Professional digitisation for photographic film collections, from family archives to corporate, university, museum and heritage collections.
RAW • TIFF • JPEG
View Scanning & Pricing →Photographic film collections provide an important record of personal, corporate and cultural history. At Oxford Duplication Centre, our professional digitisation service helps preserve these valuable collections while creating high-quality digital assets for long-term access, research, publication and reproduction.
Our specialist process follows archival best practice and National Archives standards, using professional scanning equipment and carefully controlled workflows to capture the detail, tone and colour of original film. We can produce high-resolution archival TIFF/RAW master files, together with JPEG and PDF access files for everyday use.
We digitise a wide range of materials including 35mm and medium-format film, glass plates, lantern slides, sheet film and transparencies, from individual collections through to large institutional archives.
Our services are trusted by: Museums & Galleries | Libraries | Universities | Heritage Trusts | Historical Societies | Archives | Corporate Collections | Public Sector Organisations | Publishers | Private Collections Professional digitisation protects the information held within original film while creating a secure, accessible digital archive for future generations.
Ideal for family collections and general viewing, with manageable file sizes suitable for everyday use.
Designed for publication and professional use, providing higher-quality uncompressed digital files.
Our highest level of digitisation for heritage preservation and long-term archival requirements.
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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. |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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| 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 |