Photographic Film Collections to RAW, TIFF & JPEG | Oxford UK

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   Our multi-award winning photographic film services support families, corporates and heritage sectors with photographic film digitisation, converting to Archival TIFF/RAW and JPEG images.  Working with leading universities, museums, archives and private individuals, our services provide high quality digital images from Glass, Nitrate, Acetate and Polyester film types.  Please contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call our office: 01865 457000.

Photographic Film Types Digitised to TIFF and JPEG in Oxford UK

Multi-Award Winning Consumer, Corporate and Heritage Photographic Film Digitisation Services

Using high quality machinery  and National Archive Standard software to digitise high resolution film types which captures all resolution and output formats in TIFF and JPEG (JPEG2000) formats.  Perfect for viewing, printing and archival purposes.

  Our professional photographic film department is award winning and support clients within the corporate, consumer and heritage sectors. With experienced film digitisation technicians have a wealth of experience with scanning all types of film types, from low grain negative spindles to high quality medium and transparency formats that require archival conversion.

  • Consumer
  • JPEG10 4800dpi
  • Compressed
  • Family use for viewing on all devices
  • SRDx (scratch and defect removal) | colour correction | hand cleaned
  • File guide size 8 - 10MB
  • Price List
  • Publication
  • TIFF/RAW 3200dpi
  • Uncompressed
  • Publication use but manageable file size 
  • iSRD (infrared scratch and removal) | histograph colour management | hand cleaned
  • File guide size 108MB
  • Price List
  • Archival
  • TIFF or RAW 4800dpi
  • Uncompressed 
  • National Archive Standard digital files 
  • National Archival Standards processing to client specific specification
  • File guide size 165MB
  • Price List

WHAT IS A JPEG? JPEGs use smart compression to make file sizes smaller.  This compression is heavier in color than clarity, making it perfect for consumer and general viewing. 

WHAT IS A TIFF?   TIFFs are lossless compression files . Resulting in high quality  large file images. When a TIFF  image is edited and saved, no loss of data occurs, making this format perfect for publication and archives.

WHAT IS RAW?   RAW files are uncompressed and unprocessed image data. The scanned images contain all the information from the analogue originals that our scanners were able to capture. This includes the data of your scanner's infrared channel.

Film Type Deterioration  |  Why its important to digitise now!

35mm Slide Scanning and Photographic Film Types Digitised to TIFF and JPEG in Oxford UK
35mm Slide Scanning and Photographic Film Types Digitised to TIFF and JPEG in Oxford UK

All formats of film types deteriorate due to either age or fluctuating temperatures; which include leaving film in garages, lofts or basements.  Once the deterioration process starts, you will notice stipling and curling on the film types, blemishes which look like dirt spots or spider veins.

WATER, FIRE DAMAGED, BENT, WARPED OR SCRATCHED EMULSION DAMAGED, DIRTY, MOLDY, FADED, DARK, POOR COLOUR, EXPOSURE OR OLD SLIDES. 

For consumer and publication film types, we use a combination of techniques to remove surface defects (iSRD) before reconstructing the colour (ACR). The final process is grain equilisation management. The software removes surface defects and restores colour to faded slides.  Each machine adheres to The National Archives Standards, ensuring focus, colour management and lighting are automatically calibrated.  

 We run each image through Silverfast Archive iSRD.  The ACR Adaptive Color Restoration, refreshes faded colors and normalises oversaturated colours The programe removes most of the dust and film scratches, correct for the effects of film grain, and restore faded color and correct shading in shadow areas of the image.

  Archival photographic film types are prepared TIFF RAW for heritage preservation. Additional asset JPEG files can be prepared with the above restoration processes.



Daguerreotype Film Glass Plate Negative Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Daguerreotype Plate
Scanning
(1840's - 1850's)


Daguerreotype Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Ambrotypes Plate
Scanning
(1850's - mid 1880's)


Tintype Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Tintype Plate 
Scanning (1850's - 1900's)


Stereotype Card Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Stereograph Card
Scanning
(1850's - 1900's)


Lantern Slide Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Stereoscopic Glass
Plate Scanning 
(1838 - 1930's)


Glass Plate Negative Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Glass Plate Negative
Scanning (1850's - 1920's)


Lantern Slide Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Lantern Film Plate
Scanning (1850 - 1940's)


Large Transparency Film Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

 Large Transparency
Plate Scanning
(1911 - 1980's)


116 Kodak Roll Film Negative Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

116 Kodak
Roll Film
(1899-1984)


120-220 Roll Film Medium Format Film Transfers in Oxfordshire UK

Medium Format
(1901/1965 - present)


X-Ray and Transparency Scanning in Oxfordshire UK

X-Ray Film Type
Scanning
(1911 - present)


127 Film Spool Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

127 Pocket Film
Scanning
(1912 - Present)


126 Pocket Film Spool Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

126 Roll Film
Scanning
(1963 - 2008)


35mm Positive Film Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

 35mm Colour Slide
Positive Film 
(1934 - present)


35mm Black and White Positive Film Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

35mm B&W Positive Film
(1934 - present)


35mm Colour Negative Film Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

 35mm Colour
Negative Strip Film
 (1934 - present)


35mm Black and White Negative Film Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

35mm B&W
Negative Strip Film 
(1934 - present)


828 Photographic Film Scanning

828 B&W
Strip Film
(1935 - 1960's)


APS Film Scanning Services in Oxford

APS Film
Strip Types 
(1963 - 2008)


110 Pocket Film Spool Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

110 Film  Strip
Scanning
(1972-2009)


Disk Film Spindle Film Scanning Services Oxfordshire UK

Disk Film
Spindles 
(1982-1999)


Digitising Document and Books

Digitising Documents

Working with clients all over the UK, we digitise corporate, consumer and heritage document, book and map archives into suitable digital files for online use. 

Our Bookeye A1 Book Scanner offers high resolution planetary scanning for fragile delicate books and rare maps, parchment or materials  up to DIN A1+.   

Photographic Film Digitisation Services in Oxford UK

Digitising Photo Film

Our archive department is equipped with the leading photographic film and photograph machinery, ensuring consistent and high quality digitistion of all film type formats from 110mm to glass plate negatives.

Adhering to The National Archives Specifications, our  services are both leading and award winning, ensuring complete confidence. 

Broadcast Audio-Video Tape Digitisation in Oxford UK

Digitising Audio-Video 

Working with the leading AWS and Blackmagic conversion processors, our services incorporate every audio, video, vinyl and reel format in both open spool and closed tape formats. 

Digital file formats can support clients with Pro-ResHQ, 10-bit AVI,  MPEG4, AIFF, WAV, MP3, with most other options available upon request.       

Cherwell Business Awards Winner 2022

Cherwell Business Awards

The Cherwell Small Business Awards 2024 Winner. The entries were very high and we were absolutely thrilled to be recognised as a leading company worthy of this award.

The Cherwell Micro Business Awards 2022 Winner. The Cherwell Small Business Awards 2023 Finalist. 

Our offices are open Monday to Thursday 8am-4pm Friday 8am - 3pm.
29 Banbury Road, Kidlington OX5 1AQ. Parking is available at the front of the building or rear car park.

Contact Us 01865 457000 or email cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com