Professional digitisation service for your business archive
Photo scanning of your legacy photographic media when volume, scale and meta data management matter to you
Why organisations choose us
Vintage Photo Lab works with councils, publishers, heritage brands, creative agencies, family offices and other businesses to digitise large, complex or valuable archives. From prints to negatives, slides, other paperwork and Cine film, we provide a secure, structured and professional service to transform your archive into something immediately accessible preserving it for the future of your organisation.
Metadata integrity
Each digitised image is paired with accurate, detailed metadata, ensuring every record is searchable, traceable, and remains valuable for years to come
Uniform quality
All images are digitised in line with The National Archive recommended standards and guidelines, unless specified. RAW, TIFF, JPEG2000 and JPEG format available
Technical excellence
Specialist equipment and expertise are used to produce high-resolution, true-to-original digital files, capturing the full detail and dynamic range of each original
Standards compliance
For regulatory requirements, using approved digital formats ensures compliance, demonstrates good governance, and makes it easier to justify value for funding
Remote access transformation
Upon completion, images can be accessed instantly by approved staff from any device, removing the need for staff travel to physical locations
Futureproof
Digital archiving protects against loss, degradation, and technological obsolescence, ensuring your collection remains secure and accessible for generations to come
What we digitise
Any size, any shape, also referred to as 'loose photos'. Whether still in developer pouches, organised into envelopes or binders, or carefully filed in a filing cabinet, we will collect in situ.
Most common are 35mm mounted transparencies, but we can process all types, shapes and sizes
Standard, non standard, varying dimensions and size. No matter the structure of the album or the spine design or binding, we have a method for capturing high quality page images, or cops of individual images
As with slides, 35mm is most common though we specialise in all formats including 116 & 616, 127, 828, 620, 120, 126, 110, APS and more.
We cater for all types of legacy film stock and reels whether audio only, motion picture, or motion picture with audio. We digitise VHS tapes and camcorder formats including VHS-C, Super-8, Hi-8, MiniDV. We also process standard cassette tapes and dictaphone cassettes.
Our business process
Following your initial enquiry we will complete a brief fact-finding exercise to understand and define your requirements. This might be conducted in-person or via video call and will involve all relevant stakeholders from your organisation.
Following your initial enquiry we will complete a brief fact-finding exercise to understand and define your requirements. This might be conducted in-person or via video call and will involve all relevant stakeholders from your organisation.
Following your initial enquiry we will complete a brief fact-finding exercise to understand and define your requirements. This might be conducted in-person or via video call and will involve all relevant stakeholders from your organisation.
Following your initial enquiry we will complete a brief fact-finding exercise to understand and define your requirements. This might be conducted in-person or via video call and will involve all relevant stakeholders from your organisation.
Following your initial enquiry we will complete a brief fact-finding exercise to understand and define your requirements. This might be conducted in-person or via video call and will involve all relevant stakeholders from your organisation.
Start your project today
Get in touch to discuss your requirements with one of our business archive transformation specialists