Medium Format Scanning

As you find a box of your old photographs, you may discover some negatives in that. When you view them, sometimes you will find that they are different than the negatives you have taken from your old film camera. Also, these negatives are larger as compared to 35mm negatives. This is mainly because the photos have been captured by some expert photographer on medium format film.

Medium Format Film

Medium Format Film comes in 56mm size and its width varies based on the camera. Films bigger to 56mm are considered as ‘larger format’. Surprisingly, medium format film cartridges were intorudced only for amateur film market but very soon they became the standard of professional photographers. Even modern photographers of digital world have started using medium format.

Getting Film scanned

Though there are lots of benefits of medium format film, it is not a digital medium. A person having old negatives can not share them with family members or friends as these are not in digital form. Expert photographers who make use of medium format need to find a mode to digitize the photographs with the intention to display them on a website or in digital portfolio.

Medium format films can be scanned by using specialized scanners made to handle the negatives cautiously and create positive scanned image. The process of scanning starts with a careful cleaning of negatives to eliminate any kind of lint or stray dust. The un-mounted negatives are put into a “glass film adapter” that keeps the photographs stable throughout the process. Next the mounted negatives are placed into a “mounted film carrier.” The negatives are then scanned by using scanning equipment retaining great resolution and specially designed for negatives. A technology for scratch and dust removal is highly essential to develop dirt free digital photos from medium format negatives.

Since medium format film is longer in comparison to 35mm film, the digital images which are scanned shall be more crisp and clear than the photographs that would have been developed by 35mm negatives scanning.

Some advantages of utilizing medium format scanning:

1.The format itself is quite larger so that user can create clearer enlargements.
2.Because many people love to enlarge their photographs to have them in their rooms, medium format scanning will be a good option.
3.A resulting image you get is with smoother gradation and does not contain any lint or grain.

A medium format scanning is the best way of scanning. So if you find a box of your negatives, scan them into new images with medium format scanning.