Parker's Photographic – Cameras & lenses, Passport Photos, Film Developing & Process, Studio & Darkroom Hire – Southampton

Transfer, Scan, Digitise and Edit

We transfer a range of older formats into modern digital formats:

From
VHS, cine, photos, slides, documents, paintings, audio cassettes, vinyl … and even gramophone records!

To
Memory stick, email, cloud, CD, DVD.

Please contact us for further information

Video Tapes

VHS / VHS-C / 8mm / Mini DV / Betamax

For transfers to DVD, one disc can hold 120 minutes (2 hours) of video. If your tape is longer than this, more than one disc will be required. 

Turn around time can vary but we aim to have small orders done in 1 week and large orders done in 2 weeks.

Price guide:
  • Up to 2 hours (120 min) = £40.00
  • Up to 3 hours (180 min) = £60.00
  • Up to 4 hours (240 min) = £80.00

Copies to USB or digital transfers are an additional £12 per disc. 

Photos, Slides & Negatives

We can scan and transfer to current formats (such as JPG).

Price guide:
  • Set up charge: £6.00
 
  • 1-10 images £1.50 each
  • 11-50 images £1.20 each
  • 51-100 images: £1.10 each
  • 101 – 500 images: £1.00 each
  • 501 – 1000 images: 90p each
  • 1000+ images: 80p each
 

Prices include simple editing to get the best out of your photos! Done, in house, by our expert team.

Audio Cassettes & Vinyl Records

We can transfer to CD, or provide digital files (such as MP3 or WAV on a memory stick, portable hard drive or email/file transfer files to you. 

Price guide:

£40 each 

Audio is refined by our specialist staff to optimise sound quality. 

Memory sticks can be purchased from us with your order, or provided by yourself – If purchasing from us cost of USB will be added to your order. 

Other formats – ask us!

There isn’t a lot we can’t do when it comes to transfers – including from other digital formats such hard drives, CDs, DVDs and even floppy discs!

Contact us!

Cine Film Reels

8mm / Super 8mm, 9.5mm & 16mm

All cine films are inspected, cleaned and re-spliced onto a larger reel prior to transfer. This gives better continuity from one film to another.

The cine film is then returned on this larger reel for easier storage. Your original reels will not be returned unless this is requested when the order is originally placed.

If you require the films to be in sequence, please number clearly and let us know when booking.

Price guide
Setup Charge per order: £50.00
Cost per reel:
  • 50ft reels: £12.00
  • 200ft reels: £35.00
  • 400ft reels: £60.00
  • 600ft reels: £100.00
  • 800ft reels: £120.00
  • 1000ft reels per reel: £150.00
  • 1200ft reels: £175.00
  • 1600ft reels: £220.00
Optional extras:
  • Titles at the start of the transfer: £20.00
  • Titles before a reel: £20.00
  • Extra DVD copy at the time of placing order £20.00 each
  • USB memory stick – Cost dependant on order.

16mm cine films

Setup Charge per order: £50.00

£80 per reel

9.5mm Cine film

Setup Charge per order: £50.00

 £160.00 per reel

Sound super 8 & sound standard 8

No extra cost.

Formats:

DVD-R

We record to DVD-R which is highly compatible with modern DVD players. Please refer to your player instruction manual for information.

USB Memory Stick 

The transferred film or video to DVD can be transferred to a memory stick or portable hard-drive. You can either bring in your own USB stick or purchase one from our shop. Cost / storage size of the memory stick is dependant per order and calculated when booking. 

Email

We can send your video footage to your email. This allows you to download/ save to devices of your choice such as a computer. We use a provider called WeTransfer that enables us to securely send larger files than a standard email will allow. 

We develop and process film: 35mm, 120 and 5×4, colour and black and white.

Quick and efficient, with optional scanning and printing.

More …

Hassle free instant passport, ID and Blue Badge photos (UK and international), taken by our helpful staff.

Accessible/wheelchair friendly, great with babies, young children and adults.

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Do you have equipment you’d like to sell?

To give a value we need to view and assess the items.

Contact us