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The scanners
What is camera scanning?
Photographing film with cameras
Camera scanning means photographing each film frame with a digital camera and a macro lens instead of running it through a dedicated film scanner. The resolution comes from your camera sensor, so a 45 MP or 100 MP camera produces a 45 MP or 100 MP file. Most manual camera scanning setups make you advance and align every frame by hand. A General Film Labs scanner automates that part.