Online Slide Scanning Services Declutter Sentimental Items

As slide projectors and film go the way of the 8-track, people are looking for ways to preserve family mementos.

(PRWEB) October 26, 2009 – Technology is changing faster than we can keep track of it, and this affects many areas of our lives. Photography is just one of those areas, but it is one that has been hit hard. Most of us can remember taking pictures on nearly obsolete mediums like slide and 110 film, yet our children have probably never seen these items.

The average American family has a box or two (or a dozen) of slides in their attic just waiting to fall prey to humidity, pests and chemical fading. The images stored on these slides are priceless. They capture weddings, family vacations, baby's first steps and many other events that cannot be repeated. If they weren't so sentimental, the owners wouldn't hang on to them, but they create a lot of clutter.

In an age when "decluttering" is a popular buzzword, boxes of slides create a huge problem, because nothing says "clutter" quite like a box of untouched slide films.

In addition to creating clutter, slides are in danger of becoming useless. In 2004, Kodak, a major producer of slide projectors, stopped production on the one mechanism most commonly used to display slides. The company, when asked about the decision, said, "In recent years, slide projectors have declined in usage, replaced by alternative projection technologies."

What are those alternative projection technologies? They are digital projectors used to display PowerPoint and similar slide presentations. These presentations require a digital image, not a film slide.

So what is the photographer or family with boxes of slides sitting around supposed to do? If slide projectors are becoming obsolete, industry experts expect it to just be a matter of time before the equipment to print paper prints from slide transparencies also becomes obsolete, and having paper prints made does not take care of the clutter problem.

Slide scanning services have a unique niche in that they can provide a solution to the clutter created by sentimental slides. Slide scanning services allow individuals to box up those slides, send them to a professional scanning lab and receive them back with a digital file that includes a high-quality scan of each image. This digital file is much easier to store, and also makes it possible to use new projection options to display the images for others to enjoy.

BritePix.com is a leading slide scanning service. When asked about the popularity of the service, a BritePix spokesperson indicated that slide scanning is growing in popularity, and is part of the reason the company has had record earnings in recent years. Simply put, it is a service that people really need.

In addition to archiving sentimental slide films, slide scanning allows the images to be restored. Scratches, dust and damage from fingerprints can be removed during the scanning process. The natural fading that occurs over time with slide film can also be touched up. Many people are surprised to see their memories restored beautifully when they receive the disk back from the scanning service. All in all, slide scanning is the perfect solution to the age-old question of what to do with a box of old slides.

About BritePix:

BritePix is an online professional photography service that converts photographs, slides, and negatives into digital format. Customers can choose to have digital images transferred to CD’s or DVD’s. Other services offered by BritePix include photograph enhancement, DVD slideshow creation, and photograph indexing.

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