Photographic Film Scanning | Price List
motion & cine film | audio | video | optical | photographic film | books | documents
Our professional archive department has been digitising and preserving photographic film for over 10 years. We are one of the leading experts in handling rare, fragile film material. 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.
| STANDARD FORMAT FILM TYPES: 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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| Digitising Price Per Unit | Output Format | 1+ | 10+ | 50+ | 100+ | 500+ | 1000+ | 5000+ |
| Standard Scanning | JPEG 4000dpi | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.30 |
| Publication Scanning | TIFF 3200dpi | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.50 |
| Archival Scanning | TIFF 4800dpi | 6.00 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| APS AND DISK SPINDLE FILM TYPES: Each film or spindle holds 15, 25 and 40 Images. Due to low grain issues of these formats, we digitise to TIFF files before converting to JPEG, after applying an archival tone and sharpening to the entire image. | ||||||||
| SCANNING | FORMAT | DPI | 1+ | 10+ | 25+ | |||
| Per APS Film Roll 15 Images or 1 Disk Spindle | JPEG | 4000 x 4000 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | |||
| Per APS Film Roll 25 Images | JPEG | 4000 x 4000 | 14.00 | 12.00 | 10.00 | |||
| Per APS Film Roll 40 Images | JPEG | 4000 x 4000 | 16.00 | 14.00 | 12.00 | |||
| MEDIUM FORMAT FILM TYPES : Film (and camera) type 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 | 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 |
| LARGE FORMAT FILM TYPES: Glass plates, sheet film (and camera) type in which a single frame is 4x5 or larger (5x7, 8x10, etc). The film is also known as “sheet film”. Output will be determined on the photographic film type when we access the media, based upon our clients requirements. | ||||||||||
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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 |
