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Photo CD to Digital Conversion - Digital Media Transfer Service

Base Pricing*

Per Item (Disk/disc or Chip)

  • Floppy Picture Disk $12 ea.
  • Camera Cards (SD, CF, Memory Stick) Starting at $10 for 2GB or less
  • Optical Photo Discs CD/DVD $15 ea.
  • "Bare" or portable hard disks USB, PATA, SATA, (Ask)

Before quantity discount. Flash drive additional (or provide your own). Shipping not included. Minimum order $85.
(Not a data recovery service.)

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Legacy CD, Camera Card, and Disc Transfers

It seems like only yesterday,  filmless still picture capture became a reality. The miracles of photochemicals are now long forgotten as everything is on some kind of memory device. And just like that, many of those early devices have become obsolete. We can help retrieve your content from devices you can't use anymore.

  • The first digital cameras wrote stills and video to 3.5" floppy disk (remember those?) We can read your old camera floppies and transfer them to modern drives, while converting obsolete image formats if necessary.
  • Solid state camera cards came next, and include Secure Digital, aka SD and MicroSD (still in use), Compact Flash (CF), and Sony Memory Stick. If you've lost your card reader, we can extract the data to USB drive, and do any file conversions you may need.
  • If you previously had transfers written to optical discs (full size or mini CD or DVD), or you used an optical disc in a camera, those recordings are AT RISK. Writable optical media has a 10-15 year shelf life, meaning they need to be recopied periodically. We can transfer that content to flash drives and convert files to current formats.
  • And you may have pictures or video stuck on an old hard disk from a computer that conked out. It's very likely we can retrieve those too.

Options
(Extra cost)

Photo Enhancements:

  • Obsolete format conversions
  • Color Correction
  • Photo editing (crop/object removal)
  • Batch downscaling for email/web

Deliverables:

  • Image files on flash drive
  • Image files on CD/DVD (read only)
  • Video Photo Album 

Photo Data Transfer Process

There are three stages in this data transfer process. First, we load your disk, disc or chip into a compatible player then copy the data to a hard disk. Second, if necessary, we transcode the files to make them playable on modern equipment. Finally we copy these files to the release flash drive, putting them in folders that relate to source devices.

What You Get

We'll copy your data to a fresh USB flash drive or portable hard drive, in folders related to the items you provided. If we transcoded items, you'll also have the source files, which could be beneficial for future editing or transcoding to newer file formats. We include instructions to backup this data to protect your investment.

How it works.

2. Drop Off
3. Pick Up

Turnaround Time:1

Typically within 1-2 weeks. Larger orders may take longer. Rush service available (extra cost).

We're located in NW Columbus, Ohio, very near the OSU airport.
(We accept major carrier shipments if you're not in the Columbus area. You provide the box!)

$85 minimum per order.*

Digital Photo Conversion Q&A

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Let us know what legacy materials you have to see how we can help.
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