Kodachrome image from slide provided by Otto Mellar. Extracts to the right show a comparison between the digital image scanned with a high quality Epson V700 scanner, an image scanned with a Creo IQSmart2 operated by a Kodak operator and one scanned by Oscans with the HR 500.

All images were scanned at the same resolution and no digital adjustment has been applied to any image. The HR 500 image, in this instance, is noticeably superior to both the Epson and the Creo flatbed scanners in both detail and sharpness.

6 x 17 transparency frame courtesy of Grant Nichol. Magnified images to the right depict a tiny portion of the original image cropped after scanning the film image on a Epson V700 flatbed scanner and on the Kodak HR 500.

All images were scanned at the same resolution and no digital adjustment has been applied to either image. In this case, the HR 500 has demonstrated a superior ability to focus and resolve the details within the image.

5 x 4 inch old print scanned at 600 PPI on a low grade, consumer printer/scanner, compared to scans taken with a high quality Epson V700 scanner. The consumer image is clearly inferior in quality even at the scanner's highest specification, with obvious JPEG compression artefacts throughout. Oscans recommends that images should be captured in TIFF format where possible.