Scan 220 Film to Preseve & Share Memories
Lucky enough to have Medium Format Memories with old 220 Film? Back in the day, it was the choice of the seriuous amateur. It’s a lovely format but it doesnt last well. Don’t let your history fade away!
Our studio loves to scan and digitise old 220 film. We take care in what we do. Once scanned, you’ll easily be able to share with your family and safeguard them forever.
We can also Convert Slides to Digital, 35mm Negatives to Digital, Digitise Photos and offer a full photo scanning service, you have those formats as well.
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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 Service to Scan 220 Film Works
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 220 film 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 dedicated team will digitise your old 220 film to digital. We’ve saved 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 220 film 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 220 Film
Choose what you get back. Sit back and soak it in!
Digitise 220 Film
220 Film to USB
Convert 220 Film to DVD
Your old 220 film turned into digital images, accessed and stored safely online. Download your digitised photos from our cloud – instantly from anywhere.
Converted 220 film copied onto a new USB memory stick. Plug into 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, or laptop with a DVD drive.
What you’ll Get: Digitised conversions as computer 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 USB or SSD drive.
What to Order: One USB stick is normally enough, or upgrade to a safer SSD version.
Ideal For: Watching on a computer or most TVs (with USB slots).
What you‘ll get: Your photos on DVD(s).
What to order: Just choose the DVD option to get your digitised photos.
Ideal for: Watching your digital images on a TV as a slideshow.
How to Choose the Right Digital Conversion for your 220 Film
Choose what you get back. Sit back and soak it in!
Digitise 220 Film
Your old 220 film 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 computer files.
What to order: Just order a cloud download option to access your digital image files.
Ideal for: Sharing with family and friends.
220 Film to USB
Converted 220 film copied onto a new USB memory stick. Plug into 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 USB or SSD drive.
What to Order: One USB stick is normally enough, or upgrade to a safer SSD version.
Ideal For: Watching on a computer or most TVs (with USB slots) as a slideshow.
Convert 220 Film to DVD
Your original 220 film scanned and copied to a DVD. You’ll be able to enjoy them on a DVD player, computer, or laptop with DVD drive.
What you’ll get: Your photos on DVD(s).
What to Order: Just choose the dvd option to get your digitised photos.
Ideal For: Watching your digital images on a TV as a slideshow.
No1 220 Film to Digital Converter in the UK
Watch the service video to the left to see how our professional 220 film scanning process works and view examples of the quality you can expect from completed transfers. It explains how our experienced technicians carefully handle every item, from inspection and preparation through to high-resolution scanning and delivery in modern digital formats. Whether you want to safeguard treasured family photographs or create digital copies that are easy to share with future generations, you’ll see why so many customers trust Supaphoto with their irreplaceable memories.
Our knowledgeable team uses a fully equipped professional studio and pro-grade digitalisation equipment to produce faithful reproductions of your original 220 film. Every scan is created with the aim of preserving as much detail, tone and colour as possible, while expert colour correction helps achieve natural-looking results where appropriate. Before scanning, we carefully remove dust from each image to help maintain quality, and every photograph is cropped at no extra cost for a clean, finished appearance.
See also our Prices and FAQs further below.
What you can Expect From Us & Our Advantages
Choosing a trusted company to scan your 220 film is about more than the equipment used—it is about knowing your originals will be handled with care from start to finish. At Supaphoto, every order is managed by experienced technicians in our UK studio, where your film remains organised in clearly maintained batches and in the same sequence throughout the entire digitalisation process. Once completed, all of your original film is safely returned, giving you complete peace of mind.
We’ve designed our service to be straightforward and hassle-free. From placing your order to receiving your completed scans, you’ll benefit from friendly, knowledgeable customer support from real people who are happy to answer questions whenever you need assistance. Throughout the process, you’ll receive order updates and tracking information, while our multi-point quality assurance checks help ensure every project meets our high standards before it leaves the studio. If you also have other photographic formats to preserve, our professional negative scanning and film conversion service offers the same careful approach across a wide range of negatives.
To provide the best possible value, we never charge for blank frames or items that cannot be successfully transferred. Your finished scans can be supplied on preloaded USB drives, with compatible digital photo frames also available, and optional cloud hosting offers another convenient way to access and share your images without ongoing compulsory subscription fees. Whether you’re preserving a few treasured rolls or an extensive family archive, our service is designed to fit around your needs.
With more than 20 years of trusted experience, over 600 genuine 5-star customer reviews and the confidence of museums, television production companies and organisations including the BBC Repair Shop, Supaphoto has earned a reputation for reliable, professional media preservation. For ideas on organising larger collections, our guide to bulk photo scanning projects provides practical advice, while our article on the best ways to back up and store digital photos explains how to keep your memories protected for years to come. You can also browse our extensive Photo Preservation advice hub for additional tips on caring for your photographic collection.
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.
Medium Format Film Scanning Prices
At Supaphoto we’ve taken pleasure in growing our business slowly through referrals – see prices below and our Service FAQs further down.
Scanning Prices for Medium Format Scanning of Negatives and Positive Film:
Prices Start from £8 per frame
Prices also include Free Download from Supaphoto Cloud for easy viewing & sharing with family.
Key Service Features:
– Colour correction
– Free rotating and image orientation
– Organisation into logical folders to suit clients needs
– Free cropping
– Free ‘red eye’ corrections
Like to learn more about our service?
For more info see FAQS section below.
What Do I Want Back? – Choose from one of the following options:
i) JEPG or TIF Digital files sent as a Free Download from Supaphoto Cloud for easy viewing & sharing with family
ii) JPEG or TIF Digital files on a Master USB Stick
iii) Conversion to a CD in a nice presentation case
Optional Extras:
– Back-up Version on Master USB Memory Stick: £19.99
– Back-up Version of CD in Presentation Case: £19.99
– Extra copy of CD in Presentation Case: £9.99
Free Doorstep Collection & Return Delivery
We’re easy to deal with at Supaphoto. Contact Us Now to receive your free welcome pack and address label.
We’ll then liaise with you to get your package collected free of charge. Our prices also includes free return delivery.
Want to Order? – How Can I contact You?
Simple! Just Call us on freephone 0800 690 6160 or drop us a line.
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.
Do you send the originals back?
Yes indeed – It’s important that you always keep your originals somewhere safe.
Does the price include Free Collection and return?
Yes indeed and fully tracked all the way.
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 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 tapes 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?
No need! We’ll tell you the exact number at the end.
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. See also our buy now, pay later option.
I still have questions!
Call us for some friendly help on freephone 0800 690 6160 or drop us a line.
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 Professional 220 Film Scanning
220 film often contains photographs that cannot easily be recreated, making professional digital preservation a sensible long-term investment. Unlike basic consumer scanners, dedicated scanning equipment is designed to capture the fine detail, tonal range and sharpness found in medium format negatives. By converting your film into high-resolution digital files, you can safely archive your collection, create additional backups, share photographs with family and produce quality prints without repeatedly handling the original negatives.
Professional scanning also saves considerable time, particularly if you have multiple rolls to preserve. Your film is handled carefully throughout the process, helping minimise unnecessary wear while producing consistent results across an entire collection. If your archive includes other photographic formats, you can preserve everything together through our professional negative scanning service or combine film with our photo scanning service for printed photographs, making it easier to organise an entire family archive in one place.
How to Place an Order
Ordering your 220 film conversion is designed to be straightforward from beginning to end. Simply prepare your negatives, package them securely and send them to our UK studio. Once your order arrives, our technicians inspect the contents, organise the batches and begin the digitalisation process using professional scanning equipment.
Throughout your order you’ll receive updates, allowing you to follow its progress with confidence. Once scanning and quality checks have been completed, your finished files can be supplied on USB, by digital download or in another suitable format, depending on your requirements. Your original film is then carefully packed and returned alongside your completed order.
If your collection also contains 120, 110, APS or slide film, these can often be digitised at the same time, helping preserve your entire photographic collection through one convenient service.
Ease of the Process
Many customers assume digitising medium format film will involve complicated software or specialist knowledge, but the process is intentionally simple. After receiving your negatives, our experienced technicians carry out the scanning, quality checking and file preparation on your behalf, so there is very little for you to do.
Once completed, your digital photographs can be viewed on computers, tablets, televisions and smartphones without needing specialist equipment. They are also much easier to duplicate for family members and can be incorporated into digital albums or secure backups. If you’re planning a larger preservation project, our guide to organising photo and album scanning projects provides useful ideas for preparing collections efficiently before sending them for digitisation.
Digital Download or USB – Which Option Suits You?
Both delivery options provide the same scanned image quality, so the best choice depends on how you intend to use your photographs.
A digital download is ideal if you would like immediate online access once your order is complete. It allows you to save copies onto several devices or upload them to your preferred backup system straight away.
A USB drive remains a popular choice because it provides a convenient physical backup that is ready to use as soon as it arrives. Many customers appreciate having a dedicated copy that can be stored separately from their computer for additional peace of mind.
For the greatest protection, many families choose both options, ensuring they have an easily accessible digital copy alongside a physical archive.
Pricing Guidance
The cost of scanning 220 film depends on factors such as the number of negatives being converted, the scan resolution selected and the preferred delivery format. Choosing professional scanning often represents better long-term value because it helps avoid the expense and frustration of attempting large projects with consumer equipment that may not deliver consistent results.
Higher-resolution scans provide greater flexibility for future printing, editing and archiving, making them worthwhile if you intend to enlarge photographs later. Because digital files can be copied repeatedly without affecting the originals, the investment continues to provide value for years after the scanning has been completed.
If you’re digitising a mixed archive containing negatives, prints and slides together, combining services can often simplify your preservation project into one organised collection.
Understanding 220 Film
| Feature | 220 Film |
|---|---|
| Film type | Medium format roll film |
| Image quality | High detail with excellent tonal range |
| Typical use | Portraits, landscapes, weddings and professional photography |
| Physical size | Same width as 120 film with a longer film length |
| Number of exposures | Approximately twice that of comparable 120 film (depending on camera format) |
| Best preservation method | High-resolution professional digital scanning |
| Suitable outputs | JPEG, TIFF and higher-resolution digital files |
| Long-term benefit | Easier sharing, secure backups, digital archiving and future printing |
Photo Learning Zone
What is the best way to scan 220 film?
Professional scanning equipment generally produces more consistent results than flatbed or consumer scanners, particularly when preserving fine detail and tonal range from medium format negatives.
Can I print photographs after scanning?
Yes. High-resolution scans are suitable for future printing as well as digital viewing, making them useful for preserving family collections over the long term.
Should I keep the original negatives?
Absolutely. Your original film remains the master copy and should always be stored carefully even after digitisation.
How should I store my digital photographs?
Keeping multiple copies in different locations is recommended. Our guide to backing up and storing digital photographs safely explains practical ways to protect your archive for the future. You may also find helpful advice in our article on archiving treasured family memories and additional answers within our Frequently Asked Questions section. If you have a specific query about this service, you can also browse our More Questions about 220 film scanning.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Storing negatives in damp or humid conditions, which can increase the risk of deterioration over time.
Attempting to clean film with unsuitable materials, as this may damage delicate surfaces.
Relying on only one digital copy instead of maintaining multiple backups.
Choosing scan resolutions based only on file size, rather than considering future printing requirements.
Leaving valuable film unscanned for years, allowing natural ageing to continue when digital preservation can help safeguard your memories today.
Other Questions About this Format
A: 220 film is a type of medium format film that was introduced as an extended version of 120 film. It’s the same width (around 6 cm) but twice as long, allowing photographers to capture twice as many exposures — typically 24 instead of 12 for 6×6 cameras. 220 film doesn’t have a backing paper except at the beginning and end, which makes it more compact and prone to light leaks if not handled carefully. Although 220 film is no longer manufactured, Supaphoto can scan and digitise 220 negatives so you can preserve and enjoy your images in stunning digital quality.
A: The main difference between 120 and 220 film lies in length and backing paper. Both films are medium format and produce the same frame sizes (6×4.5, 6×6, 6×7, etc.), but 220 film is twice as long, allowing twice as many frames per roll. Unlike 120 film, 220 film has no backing paper behind the entire roll, which means it can fit more film into the same spool size. However, it requires a camera with a 220-compatible pressure plate. Supaphoto’s film scanning specialists can handle both 120 and 220 films, ensuring consistent image quality, accurate colour reproduction, and professional results every time.
A: 220 film measures approximately 6 cm (2.4 inches) in width and up to 150 cm (59 inches) in length, depending on the camera format used. The frame size can vary — for example, 6×4.5 cm, 6×6 cm, or 6×7 cm — producing beautifully detailed negatives ideal for enlargement and professional use. At Supaphoto, we scan every frame individually at high resolutions up to 6,200 dpi, ensuring maximum detail, clarity, and tonal depth in your final digital images.
A: Yes, we can digitise both colour and black & white 220 film. Each type requires a slightly different scanning approach — colour film is adjusted for accurate tones and saturation, while black & white film is optimised for contrast, shadow detail, and richness. Supaphoto’s film scanning experts ensure that both film types are captured in stunning, high-resolution quality, perfect for printing or archiving.
A: Because 220 film is delicate and unbacked, it’s easy to damage during DIY scanning. Professional scanning ensures your film is handled properly and digitised at true optical resolution without scratches, dust, or colour distortion. At Supaphoto, we use specialist medium format scanners and years of expertise to produce clean, high-quality images that do justice to your originals — ready for print, archiving, or digital sharing.
A: Please store your 220 film securely in protective sleeves or archival envelopes to avoid scratches or dust. Include your completed order form and contact details, then post your film to:
