Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Despite the advent of the new PC based digital camera era, there is still a vast archive of film. The obvious thing to do is to scan film optically using a high resolution film scanner and to convert the image into a digital file for digital distribution, PC archiving, and image processing. The likes of NASA can easily afford the best $20k plus PMT drum scanners and pro flatbed scanners for their spaceflight photo archives. See some professional scanners at http://www.imacon.dk, http://www.aztek.com, http://graphics.kodak.com (Creo) and http://www.flatbed-scanner-review.org. You can download selections from the NASA digitised archive at http://grin.hq.nasa.gov.