Glass Plate Negative Film Scanning | Oxford UK

Archiving and Scanning Digitisation at Oxford Duplication Centre

Glass Plate Negative Medium Format Film Scanning Format Film Scanning Solutions in Oxfordshire UK

Specialist Glass Plate Negative Film Scanning Specialists | Converting to National Archive Specifications 

Professional digitisation scanning services. Creating high resolution digital formats for long term preservation.  Working with museums, historical archival companies, corporations and private clients, we can cater for small units to bulk large orders in the many 1000's.  

Glass plates were far superior to film for research-quality imaging because they were extremely stable and less likely to bend or distort, especially in large-format frames for wide-field imaging. Early plates used the wet collodion process. The wet plate process was replaced late in the 19th century by gelatin dry plates. Glass plate photographic material largely faded from the consumer market in the early years of the 20th century, as more convenient and less fragile films were increasingly adopted.

All our machinery offer a  high Dmax measurement of optical density which ensures the thinner parts of film (shadows in negatives or highlights in positives) reproduces detail in the deepest of shadows. The output is stunning, capturing tones beautifully to bring out the very best in glass plate negatives. 

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS - HOW TO ORDER

1. Add all of your items together and either post or bring your order in to our office.

2. If posting, please ensure a letter is within the box, to include your full name, address, email and mobile and post using a tracked service to:

Oxford Duplication Centre Ltd
29 Banbury Road
Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1AQ

Our offices are open Monday to Thursday 8am-4pm, Friday 8am-3pm. Tel: 01865 457000 or email: cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com

3. Once received, we will prepare an estimate for your approval by email. Once approved, your order will be completed within 15 working days. Urgent orders can be supported but may incur an additional cost.

LANTERN SLIDES, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE GLASS PLATES, TINTYPES AND
SHEET TRANSPARENCYSCANNING SOLUTIONS.


All plates and transparencies are digitised to their respective dpi, unless
you have specific requirements. Our servies includes Adobe Post Production,
tone and sharpening, all in line with The National Archives Standards.


Contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com Telephone: 01865 457000
SIZE (INCHES) SIZE (MM) LANTERN SLIDES 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
3¼ × 3¼ lantern slides 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
SIZE (INCHES) SIZE (MM) PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS PLATES 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
3¼ × 4¼ 83 × 108 "quarter-plate" 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
4¾ × 6½ 120 × 165 "half-plate" glass plates 14.00 7.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00
6½ × 8½ 216 × 165 "full-plate" glass plates 15.00 7.50 3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25
SIZE (INCHES) SIZE (MM) SHEET FILM (TRANS OR X-RAY) 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 500+ 1000+ 5000+
4 × 5 102 × 127 sheet film 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
5 × 7 127 × 178 sheet film 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75
4 × 10 102 × 254 sheet film 13.00 6.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00
8 × 10 203 × 254 sheet film 14.00 7.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00
7 × 17 178 × 432 sheet film 15.00 7.50 3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25
11 × 14 279 × 356 sheet film 16.00 8.00 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25
8 × 20 203 × 508 sheet film 17.00 8.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50
12 × 20 305 × 508 sheet film 18.00 9.00 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75
14 × 17 356 × 417 sheet film 18.00 9.00 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00 2.75
16 × 20 406 × 508 sheet film 19.00 9.50 4.75 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00
20 × 24 508 × 610 sheet film 19.00 9.50 4.75 4.50 4.25 4.00 3.25 3.00



Our offices are open Monday to Thursday 8am-4pm Friday 8am - 3pm.
29 Banbury Road, Kidlington OX5 1AQ. Parking is available at the front of the building or rear car park.

Contact Us 01865 457000 or email cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com