What types of photo negatives can Heirloom scan?

Heirloom works with all types of photo negatives, including standard 35mm negatives, medium-format negatives, large-format negatives, and other legacy sizes. If you’re unsure what type you have, Heirloom experts will identify them upon arrival and provide an itemized digitizing quote.

How are 35mm or 110 negatives counted for pricing?

Standard negatives in strips, including 35mm and 110 formats, are scanned by the hundred images. This keeps pricing simple and economical when negatives remain intact in their original strips.

What qualifies as a specialty negative?

Negatives that are cut from strips, stored individually, or larger or smaller than standard formats are treated as specialty negatives. These are scanned individually to ensure proper alignment, focus, and careful handling.

Why are images from negatives higher quality than prints?

Images scanned from negatives are typically higher quality than scans of prints because they’re not limited by photographic paper. Negatives retain more detail, dynamic range, and color information, and they usually show far less wear than printed photos.

Are negatives usually in better chronological order than prints?

Yes. Negatives are often better organized and more sequential than prints. While prints were frequently shared, rearranged, or separated over time, negatives commonly remained grouped by roll, preserving the original shooting order.

How are scanned negative images organized digitally?

Each grouping, such as an envelope, sleeve, or box, is delivered as its own online folder, with every frame saved as a separate digital image. This keeps your digital collection aligned with how the negatives were originally stored.

Will I get my original negatives back?

Yes. All original negatives, sleeves, and envelopes are carefully returned to you after scanning. Your film is treated as irreplaceable and handled with care throughout the process.

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Heirloom's negatives to digital service makes it easy to preserve your family's priceless film negatives before they fade or deteriorate. We professionally scan photographic negatives into beautiful 22-megapixel JPG images, making them easy to view, organize, share, and preserve for generations.

Heirloom treats 35mm and 110 negative strips as standard negative scanning. Other formats—including disc film, APS film, medium format, large format, mounted negatives, and other non-standard film sizes—are scanned through our specialty negative scanning service.

Whether you're sending negatives, slides, photo albums, loose photographs, film reels, videotapes, or other media, simply send everything together. Heirloom specialists carefully inspect every item, identify exactly what you've sent, verify it can be digitized, and prepare a detailed, itemized quote.

There is no counting, no guesswork, and no obligation. You don't pay anything until we've completed our inspection and emailed you a detailed, no-obligation quote. We begin scanning only after you've approved the quote and submitted payment.

Why Use a Negatives to Digital Service?

Film negatives often contain the highest-quality version of your photographs. As they age, color shifts, scratches, dust, humidity, and improper storage can permanently damage the film. Professional negative scanning preserves your memories as high-resolution 22MP JPG images, allowing you to enjoy, print, and share them for generations.

Why Choose Heirloom?

Most negative scanning companies expect you to identify film formats and estimate quantities before sending anything.

Heirloom doesn't.

Simply send your collection, and Heirloom specialists will:

Identify every type of media you send
Identify your negative formats
Separate standard and specialty negatives
Verify everything can be scanned
Prepare a detailed, itemized quote
Answer any questions before work begins

Only after you've reviewed and approved your quote do we begin scanning your memories. That means no surprises, no unnecessary charges, and complete confidence that your negatives are receiving the care they deserve.

Do I need to separate or count my negatives?

No. Simply send your negatives as they are. Heirloom specialists identify every negative format, separate standard and specialty negatives, and prepare a detailed, no-obligation quote after your free inspection.

What is specialty negative scanning?

Standard negative scanning includes 35mm and 110 negative strips. Specialty Negative Scanning includes disc film, APS film, medium format, large format, mounted negatives, and other non-standard film formats that require individual handling.

Will my negatives stay in their original order?

Yes. Heirloom scans each strip in its original order. Every envelope, sleeve, box, or group receives a unique identification number, and your 22MP JPG images are delivered in correspondingly numbered digital folders.

How will I receive my digitized negatives?

Heirloom delivers your scanned negatives as high-quality 22MP JPG images to your private Heirloom cloud, where you can immediately view, download, organize, and share them. You can also add a Heirloom Flash Drive or External Drive to your order, and your original negatives are safely returned.

Will my digitized negatives be AI enhanced?

No. Heirloom's negatives to digital service is focused on creating the highest-quality digital capture of your original film before it deteriorates further. We carefully clean each negative before scanning and create faithful 22MP JPG images using professional scanning equipment. AI enhancements and photo edits are digital processes best performed later by the content owner, allowing you to enhance copies while always preserving the original, unaltered digital capture.

How It Works

Send or Drop Off Your Media

Most customers simply drop off their old media at any UPS Store using a prepaid Heirloom label.
Review Your Itemized Quote

We inspect your media and email a no-obligation quote for approval. No guesswork before you pay.
Enjoy Your Memories Again

Stream memories from your digital vault. Download anytime. USB backup drives also available.