We offer three tiers of digitizations ranging from Value Print scanning to museum archival quality with our High Resolution DT Atom Digitization System. We work with our clients to choose the best process for them based on their needs and budgets for a specific project/job.
Value Print Scan
A small pass through print only scanner
- Ideal for larger quantities of small prints to be used for social media, family archives & small reproductions
- Small color or B&W prints 3.5” x 5” up to 8” x 10”
- Prints must be in good condition – no tears, scalloped or deckled edges
- Prints are scanned at 600ppi, generating a file twice the physical size as the original.
- Auto correction software used for color correction, contrast and sharpness
- Great for archiving family photos in good condition
- Jpeg only
Flatbed Scans
Prints, film, small flat works – Mid Tier
- Ideal for medium resolution bulk scanning
- Also good for prints and documents up to 8×10 – Photos not suitable for a pass through scanner (ie: folds, tears, and irregular edges), documents, and some flat artworks.
- Additional editing available for an hourly fee
- Prints/Artwork scanned @600ppi
- Negatives scanned for prints up to 11×14
High Resolution Digitization of film & prints
Drum scanner quality at a fraction of the price
At the heart of our high resolution digitization services is a PhaseOne Camera mounted with a specialized lens designed to capture either film or reflective media. The camera and lens are mounted to a custom made system that allows for reproductions up to 20×24” in a single capture (larger pieces can be reproduced with multiple captures).The object being reproduced is illuminated by an LED lighting system that has both a Color Rendering Index (CRI) and a Color Quality Index (CQI) of 98 out of 100 points. This means that you can receive the drum scan quality digital reproductions of your original at an affordable price. Follow this link to see how our system compares to other digitization methods, and read our Instant Image Capture – White Paper 2-8-22 for a complete overview.
- 150mp capture with medium format camera and flat field lenses
- Quality comparable to drum scanning
- 35mm up to 11×14 sheet film & glass plates
- Photographic prints, flat art artwork and most paintings
- Images are captured using high end software specifically created for color accuracy
- Files suitable for large scale print reproduction
- This system is used by governments and institutions around the world to create high quality archives of artwork and historical material.
Originals - QTY | Film Digitization 35mm to 8x10 (highest resolution) | Color Transparency Instant Image Capture 35mm & 120 (highest resolution) | Contact sheet (highest resolution) | Prints Up to 20x24 highest resolution) | Flatbed Scan | Value Print Scan (ideal for small print up to 5x7) |
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1-4 ea. | $50 | $50 | $25 | $60 | $20 | $10 |
5-9 ea. | $40 | $40 | $20 | $51 | $15 | $9 |
10 -19 ea. | $30 | $30 | $18 | $46 | $13.50 | $8 |
21 - 49 ea. | $25 | $25 | $15 | $39 | $10 | $5 |
51 - 99 ea. | $18 | Call | Call | Call | Call | $4 |
100-199 ea. | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call |
200-299 ea. | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call |
300-499 ea. | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call |
500+ ea. | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call | Call |
Prices for strips of film of the same format. Single frames and excessively curly film will incur an additional fee. | Negatives shot through transparent sleeve. | Please specify Tiff or JPEG at time of order. |
Inbound & Outbound Shipping in Waterproof Case
Contact us and we will send you a waterproof Pelican Vault hard case with all the return shipping labels included. Place your film in the case and send it to us for safe and secure transport. We’ll return your film in the same way, that’s two round trips . Minimum order of 25 image captures required, US shipping only.
Inbound & Outbound Shipping in Waterproof Case – 25 Capture minimum $50
Inbound & Outbound Shipping in Waterproof Case – 100+ Captures Free
File Transfer Services & Flash Drives
We can upload your file online for free, copy to a DSI 64gb thumb drive $15, or copy scans to your portable hard drive. Shipping charges may apply, we prefer WeTransfer for online uploads.
Digital Retouching / Photoshop
Our technicians have years of experience and can perform miracles with Photoshop. Image restoration, retouching, or tricky color adjustments are no match for our skills. Retouching is billed at $110/hour in 15 minute intervals.
Old, scratched, or dirty negatives will be billed for extra spot/dust removal.
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On-site Image Preservation
Your film archive is your legacy. Digitizing that archive creates a valuable record, and a potential source of ongoing income. This raises the question, what is the best way to digitize a photographic archive? Scanning is a time consuming and expensive process, especially when you consider the many hours of labor. If you outsource the digitization, you will have to entrust your valuable images to a scanning service and take the risk of transporting hundreds or thousands of originals. In addition, your archive will be entrusted to the service provider without your supervision for the length of the process.
The Digital Silver Imaging On-site Image Preservation service offers a better, safer and hassle-free way to digitize your archive. We will come to your location, provide our own trained technician, and use our state-of-the-art digital capture system to quickly and safely digitize your archive. We use a specially designed copy support and PhaseOne camera that allows our service to quickly digitize a large quantity of images.
Here’s how it works. Together we estimate the time needed to digitize your archive. We give you a quote based on that estimate. Once we agree upon the dates we send our trained technician to your studio. The technician sets up the equipment and the digitization begins. Our techs do all the digitization you simply provide them with the organized originals. In a few days the digitization of your archive is complete.
Advantages of the Digital Silver Imaging’s On-site Image Preservation Service
- Our quality image capture is made at a consistent high resolution.
- We can digitize an entire archive in days not months.
- Exceptional value, per capture price is a fraction of a high resolution film scan or drum scan.
- Safety. Because we come to you, your archive is not moved or put at risk.
If you’d like a quote or a call back with your questions please contact us. info@digitalsilverimaging.com.