What is a Film Scanner?
A film scanner converts the image on a film negative or slide into a digital image file on a computer. People use a film scanner to get better digital reproductions than they would by scanning a photographic print. Even though they aren’t as good as photographs made directly from film, which is analog, the images made by a film scanner are detailed enough that they can be enlarged without becoming grainy or blurry. Film and slides are original images, therefore they have high resolution, strong contrast, amazing range of color, and great degree of detail. If there is such an image available, using a film scanner to capture it means you get a better representation. The film scanner converts the photograph to pixels, or dots of color. The number of pixels determines the resolution. For publishing on the Internet, printing, or importing to another program, you can decide on the appropriate resolution. This corresponds to how much memory the image file uses. The software that comes with a
