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Gemega Imaging
718 South Gilbert St. Fullerton, CA 92833
1-714-626-0526
info@gemega.com |
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The Client Gallery
to See Some of
Our Scanning Work |
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1-714-626-0526
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Medium Format Scanning (120/220/645)
View Your Scans on the Web Before
You Buy
We provide comprehensive medium format scanning to create images
suitable for large prints, viewing on a computer or TV, emailing to
friends and family, web and book publishing, and archiving. Your
negatives and positives are returned and recorded on the highest
quality CD or DVD media containing both high resolution TIFF and JPEG
image files for each scan. Visit our
Client Gallery
to see some samples of our work.
We scan everything and no job is too large or too small. Our
customers have asked us to scan and restore weddings, original
artworks and paintings, magazine and promotional layouts, fashion
layouts, university collections, museum collections, family slide collections,
vacations, photo safaris,
National Parks
Service collections, university collections, museum collections,
dental work, surgeries, litigation exhibits, and wars. Whether you be
an amateur or professional photographer, your project will receive the
same expert service and care.
Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed
When your scanning is finished, we send you
an email with a secure web link so you can view your scanned images in your
own private Preview Gallery using your web browser. Your satisfaction is guaranteed because we won't
create the CD or DVD for shipping until you've had a chance to review
the scans and are pleased with the results.
Get A Second Opinion
If you want to share your images with family and
friends, forward the link(s) we email to you. Click
on the sample below for a
demonstration of how the Preview Gallery works.
When you are ready to order, please fill out the order form by
clicking here,
or select Order from the menu.
If you are a photographer, graphic artist, web designer, or you have
unique scanning requirements, like PowerPoint presentations, we can scan your negatives
or positives at any
desired resolution, up to 4000 DPI, and at a bit depth of 8 or 16 bits
per channel.
Resolution, File, and Print Sizes
Scan Resolution |
Frame Size |
Pixel Dimensions |
Print Size |
File Size |
#
of Files / CD |
#
of Files / DVD |
| 1000 DPI |
6 x 4.5 |
2205 x 1690 |
7.4 x 5.6 |
10.8MB |
64 |
416 |
| 1000 DPI |
6 x 6 |
2205 x 2205 |
7.4 x 7.4 |
14.1MB |
49 |
319 |
| 1000 DPI |
6 x 7 |
2205 x 2740 |
7.4 x 9.1 |
17.2MB |
40 |
261 |
| 1000 DPI |
6 x 9 |
2205 x 3524 |
7.4 x 11.8 |
19.1MB |
36 |
235 |
| 2000 DPI |
6 x 4.5 |
4410 x 3380 |
14.7 x 11.3 |
43.9MB |
15 |
102 |
| 2000 DPI |
6 x 6 |
4410 x 4410 |
14.7 x 14.7 |
57.2MB |
12 |
78 |
| 2000 DPI |
6 x 7 |
4410 x 5480 |
14.7 x 18.3 |
69.5MB |
10 |
64 |
| 2000 DPI |
6 x 9 |
4410 x 7048 |
14.7 x 23.5 |
77.2MB |
9 |
58 |
| 3000 DPI |
6 x 4.5 |
6615 x 5070 |
22.1 x 16.9 |
99.2MB |
7 |
45 |
| 3000 DPI |
6 x 6 |
6615 x 6615 |
22.1 x 22.1 |
129.2MB |
5 |
34 |
| 3000 DPI |
6 x 7 |
6615 x 8220 |
22.1 x 27.4 |
157.0MB |
4 |
28 |
| 3000 DPI |
6 x 9 |
6615 x 10572 |
22.1 x 35.2 |
174.4MB |
4 |
25 |
| 4000 DPI |
6 x 4.5 |
8820 x 6760 |
29.4 x 22.5 |
175.5MB |
3 |
25 |
| 4000 DPI |
6 x 6 |
8820 x 8820 |
29.4 x 29.4 |
228.6MB |
3 |
19 |
| 4000 DPI |
6 x 7 |
8820 x 10960 |
29.4 x 36.5 |
279.4MB |
2 |
16 |
| 4000 DPI |
6 x 9 |
8820 x 14096 |
29.4 x 47.0 |
310.0MB |
2 |
14 |
Note: Scan
resolution is based on uncropped images. File size is
shown for uncompressed TIFF files.
What You Should Know
We're not the only web-based scanning company and you may have
found someone local - so why choose us? What makes us different from
the rest? Why does a large percentage of our business come from repeat
customers?
Before you order scanning services from us or anyone else, we
suggest that you look for the following features when shopping for the
best quality and value:
- Insist on TIFF & JPEG file scanning output
- Insist on Digital ICE
- Insist on manual hand-fed scanning
- Insist on free cropping and rotating
TIFF Files
We don't charge more for TIFF file scanning
output. TIFF files contain all of the image data
captured during the scan. Nothing is discarded, meaning you have
access to all of the original image data for retouching, resizing, and
making photo-quality prints. TIFF is an excellent format for image
preservation and archiving.
JPEG files are compressed to create a much smaller file, but there
is a downside that you should be aware of. When the image is
compressed, image data is lost forever and every time the image is
edited and saved, more original image data is lost. JPEG is great for
emailing and transporting images over the Web, TV viewing, and
PowerPoint presentations, but it is not a good format for professional
applications, image editing, and image preservation and archiving.
Digital ICE
We offer Digital ICE processing for Medium Format. We do a raw
scan for those customers who want to edit and retouch the scanned
images themselves, but for non-professional applications, Digital ICE
is recommended to remove dust and scratches.
Manual Scanning
We don't charge more for exposure corrections. Every
negative or positive is scanned individually by hand, previewed,
analyzed, and manually corrected until the best possible image is
acquired. Corrections are made to restore color balance, color
saturation, brightness and contrast, and if you choose ICE, we
attempt to remove any remaining dust and scratches
ICE misses.
These results can only be achieved by hand
where the operator's experienced eye can inspect the scan and make the
appropriate exposure corrections. It's not uncommon that our scans
look even better than the original.
Cropping and Rotating
We don't charge more for Cropping and
Rotating. Even though cropping and rotating takes some extra time,
it is minimal compared to all of the other adjustments we make, so we
don't charge more to do it. You should never have to pay extra for cropping
and rotating. Because TIFF files are used for printing, editing, and
archiving purposes, we don't rotate these files unless you request it.
Last Word
We're confident that when you learn what you
should expect from any scanning service, our services stack up pretty
well and our level of quality is unsurpassed. But don't
take our word for it. Read the testimonials or do a little research.
There are plenty of resources on the Web. Here's
one,
if you want a good Scanning 101 crash course.
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> Medium Format Processing |
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We scan every negative or positive at any scanning resolution
up to 4000 DPI, at a bit-depth of 8 or 16 bits per channel, and save
the image in any Photoshop-compatible file format.
You receive two
image files for each scan. For printing and archiving, the scanned
image is saved as an uncompressed TIFF file. A TIFF file contains
all the image data captured during the scan and is the
industry-standard format. The TIFF file is resized to create a high quality JPEG file 720 pixels in length
and/or width, depending on the orientation.
Digital ICE technology may be used to remove dust
and scratches and there is no
additional charge for this option.
Digital ICE does not blur or soften the image to
remove dust and scratches. It is integrated with the scanner to
create a "defect" channel. This "defect" channel is then used by the
scanning software to remove dust and scratches. If you prefer, you can turn this
option off on the Order form.
To learn more
about the benefits of using Digital ICE technology, click
here
and then visit our
Image
Enhancements page to see some examples.
For MF processing we don't crop or rotate images unless you tell
us
otherwise on the Order form. If we do crop, we only remove the
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> Testimonials |
"IT IS AMAZING! I
cannot write in words how much your service completely exceeded my
expectations. Thanks again for your work, your professionalism and
all of your help."
Kim Shaw
Canton, GA
"Thank you for
the great service. I have never been so pleased with the services
offered for any other purchases I made on the internet. I will
definitely let others know about your services."
Bob Milani
Menlo Park, CA
"They look great! There are one or two
that I wish weren't so underexposed, but it already looks like a
miracle to me. I will pass on your name to others who need to have
their stuff scanned. Your service has been excellent. Thanks."
Shane Ellis
Seal Cove, ME
"Thank you so much for
all your hard work. Just being able to view the items on the preview
galleries provided my brother and I with a great Thanksgiving
weekend. Thanks again."
John Axley III
Gaithersburg, MD
"I have to compliment
you on your method of doing business. If I had to construct a work
flow that gave maximum satisfaction to the customer, this would be
it."
Tom Sansoterra
Long Beach, CA
"The slides look
tremendous. Your hard work is certainly appreciated. The Slide CDs
were a big hit with the family."
Paul Schlenker
Media, PA
"You're a magician. I was afraid that my mom's old slide collection
was ruined beyond repair. Thanks for the great job."
Michelle Scher
Irvine, CA
"Wow! The prints I make
from the negatives you scanned for me jump off the page. It was a
real pleasure doing business with you. Thanks again."
Scott Reynolds
Villa Park, CA "Thanks for the advice and
fast turnaround. You produce a quality product and I won't hesitate
to recommend your services to other photographers. If and when you
decide to go medium format, you'll get all my work."
Mike Updegraff
Mission Viejo, CA "We are ecstatic. The
quality, consistency, and of course the customer service was
impeccable. I appreciate all your help and attention to detail while
working with our sentimental photographs. Thanks again and I look
forward to working with you again soon."
Michael and Marisa McCarthy
Red Bank, NJ "You did an outstanding job on
these slides!!!! They are 1000% better than <name withheld>
scanning. They got them so dusty, I had to clean them again before
sending them to you. Thanks for your excellent job."
Don DeJarnette
Northport, AL "WOW! What a difference. A vast
improvement over the original scans."
Doug Lewis
Anchorage, AK "Your web site is easy to
navigate and understand. Your pricing is fair, the quality of the
scans is excellent and I received prompt, courteous customer
service. I am definitely thinking about taking that whole shoe box
of old photos and entrusting them to Gemega for scanning!"
Angela Fresne
London, England |
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