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MEDIAFIX does the scanner test. How does the Reflecta 3-in-1 scanner perform and how are the test scans? Find out here!

How can I archive digital films? How can I back up the films, protect them from loss and pass them on to the next generation?

The first step has been taken: you have decided to have your pictures digitised at MEDIAFIX. A good decision, because we save your slides, negatives and photo prints and give them a digital future. Now the old memories just have to come to us. The following article will give you tips on how best to pack your old photo media so that they arrive safely with us.

In this second part of our scanner series, we at MEDIAFIX would like to explain a type of scanner that may be new to you. Previously, we have already explained the general functioning of a scanner. You are also already familiar with the common flatbed scanner. Now it gets a little more special.

For a long time, slides were the only way to preserve memories and to look at them again and again with friends and family. The necessary technology for presenting slides back then was the slide projector, which was used to throw the pictures onto the wall. But hardly anyone owns a slide projector today. What is the best way to present slides today? This article gives a brief overview of the slide projector and the beamer and tells you which technology is more suitable for presenting slides.

Your slides are dusty, have stains and the projected image is a disaster! To ensure that you get clean image files without dust grains or dirt stains, wet cleaning is the ideal additional option.

If you notice a slight smell of vinegar when you open his film canister, all alarm bells will immediately ring. Vinegar syndrome or acetic acid syndrome - a fatal diagnosis! Read the article to discover more about it.

Do you still have many slides, negatives and photo prints at home? That is basically very nice and shows that you place a lot of value on preserving old memories. Surely you have already asked yourself how best to store the old picture material so that these memories are preserved for as long as possible. The following article is intended to give you an overview of the best storage options for your old photos.