There are a lot of ways of getting your film scanned into digital copies for archiving or sharing on social media. Of course, you can just get your lab to do it when you have your photos developed, but where is the fun in that? Scanning at home is exciting, but also gives you more creative control over how the color and lighting in each image is going to look – plus you can usually get a much higher resolution than what a lab provides as standard.
The most common ways of scanning film are a dedicated scanner like the Plustek OpticFilm range, a flatbed scanner such as an Epson Perfection V850 Pro, or camera scanning. The first two options have always been the most popular as they are easy – film is simple and quick to load into holders, and the machine handles all the scanning and conversions for you with bundled software.
