Resolution Options

Resolution is one of the biggest factors determining the quality of your digital images. Resolution means how much "information" or dots/pixels are in your digital image. The more dots/pixels, the sharper your image will be and the higher quality digital image you will get.

It's the same concept as Megapixels and digital cameras. The higher the Megapixels, the higher quality your image will be.

We offer three resolutions to choose from, 2000 dpi, 3000 dpi, 4000 dpi.

DPI = Dots Per Inch. -- Dots meaning pixels.

 

2000 DPI - A 2000 DPI scan is equivalent to 4.6 Megapixels. This is a medium resolution scan that we recommend for customers who only want to create printed photographs of up to 5"x7", post online, e-mail to friends or view on their TV. If you want to make larger printed photographs, crop out portions of the image, or have a higher quality image, we would recommend a higher resolution.

3000 DPI- A 3000 DPI scan is equivalent to 9 Megapixels. This is a high resolution scan that we recommend for customers who want to create larger photograph prints up to 11"x14", post online, e-mail to friends or view on their TV. If you plan to make larger printed photographs, use in a professional capacity such as publishing, or want a higher quality image, we would recommend the 4000 DPI.

4000 DPI- A 4000 DPI scan is equivalent to 18 Megapixels. It is the highest scan resolution scan for transparent film. This will allow you to crop out portions of your image, create large photograph prints, upload online, use professionally, pretty much whatever you want. If it fits within your budget we always recommend going with the highest resolution, because you are capturing more data, which means you are getting a higher quality image.

Here is a quick visual between 2000 dpi, 3000 dpi, & 4000 dpi when you really zoom into the picture.

 

 

Here is what the entire image looked like.

 

Which Scanning Resolution is Right for You? Resolution Chart -- Based on 35mm Slides and 35mm Negative Film Scanning Resolution Megapixel Images per CD JPEG (estimate) Images per CD TIFF Images per Data DVD JPEG (estimate) Images per Data DVD TIFF Image size in pixels JPEG image size in MB (estimate) TIFF image size in MB Print size in inches Short side at 300 dpi Print size in inches Long side at 300 dpi 2000 dpi 4.6 176 46 1500 321 1740x2660 3 14 6 9 3000 dpi 9.2 72 21 672 145 2625x3900 6.7 31 9 13 4000 dpi 18.5 43 12 375 83 3500x5200 12 54 11 17 Resolution Chart -- Based on 4x6 Photographs Scanning Resolution Megapixel Images per CD JPEG (estimate) Images per CD TIFF Images per Data DVD JPEG (estimate) Images per Data DVD TIFF Image size in pixels JPEG image size in MB (estimate) TIFF image size in MB Print size in inches Short side at 300 dpi Print size in inches Long side at 300 dpi 300 dpi 2.2 350 100 3000 650 1200x1800 1.5 7 4 6 600 dpi 8.8 88 25 750 162 2400x3600 6 28 8 12 Resolution Chart -- Based on 2.25" x 2.25" Medium Format Film Scanning Resolution Megapixel Images per CD JPEG (estimate) Images per CD TIFF Images per Data DVD JPEG (estimate) Images per Data DVD TIFF Image size in pixels JPEG image size in MB (estimate) TIFF image size in MB Print size in inches Short side at 300 dpi Print size in inches Long side at 300 dpi 1000 dpi 5 170 48 1072 312 2250x2250 4 14 7.5 7.5 2000 dpi 20 43 12 268 78 4500x4500 16 55 15 15 3000 dpi 46 17 4 150 32 6750x6750 37 124 22.5 22.5 4000 dpi 80 10 2 85 18 9000x9000 64 220 30 30 Resolution Chart -- Based on 4" x 5" Large Format Film Scanning Resolution Megapixel Images per CD JPEG (estimate) Images per CD TIFF Images per Data DVD JPEG (estimate) Images per Data DVD TIFF Image size in pixels JPEG image size in MB (estimate) TIFF image size in MB Print size in inches Short side at 300 dpi Print size in inches Long side at 300 dpi 1000 dpi 20 63 14 390 86 4000x5000 11 50 13 17 2000 dpi 80 17 3 107 21 8000x10000 40 200 27 33 3000 dpi 180 8 1 95 9 12000x15000 85 450 40 50 4000 dpi 320 4 0 28 5 16000x20000 150 800 53 66