X-Ray & Specialist Film Digitisation
PHOTOGRAPHIC & HERITAGE DIGITISATION

X-Ray & Specialist Film Digitisation

Specialist digitisation of X-ray and other photographic film collections for accessible digital preservation.

X-Ray & Specialist Film Digitisation

Specialist digitisation of X-ray and other photographic film collections for accessible digital preservation.

We provide professional digitisation services for corporate, consumer, heritage and archival collections, creating accessible digital files while taking care with original material.

Professional photographic film digitisation

Professional Digitisation

High-quality digital capture designed to make historic and specialist photographic material easier to access, manage and preserve.

Heritage and archive photographic collections

Heritage & Archive Collections

Careful handling and digitisation for collections where original material requires considered treatment and controlled processing.

Digital delivery of archive files

Digital Delivery

Digital files can be prepared for practical access, archive workflows and client delivery according to the requirements of the project.

Specialist Digitisation Services

Our photographic and heritage services cover a wide range of historic and specialist formats.

Photographic film digitisation

Photographic Film & Images

Digitisation of photographic film and image-based collections, with appropriate workflows for the material supplied.

Specialist media digitisation

Specialist & Legacy Media

We also support specialist legacy formats and collections where access to older media is an important part of preservation.

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
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