Imacon Flextight 949 Film Scanning

Your film will be scanned on the remarkable Imacon Flextight 949 film scanner, which offers superb quality thanks to its sharp optics, excellent D-max, and innovative glassless virtual drum scan design.

Our scanner is fully calibrated for highly accurate results.

Scanning Details

Please see the FAQ for more in-depth discussion of the following notes. If you have any further questions, we'll be happy to help.

Our approach to scanning is always to give you the best possible file from which to produce the best possible print. If you have particular scanning requirements, we will be happy to accomodate you.

Details:

Scans are not clipped in any way - the full dynamic range of the scanner is used
Have no sharpening applied
Are scanned into AdobeRGB 1998 (any other space available on request)
Are cleaned here with pure compressed air before scanning - usually some final minor spot cleaning will be required
Black and whites scanned as RGB positives unless requested otherwise - see FAQ for more details
The resoluton figures listed below are true optical resolutions from a super sharp scanner, not inflated/interpolated resolutions that cheaper scanners (and some other scanning services!) offer

Pricing Details

All prices are listed below, and are inclusive of GST.

If you have a large job (over $400), please contact us to get a specific quote for your order - we offer discounts.

Film formats

We can scan all popular film formats on the Flextight 949.

A note on print sizes as listed below - the tables below contain approximate file sizes you can expect from our scans. All the figures for print sizes are for 300 PPI prints. These print sizes are very conservative - with a good, sharp original, you can make good prints larger than the sizes listed here (most labs used 200 or 250 PPI printers like the Lamda and Pegasus machines).

Jump to notes and pricing information for the following film formats:

35mm
Xpan (24 by 65mm)
6 by 4.5 cm
Typical medium formats : 6 by 6 cm, 6 by 7 cm, 6 by 9 cm
6 by 12 cm
6 by 17 cm
4 by 5 inches (large format)

35mm Scans

The Flextight 35mm film holder holds the film extremely flat, a by-product of this is that it crops into the image area by around 1mm
We can scan at 2500, 5000 PPI or an incredible 8000 PPI! (True optical resolutions)
Mounted film we can only scan to 5000 PPI, Unmounted to 8000 PPI

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to
35-16-Medium	2500 / 16 bit	48 Mb	$7.50	11.5 by 7.5 inches (30 by 20 cm)
35-16-High	5000 / 16 bit	190 Mb	$12	23.5 by 15.5 inches (60 by 40 cm)
35-16-Super	8000 / 16 bit	490 Mb	$25	37 by 25 inches(96 by 64 cm)

XPan (24 by 65mm) (Panoramic 35mm)

We can scan at 3150 or 6300 PPI (true optical resolutions)

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to
X-16-Medium	3150 / 16 bit	152 Mb	$10	26 by 10 inches (68 by 25 cm)
X-16-High	6300 / 16 bit	600 Mb	$25	54 by 20 inches (136 by 50 cm)

6 by 4.5 cm Scans

We can scan at 2000 or 4000 PPI (true optical resolutions)

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to
645-16-Medium	2000 / 16 bit	96 Mb	$10	16 by 12 inches (40 by 30 cm)
645-16-High	4000 / 16 bit	380 Mb	$20	32 by 24 inches (80 by 60 cm)

6 by 6 cm (& 6 by 7, 6 by 9)

We can scan at 1600 or 3200 PPI (true optical resolutions)
The files and print sizes below are for 6 by 6 cm film, 6 by 7 and 6 by 9 are proportionally larger

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to:
66-16-Medium	1600 / 16 bit	82 Mb	$10	12.5 by 12.5 inches (32 by 32 cm)
66-16-High	3200 / 16 bit	328 Mb	$20	25 by 25 inches (64 by 64 cm)
Need bigger?				See below!

If you need a bigger scan from 6 by 6 through to 6 by 9, we can do it in two sections using the 6 by 4.5 cm holder, and we'll lock expsoure between the two scans, making for a very easy merge in Photoshop (5 to 10 mins if you know what you're doing). We only offer this service at the maximum resolution of 4000 PPI, and at 48 bit. Each 'double scan' is $40 - the final file size of the merged image will be up around the 600 MBmark (you'll need a decent computer!) and will print to around 32 - 36 inches at 300 PPI.

6 by 12 cm Scans

We can scan at 1600 or 3200 PPI (true optical resolutions)

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to
612-16-Medium	1600 / 16 bit	164 Mb	$12.50	25 by 12.5 inches (64 by 32 cm)
612-16-High	3200 / 16 bit	654 Mb	$25	50 by 25 inches (128 by 64 cm)

6 by 17 cm Scans

We can scan at 1600 or 3200 PPI (true optical resolutions)

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to
617-16-Medium	1600 / 16 bit	232 Mb	$20	35.5 by 12.5 inches (91 by 32 cm)
617-16-High	3200 / 16 bit	926 Mb	$35	71 by 25 inches (181 by 64 cm)

4 by 5 inch Scans

We can scan at 1020 or 2040 PPI (true optical resolutions)
Flextight holder may crop about 1mm all around the fim depending on your holders

Order Code	PPI / Bit Depth	File Size	Price	Prints at 300 PPI to
45-16-Medium	1020 / 16 bit	120 Mb	$15	17 by 13.5 inches (43 by 34 cm)
45-16-High	2040 / 16 bit	476 Mb	$25	34 by 27 inches (86 by 69 cm)
Need bigger?				Read below!

If you need a bigger scan from 4 by 5, we can do it in two sections using the 6 by 12cm holder, and we'll lock expsoure between the two scans, making for a very easy merge in Photoshop (5 to 10 mins if you know what you're doing). We only offer this service at the maximum resolution of 3200 PPI, and at 48 bit. Each 'double scan' is $50 - the final file size of the merged image will be up around the one gigabyte mark (you'll need a decent computer!) and will print to around 50 inches at 300 PPI.