Photographic Film Scanning Services | Oxford UK
motion & cine film | audio | video | optical | photographic film | books | documents
Our award winning photographic film services support all clients with photographic film types and digitise these to archival TIFF and JPEG images. Working with leading universities, museums, archives and private individuals, we are highly recommended for producing high quality digital images from Glass, Nitrate, Acetate and Polyester film types. Please contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call our office: 01865 457000.
All Format Photographic Film Digitisation to Archival TIFF & JPEG Formats
| HQJPEG-10 | >4000dpi | Family use for viewing on mobile devices, computers and TVs. |
| Publication TIFF | 3200dpi | Publication use for HQTIFF but manageable file size. |
| Archival TIFF | 4800dpi- 6800dpi | National Archives Standard uncompressed archival digital files. |
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From one 35mm family slide to 1000's of archival film formats. Our specialist photographic film archival suite support corporate, heritage and consumer clients with the scanning of all types of photographic film including glass plates, nitrate film, acetate safety film and polyester film types.
Our professional archive department has been digitised and preserving photographic film for over 15 years. We are one of the leading experts in handling rare, fragile film material. Working with heritage archives and museums we support clients with nitrate and acetate film types which require more specialist care. By digitising with our company, you will receive the benefits of imaging experts and a high-specification studio, helping preserve precious archives into digital content, ideal for preservation, viewing and access to online use.
What Digital Output Format Do I Require?
WHAT IS A JPEG? A JPEG (or Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a raster image file, that is composed of a grid of pixels. JPEGs use different levels of smart compression that deletes data to make the file size smaller. Note, that every time the image is edited and saved it will be compressed to some degree. This compression is heavier in color than clarity.
WHAT IS A TIFF? A TIFF (or Tagged Image File Format) is also a raster image file that it’s composed of a grid of pixels. TIFFs are uncompressed files using lossless compression. The results are very high quality images and, subsequently, very large file sizes. Note, that every time the image is edited and saved, no file degradation or loss of data as you edit and save will happen.
WHAT IF I WANT TO PRINT MY IMAGES? The difference in image quality between a JPEG and a TIFF greatly affects the manipulability of the image, it doesn’t translate to printing due to print machines unable to reproduce TIFF data. High quality JPEGs are perfect for photo prints. JPEG is compatible with many print softwares/apps/websites nowadays (and all technologies for that matter, from your Instagram posts to your online portfolio), but TIFFs are not.
