Are you old enough to remember a time before digital cameras? A time of 35mm slides and waiting for sometimes weeks for the chemist to convert your holiday snaps into photos.

If you do, you probably have, like me, hundreds of old photo slides inside envelopes gathering dust in forgotten cupboards, that you just can’t bear to throw out but deep down know you are never going to do anything with.

Well, fret no more, what you need is a Slide Scanner!

What is a Slide Scanner?

A Slide Scanner is a neat little gadget that hooks up to your PC and converts those old negative slides into digital pictures on your computer!

Just connect the slide scanner to your computer (usually via the USB port), install the relevant software, and then you are just one click-away from importing your old photos into the 21st Century.

With a slide scanner you can bring those forgotten memories back to life, what a wonderful gift to pass onto your family and future generation.

Why not be the one in your family that takes the initiative to track down all those old negative slides and archives them for those younger members (and for those yet to be born!) to understand the history and legacy of your ancestors.

Once your photos have been converted into digital format, they are unleashed into a new world, and can be e-mailed, uploaded to the web (perhaps you could crate a visual family tree web site?) and shared amongst friends and family.

See the sidebar for our choice of the leading slide scanners available to buy in the UK.