Costco, Walgreens, or Affordable for Your Slide Scanning?

We sent the same slides to different companies and compared results. See how expert color correction and full-frame scanning impact the final image—and why some providers can’t handle certain slide formats at all.

Yellowstone comparison panel showing Affordable, Walgreens, and Costco results side-by-side — Challenging slide, clear winner — Affordable handled color and detail.

Affordable Scanning result — restored color and full-frame scan from a 127 Super Slide — Affordable — restored color & full frame

Walgreens scan — cropped and uncorrected — Walgreens — cropped & uncorrected

These scans are from a 127 “Super Slide”. Costco returned our sample with a note stating they couldn’t scan this format. The slide had significant dye fading; our initial raw scan looked similar to Walgreens’ version before restoration. Our Photoshop artists applied expert color work to bring the image back—work we include on every scan at no extra cost.

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