Medium format photographic film scanning and digitisation
PHOTOGRAPHIC & HERITAGE DIGITISATION

Medium Format Film
Scanning & Digitisation

Professional scanning of 120 and 220 medium format film, including negatives and transparencies, to high-quality digital files for archiving, printing and sharing.

Specialist Medium Format Scanning High-resolution digital preservation

Medium Format Film Types

Medium format film produces a larger image area than 35mm film, making it particularly valuable where fine detail, tonal range and image quality are important.

Our medium format service is focused on 120 and 220 film types, with professional scanning and digital processing suitable for personal archives, photographic collections, heritage projects, publications and professional use.

120 medium format film

120 Film

Professional digitisation of 120 roll film, widely used in medium format cameras and photographic collections.

220 medium format film and photographic collection

220 Film

Scanning for 220 roll film, providing a longer film length for medium format photography and archive collections.

Medium format photographic film scanning

Medium Format Collections

Suitable for negatives and transparencies supplied as individual frames, rolls or larger photographic collections.

Why Scan Medium Format Film?

The larger frame area of medium format film can preserve a high level of photographic detail and is especially valuable for historic negatives, transparencies, professional photography and images intended for publication or enlargement.

  • Higher image detail: A larger original image area provides more information to work with when creating digital files.
  • Historic collections: Digitisation helps protect access to original negatives and transparencies while reducing repeated handling.
  • Publication & printing: High-quality files can be prepared for professional printing, publications and exhibition use.
  • Family archives: Valuable family photographs can be preserved digitally and shared without repeatedly handling the original film.

Medium Format Film Scanning & Digital Outputs

Our existing medium format pricing provides 4800dpi archival TIFF/RAW and 3200dpi standard JPEG options. The appropriate output can be selected according to whether the priority is long-term preservation, publication or everyday access.

Medium Format Film Pricing

Pricing below is retained from the original page. Medium format film is described as film where a single frame is larger than 135 film (36 × 24mm) but smaller than 4 × 5 inches, typically 120 or 220 film.

DPIOutput Format110255010025050010005000+
4800Archival TIFF/RAW£10.00£5.00£2.50£2.25£2.00£1.75£1.50£1.25£1.00
3200Standard JPEG£7.00£3.50£1.75£1.50£1.25£1.00£1.00£0.75£0.70

Professional Processing

The original service specification includes Adobe lab processing for unsharp masking and toning. This workflow is designed to produce clean, carefully processed digital files suitable for archiving, publication and professional printing.