Fact Vs Fantasy!

Even several years ago, you could buy a so-called 4800 PPI film scanner from various makers like Epson, Canon, Microtek etc, which could handle film sizes from 35mm through to large format. So why doesn't everyone scan on one of those?

Because those 'resolution' numbers are sheer fantasy. Sure, the file sizes coming out of those scanners are huge - e.g. 1 gigabyte file from 35mm - wow, that must be a great scan, right? Of course not. They may be huge but they are not optically sharp. They are full of useless pixels containing no real detail.

Resolution is a complex topic - but it boils down, ultimately, to the quality of the optics and the sensor in a particular scanner. And you tend to get what you pay for - and in the case of an Imacon scanner, what we paid for was a razor sharp Rodenstock lens combined with a fantastic Kodak sensor. That's what makes the Imacon so very good - far, far superior to flatbed film scanners, and far superior even to the desktop film scanners from Nikon etc.

The results on our Imacon at just 1600 PPI are better than an Epson flatbed at 4800 PPI!

If you need to make a really large print from our scans, be assured that you can do so because the system is so very sharp - the Imacon can almost always out-resolve photographers. If you take, for instance, a sharp medium format 6 by 6cm shot and blow it up to poster size from an Imacon scan, it will be visibly superior to scans from Epsons, Nikons etc, simply because the optics are so good (never mind the better D-Max, superior tone separation etc).

No matter how big the print you need, the Imacon scan will be better than other options like flatbeds and desktop film scanners as the true ability of the Imacon to resolve detail is far superior to other scanners, even those that claim to have a higher resolution.

Try an example Imacon Flextight scan for yourself and see the difference!