Our disc film scanning service brings your disc film negatives into the 21st century.

If your film looks like the one on the left side of the photo at the top of this page, please go to our Still Film Developing section.

We provide you with large high quality files of a quality that was not possible with the technology during the years of disc film production. We do not use vintage disc film printers.

Your Negatives will be…

• Manually cleaned — We don’t use “Digital Ice” dust removal software even though our scanners are equipped with it. Dust removal is done manually to eliminate the artifacting that can be created by the Digital Ice technology when scanning such small images.
• Scanned at 3200 DPI — Enough resolution to capture all the detail in the small negative.
• Cropped by eye precisely to the edge of each image revealing about 15 percent more of each picture than the original prints made from the negative (See the sample image below).
• Scaled to create a file that is 8×10 at 300 DPI so there is no pixelation on blow-ups well beyond the size the tiny negatives were intended for.
• Manually color corrected.
• Noise reduced to eliminate some of the grain that is apparent due to the tiny negative.
• Sharpened to give as crisp an image as possible from the tiny negative.

The red line that you see in this sample photo, indicates the approximate amount of cropping that would have been done to your pictures when the original prints were made from your disc film. At Film Rescue we do our crops by eye precisely to the edges of the frame. This reveals more of the original picture and means that the grain is reduced because it is then essentially a larger negative.

Note about printing: Our prints are offered as a convenience. High quality prints can be provided by a reputable local supplier once you have the scans back from us, at a lower cost to you. Our prints are a vintage style print with wide quater inch borders on glossy paper.

Pricing

CD-R Only	Prices
1 to 5 discs, per disc	25.00
6 to 10 discs, per disc	20.65
11 to 20 discs, per disc	19.00
21 or more, per disc	17.60

CD-R Plus Prints	Prices
1 to 5 discs, per disc	29.00
6 to 10 discs, per disc	24.65
11 to 20 discs, per disc	23.00
21 or more, per disc	21.60

Return Shipping & Handling (North America)	10.00 / Order
Return Shipping & Handling (Outside North america)	15.00 / Order

Shipping charges may be higher for exceptionally heavy or large orders, customer will be contacted beforehand.

Turn Around Time

Work is done in regular six week cycles. Film for the next cycle must be in our hands before the beginning of the cycle. The next cycle starts on the following date:

March 8th

 

Orders received by this date should be ready to be shipped back within approximately 6-8 weeks.

Please don’t wait until near the beginning of a cycle to send your film.  This greatly slows down our administrative process at the start of each cycle delaying work for everyone.  Disc film scanning is often prioritized in a way that work that is in early is returned early.

 

Scanning other types of negatives

If you have a negative that is not a disc you can contact our affiliate www.scandigital.com and if you place an order with them you may use “filmrescue” in the coupon area on the order form to receive a small discount.