All appointments are 2.5 hours long. Because equipment is dedicated to specific types of media, you will choose from four distinct session options when booking your slot.
- Running out of Time? If you bring more media than can be digitized in 2.5 hours, no problem! You can simply book another appointment on a different day to finish your work.
Step 1: Choose Your Session Option
Review the four options below to see with station has the exact tools you need.
Option 1: Scrapbooks, Books and High-resolution Film/slides
Choose this option if you need precision scanning for bound materials, delicate documents, or professional-grade slide conversions.
- CRUZ Book Scanner: Best for intact scrapbooks (Up to 12" wide), books, and historical papers. It flattens page curvature automatically, scans up to 350 DPI, and features OCR to make text searchable or editable in Word/PDF.
- Nikon Coolscan 5000 (with SF-210 Auto-Feeder): Our premier slide station. Rapidly batch-scan up to 50 mounted 35mm slides at a time using an automated hopper. Delivers true 4000 DPI clarity.
- Epson V600 Flatbed: High-resolution scanning for 35mm, 120, and 620 film negatives or medium-format slides.
- Wolverine Titan F2D: Quick-reference digital scanning for 35mm, 110, and 120 fil/slides. Ideal for quick screen viewing, outputting at 72 DPI.
Option 2: High-Speed Photo Scanning
Choose this option if you have bins, boxes, or stacks of loose, standard photo prints.
- Epson FastFoto Scanner: Automatically feeds and scans stacks of up to 36 photos at lightning speed. Accommodates standard print sizes, Polaroids, and long panoramas up to 36".
- Epson V39 Flatbed: For the photos that cannot go through the high-speed-feeder including fragile, torn, curled, or extra-thick vintage prints.
Option 3: video Tapes & Audio Cassettes
Choose this option if you are digitizing magnetic home video tapes or voice recordings.
- ClearClick 3.0 System: Digitizes video directly to a modern format. The lab provides a built-in VCR for standard VHS and VHS-C video cassettes, as well as a DVD player. We provide 8mm and MiniDV camcorders for use in the lab.
- Audio Cassette Deck: Digitizes standard audio cassette tapes.
- Note: Have a different camcorder format like the Betamax? You are welcome to bring your own working player and AV cables to plug right into our ClearClick system.
Option 4: 8mm & Super 8 Movie Reels
Choose this option if you have old silent film reels.
- Eyesen 8mm Digital Converter: Converts silent 8mm and Super 8 film reels frame-by-frame into high-quality .mp4 video files. Accommodates reels up to 7 inches. Note: 3-inch reels take roughly 30 minutes to digitize; 5-inch reels require about 2 hours to digitize.
Step 2: Review What to Bring
To make your appointment a success, please remember to bring:
- Your Media: Sorted, clean, and free of all staples, paperclips, or wet glue residue.
- USB Storage Drive: A portable USB 3.x Flash Drive or External SSD formatted as ExFAT or NTFS to transfer and save your brand-new digital files.
Step 3: Book Your Appointment
Ready to preserve your history? Click the link below to select your desired Option number on our SignUpGenius calendar.