Best way to digitize 35mm photos?

i think you might be able to go to walmart and to it there… i see people doing it all the time at sams club…(where i work) But i dont work in photo. just take a memory card and scan them to it.

If you’re a member at costco, they’ll do it. I think it costs $1 to develop the roll and $3 to get it put on a photo CD, no prints.

When I was using an old 35mm for a digital photography class, this saved me a lot of time and money. 35mm gets you better quality for cost, anyway.

The major stores will do it, but the images will be scanned at a relatively low resolution. They will be ok for screen viewing and making small prints (4×6 maximum) on your home printer. If you want larger prints, pick out the negatives for just those prints and have the store or a photo shop or service make prints. If you want to go with a good pro developer/scanner/printer, try MPIX

I forgot to add this, but Costco gives you good sized files, too. I was able to expand mine to 16×20 with no loss of sharpness. I usually try to keep them at 8×10, but they still came out great at double the size.

You can get a decent photo negative scanner for about $100.
Then all you have to do is slide the negatives into the scanner and they will be saved in a digital format on your computer.

Costco? Boo!!!!

I second @fireside ‘s suggestion for a negative scanner. It’s a little pricey, but well worth the investment. That way, you aren’t paying for photos you don’t want on a cd (especially if it gets ruined or something), and the photos are quickly ready for individual editing (in photoshop or what have you). They have great resolution, and will eventually break even with getting a certain number of photo cds.