much of the hassle by taking care of the technical work for you.
After your collection arrives, our technicians carefully prepare each item before scanning. Dust and surface marks are removed where possible to help achieve cleaner results, while expert adjustments such as colour correction can help improve the appearance of older film.
Our high-quality scanning process creates digital files suitable for viewing, sharing, archiving and future printing. If there is an issue with an image, we can review the results and use alternative equipment or settings where appropriate to maximise the quality of the final files.
You can also explore our wider range of photo and album scanning guidance for information about preparing different types of photographic collections.
The aim is simple: to transform your precious negatives and slides into accessible digital memories without the technical challenges of doing it yourself.
More Questions About this Format
A: At Supaphoto, we scan photos using professional-grade equipment that captures every nuance of colour and texture. Each image is handled carefully, cleaned of dust, and digitised at high resolution to ensure excellent clarity. After scanning, we optimise each image for tone and sharpness, then save your photos in your preferred digital format — ready for printing, sharing, or archiving.
A: Yes, you can scan multiple photos at once using a flatbed scanner, provided they don’t overlap. Once scanned, you’ll need to crop and separate the individual images manually using photo editing software. At Supaphoto, we handle this entire process for you — scanning, cropping, and naming each image individually so your files are perfectly organised and ready to use.
A: Old photos require gentle handling and a careful approach. Many older prints have faded or become fragile over time, so we use specialised flatbed scanners that prevent damage while producing clear, high-quality scans. Our technicians also enhance colour and contrast to restore the photo’s natural appearance. Simply send your photos to Supaphoto, and we’ll safely scan and digitise them for you.
A: If you already have a digital photo, you don’t need to scan it again — you can send it directly to us for restoration, printing, or enhancement. However, if your “digital photo” refers to a print from a digital source, we can rescan it at a higher resolution to preserve maximum detail. Supaphoto ensures your images retain their sharpness and original colour quality, even when re-digitised.
A: Absolutely. When we scan your photos, we save them as digital files compatible with all major computer systems. You can choose to receive your images via USB stick, downloadable link, or CD — whichever suits you best. Once digitised, your photos can be stored, printed, or shared with family and friends at any time.
A: Yes — that’s exactly what our photo scanning service does. We transform your physical prints into high-quality digital files that can be viewed, edited, and shared on any device. Once scanned, your images are preserved forever in a digital format, eliminating the risk of fading, tearing, or loss that comes with traditional photo storage.
A: You can get your photos scanned and printed professionally with Supaphoto. Simply send us your original photos by post or upload your digital files online. We’ll scan your images at high resolution, enhance them for accuracy and colour, and then print them on premium photo paper. You’ll receive both your digital copies and high-quality physical prints — ready to share or frame.
A: Yes, that’s our speciality. Whether your photos are recent or decades old, Supaphoto can scan them into crisp digital copies. We take great care in handling your prints, ensuring they remain in perfect condition while we capture every detail and colour. Your digital files can then be used for editing, printing, or online storage.
A: To scan a printed photo at home, place it face-down on a flatbed scanner and select a high-resolution setting (ideally 600 dpi or higher). Save your scan as a JPEG or TIFF for best quality. If you’d rather not risk damaging your prints or want better results, Supaphoto offers professional photo scanning with enhanced clarity and colour correction — perfect for preserving your prints digitally.
A: Our standard scanning resolution is 600 dpi, ideal for most photo sizes. For enlargements or archival purposes, we also offer scans up to 1,200 dpi. Higher resolutions ensure your images retain detail and sharpness even when printed larger or zoomed in on-screen.
A: Our photo scanning prices start from just 10p per photo, depending on the quantity and resolution you choose. We also offer bulk discounts for large collections. Supaphoto’s best price guarantee ensures you get professional-quality scans at an affordable rate.
