Drum Scanning
Vintage technology with analog optics
When you need the very best scans from your film, there is no substitute for a genuine drum scan.
Get StartedYour film is precious. With care and precision, our scanning techniques bring out every tone and detail.
When you need to scan film for a print, book or exhibition, it is vital to get the best. Film photographers have known for decades that there is no substitute for a real Heidelberg drum scan. Our scanners deliver the sharpest, cleanest scans possible. The results are perfectly optimized digital reproductions for your project.
Drum Scanning
The best drum scanners ever made
Why Our Scans Are Better
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Grain-Sharp Focus
The scanner optics are focused manually by our expert scanning technicians. resulting in unsurpassed tack-sharp files, right down to the film grain. Other scanners can’t provide this degree of accuracy, due to the limited capabilities of digital autofocus and set focal planes.
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Higher Resolution
Heidelberg drum scanners still deliver the largest non-interpolated file sizes, meaning that every pixel is optically generated. Other scanners fake their way to large file sizes by interpolating, or upresing, a smaller file.
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Dust-Free Files
Your files are carefully adjusted and meticulously cleaned by our expert technicians before delivery.
Drum Scan Pricing
| Output | 1 scan | 2-5 | 6-15 | 16+ |
| 100MB | $60 | $55 | $48 | call |
| 250MB | $70 | $65 | $58 | |
| 500MB | $90 | $80 | $72 | |
| 750MB | $100 | $90 | $82 | |
| 1GB | $140 | $120 | $105 |
Please note we require a $250 minimum order for drum scanning. If you plan to order prints from your scans, the print cost can be applied toward the $250 minimum.
Drum scanning is labor- and materials-intensive, and performed on vintage equipment which is expensive to maintain. Thank you for understanding.
Contact Us About Scanning
Get in touch with us to discuss your project and arrange a handoff of your film.
“The people at Lightsource deliver. Their imaging team knows exactly what I like and how to bring out the best of my film and digital images. And their Heidelberg drum scanner makes the best scans I’ve ever seen.” Music photographer and official photographer for the Oakland Athletics