Colour Negative Print Film Scanning Solutions | Oxford UK

Archiving and Scanning Digitisation at Oxford Duplication Centre

35mm Colour Negative Slide Scanning Solutions in Oxfordshire UK

Digitisation of 35mm Colour Negative Print Film - Converting your Archives

In photography, a negative is an image, usually on a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film, in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest. 

There are different types of films today:

Print films are standard, commonly used films. They produce transparent negatives (images with inverted colors) that are printed on photographic paper with use of an enlarger or by contact printing. These films can be color or black-and-white. 

 Color reversal film (or "slide film".) works the same as print film but it doesn’t invert colors. It makes diapositives (transparencies) which can be placed in small metal, plastic or cardboard frames and used as slides in projectors or slide-viewers.

 Color reversal sheet films of large format. They are used by professional photographers in order to produce very-high-resolution images which can be later scanned digitally. 

 Black-and-white reversal film exists but is used rarely. 

STANDARD FORMAT FILM TYPES

35mm Slides, 35mm Half Frame, 35mm Negative Strips, 35mm Half Frame Negative Strips, 3D Stereo Slides, 126 film mounts, 127 Superslides and 126 Negative Strips.

Please note: 110mm Slides and Negatives, due to very low grain, must be digitised to Publication TIFF before converting to JPEG.

Digitising Price Per Unit Output Format 1+ 10+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
Standard Scanning JPEG 4800dpi 2.00 1.00 0.50 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.30
Publication Scanning TIFF/RAW 3200dpi 4.00 2.00 1.00 0.75 0.65 0.55 0.50
Archival Scanning TIFF/RAW 4800dpi 6.00 3.00 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.75
APS FILM – DISK SPINDLES

Due to the very low grain of the film formats, the film must be digitised to Publication TIFF before going into post production for colour, tone and sharpening. Once processed, we then convert the images to JPEG.

Scanning Format DPI 1+ 10+ 25+
Per APS Film Roll 15 Images or 1 Disk Spindle JPEG 4000 x 4000 15.00 12.00 10.00
Per APS Film Roll 25 Images JPEG 4000 x 4000 20.00 15.00 12.00
Per APS Film Roll 40 Images JPEG 4000 x 4000 25.00 20.00 15.00
MEDIUM FORMAT FILM TYPES

Film and camera types in which a single frame is larger than 135 film (36x24mm) but smaller than 4x5 inches. Typically 120 or 220 film types.

This service involves Adobe lab processing for unsharp masking and toning. Perfect for archiving, publications and professional printing.

DPI Output Format 1 10 25 50 100 250 500 1000 5000+
4800 Archival TIFF/RAW 10.00 5.00 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00
3200 Standard JPEG 7.00 3.50 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 1.00 0.75 0.70
LANTERN SLIDES, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE GLASS PLATES, TINTYPES AND SHEET TRANSPARENCY SCANNING SOLUTIONS

All plates, transparencies and X-rays are digitised to their respective dpi, unless you have specific requirements.

Digitisation incorporates professional scanning software and machinery specifically designed for digitising transparency film types, perfect for high-quality archiving, illustration and diagnostic purposes, in line with The National Archives Standards.

Please contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call our offices on 01865 457000.

Size (Inches) Size (mm) Lantern Slides 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
3¼ × 3¼ Lantern slides 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
Size (Inches) Size (mm) Photographic Glass Plates 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
3¼ × 4¼ 83 × 108 "quarter-plate" 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
4¾ × 6½ 120 × 165 "half-plate" glass plates 14.00 7.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00
6½ × 8½ 216 × 165 "full-plate" glass plates 15.00 7.50 3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25
Size (Inches) Size (mm) Sheet Film (Trans or X-Ray) 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
4 × 5 102 × 127 Sheet film 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
5 × 7 127 × 178 Sheet film 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
4 × 10 102 × 254 Sheet film 13.00 6.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00
8 × 10 203 × 254 Sheet film 14.00 7.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00
7 × 17 178 × 432 Sheet film 15.00 7.50 3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25
11 × 14 279 × 356 Sheet film 16.00 8.00 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25
8 × 20 203 × 508 Sheet film 17.00 8.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50
12 × 20 305 × 508 Sheet film 18.00 9.00 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75
14 × 17 356 × 417 Sheet film 18.00 9.00 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75
16 × 20 406 × 508 Sheet film 19.00 9.50 4.75 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00
20 × 24 508 × 610 Sheet film 19.00 9.50 4.75 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00

Digitising Price Per Unit     Output Format 1+ 10+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+ Standard Scanning JPEG 4800dpi 2.00 1.00 0.50 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.30 Publication Scanning TIFF/RAW 3200dpi4.00 2.00 1.00 0.75 0.65 0.55 0.50 Archival Scanning TIFF/RAW 4800dpi 6.00 3.00 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.75 35mm Slides, 35mm Half Frame, 35mm Negative Strips, 35mm Half Frame Negative Strips, 110 Pocket Slides, 3D Stereo Slides, 126 film mounts, 127 Superslides, 110 Negative Strips,
126 Negative Strips
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