Why should you let Medium Rare scan your film? You have an expensive Epson or Nikon scanner that scans at an ultra high resolution. That should be enough, RIGHT???
I hear this all the time.
Your Images
Let's take a look at your images and the photography equipment you used to produce these images. Did you use a cheap lens when you first shot the image? I really doubt it. You most likely used the best lens you could afford to get the highest quality image possible. You probably paid hundreds of dollars for just the lens alone. You saw the need for the higher quality optics that are only available in the higher end lenses. It is true, you get what you pay for.
Now you have all those wonderful images ready to digitize. Would it make sense to take those sharp and true images and digitize them with something of less quality than what captured them in the first place? Well no, of course not.
Your Scanner
Now let's look at your scanner. Did it cost you at least the amount that your lens cost? After all, you are tasking your scanner to capture your images. You want to see the shadow detail that is present in your film, yet you don't want the highlights to loose detail. Is your scanner up to the challenge? Or is it just good enough based on what you paid for it?
Our Take On It
At Medium Rare there is no "good enough", otherwise we would be using $500 scanners. So much is lost by using a low end scanner and no amount of PhotoShop can add detail that your scanner did not pick up to begin with. In short, by using a low end scanner, you have degraded your images beyond repair.
After doing the math, you will quickly see that having Medium Rare digitize your film collection is often cheaper than buying a low end scanner and doing the work yourself. Our Creo scanner uses special software made only by Creo. You can not run it with any after market software.
The designers and builders of Creo scanners have engineered their system to work together in ways that an after market software developer could never do. When you have Medium Rare digitize your collection you not only get the best in hardware but also the best software to give you the best image possible.
See For Yourself
If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself. Look at the "FLAAR" web site. FLAAR is an independent research institute at Bowling Green State University. They have tested most of the scanners and printers available. Read the scanner reviews on their site. Once you see the difference Medium Rare offers, you will never want to trust your film to anyone else. Contact us today and let Medium Rare show you all that your film has to offer.