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We use an Imacon scanner for our film scans. This instrument is, in the opinion of many knowledgeable persons, the finest film scanner on the market. Of course this solid-state drum scanner has all the right specs in regard to DPI, density range, and so forth, but what really sold us was the sheer photographic beauty of the images it produces. We looked at several high-end scanners, but nothing else comes close. |
Film Scan Prices
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A great scan requires a great scanner - but there's a lot more to it than that. Not even the best hardware can produce a perfect digital image from your film by itself. The settings that automatic equipment would use to make your print are just starting points for us. We adjust the white point, black point, contrast, color balance and other settings individually for each scan, using both numerical image data (like the histogram show below) and an experienced eye. |
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After the scan, we examine each image at full resolution in the Photoshop program. First we carefully remove the specks and scratches which are present on every negative and transparency. Next we make additional adjustments to the color and tonal values of the image. Often there adjustments are applied only to selected areas of the image, which is similar to the "burning and dodging" techniques from the darkroom days, but much more powerful and sophisticated. Finally, after every aspect of your image has been optimized, we burn you image file to a CD. All this is included in what we usually just refer to as "a scan." |
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| We can scan all kinds of film
35mm to 4X5, negatives, slides or large-format transparencies, color or black and white, even 6X17cm panoramics - we can scan them all. |
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