Drum scanning Service for photographers, artists and museums
The finest scans your film will ever get.
DRUM SCANNING NYC is specialized in 16bit drum scanning and pigment ink printing services. Drum scanning NYC is available to scan any film format up to 8000 dpi resolution, in 16bit gray scale or 48 bit color. If you are looking for ultimate quality film scans and museum quality prints you are in the right place.
Location: 46 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11249
CALL US +1 (917) 975-3139
AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
If you’d like to mail in your negatives or slides, we’re happy to accommodate. Before shipping, please reach out to let us know they’re on the way. When sending, use the signature required option and include a tracking number so we can confirm safe arrival. Don’t forget to enclose a prepaid return envelope or label with your package.
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Drum Scanning Pricing
A PMT drum scanner captures film the way film deserves to be captured. The negative is wet-mounted directly onto a precision-machined drum, holding it in absolute flatness — eliminating the focus inconsistencies that plague flatbed CCD scanners and film holders. The result is edge-to-edge sharpness, from the centre of the frame to the rebate.
The photomultiplier tube reads light with exceptional sensitivity, delivering dynamic range that CCD sensors simply cannot match. Shadow detail that flatbed scans lose to noise, highlight gradation that digital capture compresses — drum scanning holds all of it.
Wet mounting also seals the film surface from airborne dust during scanning, dramatically reducing the retouching time that flatbed and DSLR copying workflows demand. And because the film lies on the drum rather than under glass or in a carrier, there’s no geometric distortion — your straight lines stay straight.
OUR MINIMUM ORDER IS $100 (Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.)
| FILM FORMAT | FILE SIZE | PRICE | PRINT SIZE @ 300dpi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35mm / 4000 dpi | 120MB | $45 | 13″x19″ @300dpi |
| 35mm / 8000 dpi | 500MB | $85 | 25″ x 38″ @300dpi |
| 645 / 4000 dpi | 350MB | $65 | 34″ x 31″ @300dpi |
| 645 / 8000 dpi | 1,3GB | $120 | 63″ x 47″ @300dpi |
| 6×6 / 4000 dpi | 500MB | $95 | 31″ x31″ @300dpi |
| 6×6 / 8000 dpi | 2GB | $170 | 63″ x63″ @300dpi |
| 6×7 / 4000 dpi | 600MB | $95 | 31″ x 37″ @300dpi |
| 6×7 / 8000 dpi | 2,3GB | $180 | 63″ x 73″ @300dpi |
| 6×8 / 4000 dpi | 680MB | $115 | 31″ x 42″ @300dpi |
| 6×8 / 8000 dpi | 2,6GB | $220 | 63″ x 84″ @300dpi |
| 6×9 / 4000 dpi | 760MB | $125 | 31″ x 47″ @300dpi |
| 6×9 / 8000 dpi | 3GB | $240 | 47″ x 70″ @300dpi |
| 617 panoramic/ 4000 dpi | 1,4GB | $165 | 31″ x 89″ @300dpi |
| 4×5 / 2000 dpi | 425MB | $100 | 26″ x 33″ @300dpi |
| 4×5 / 4000 dpi | 1,7GB | $190 | 53″ x 66″ @300dpi |
| 8×10 / 2666 dpi | 3GB | $265 | 71″ x 89″ @300dpi |
| Polaroids | 1600dpi | $45 | Max original size 8.5″x 11″ |
| Prints | 600dpi | $25 | Max original size 8.5″x 11″ |
Pigment ink Printing Pricing
OUR MINIMUM ORDER IS $500 (Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.)
| SIZE | STANDARD STOCK | PREMIUM STOCK |
|---|---|---|
| 8″x10″ / 8.5″x11″ | $35 | $40 |
| 11″x14″ | $50 | $62 |
| 12″x12″ | $50 | $62 |
| 13″x19″ | $64 | $80 |
| 16″x16″ | $80 | $92 |
| 16″x20″ | $86 | $102 |
| 20″x20″ | $98 | $116 |
| 20″x24″ | $104 | $120 |
| 24″x24″ | $132 | $150 |
| 20″x30″ | $138 | $166 |
| 24″x30″ | $144 | $174 |
| 24″x36″ | $174 | $210 |
| 30″x30″ | $182 | $218 |
| 30″x36″ | $218 | $264 |
| 30″x40″ | $250 | $300 |
| 36″x36″ | $270 | $324 |
| 36″x48″ | $360 | $432 |
| 40″x40″ | $360 | $432 |
| 40″x50″ | $380 | $436 |
| 40″x60″ | $420 | $500 |
Ordering and Payment Information
HOW DO I PLACE AN ORDER?
To place an order for drum scans or prints, please email us. All scans include dust clean up. If requested we offer option for clients to NOT to cut their film strips into individual frames for scanning (additional fees may apply).
PAYMENT TERMS:
Once your order is ready, you will receive an email invoice. The email will include instructions for making the payment. Once your payment goes through, we will send you a download link for your files. Please note the minimum order is $100.
(Prices and availability are subject to change without notice)
WHAT IS THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR DRUM SCANS?
From the time we receive your film, the standard turnaround time is usually 2 business days or longer depending on the quantities and the required file sizes.
EXPRESS AND WEEKEND SERVICE
Next day turnaround and weekend service is an additional 100% per image.
Please note unclaimed materials will be discarded after 90 days!
Drum Scanning Process
As photographers, we understand what it takes to get the most from a film original. Every scan we produce is 48-bit (16-bit per channel RGB) — no exceptions. Compared to 8-bit files, 16-bit data preserves far greater tonal depth, keeps gradients smooth and banding-free, and gives you the headroom you need for serious color work and large-format printing. Your drum scans are delivered as lossless TIFFs in Adobe RGB (1998), or ProPhoto RGB on request. You’ll receive your scans via a Dropbox download link.
Drum scanning NYC provides the client drum scans to the maximum optical resolution to match the fullest potential of your film originals and make it possible to produce large-scale fine art prints without limitations. We are also experts scanning color negatives. Drum scanning NYC uses the best scanner around, Aztek Premier, matched with Aztek´s sophisticated software Digital Photo Lab to guarantee the best results possible. We aim to give you the best archival scan from your film original.
About / Contact
Drum scanning NYC is a New York based company is specialized in 16bit drum scanning and pigment ink printing services. We are located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. We are also available to scan and process large scale archiving projects for institutions and museums. We have been in business since 2012.
The founder of “Drum scanning NYC”, Harri Kallio has more than two decades of experience in both printing and photography industries. He has worked through the major transition from wet dark room B/W printing to exhibition quality archival pigment printing and everything in between and has a very solid idea of what a technically perfect photographic scan/print should look and feel like.
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Location: 46 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11249
CALL US +1 (917) 975-3139
AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
LIMIT OF LIABILITY: While we take every precaution for the safekeeping and handling of all print, film, digital file, negative, transparency and artwork, submitting these materials for processing, printing, or other handling constitutes an AGREEMENT by you that any damage or loss by our company, subsidiary, or agents due to unpredictable defects in materials, or even though due to the negligence or other fault of our company, subsidiary, or agents, will entitle you only to replacement with a like amount of unexposed film and processing when possible. Except for such replacement, the acceptance by our company, subsidiary, and/or agents of the film, print, slide, negative, transparency or artwork is without other warranty or liability, and recovery for any incidental or consequential damages is excluded. Should any material submitted involve high value it is upon the client to appropriately insure it. By placing an order, you hereby agree to all of the terms and policies outlined above.
