Microfilm

16mm Microfilm Service

• Cost efficient archiving
• 100 years archival quality life span
• Future-proof technology
• Excellent image quality
• Retrieval is easy
• Disaster scenario is covered

Microfilm remains a trusted and widely used practice.

The popularity of microfilm as an archive media is mainly down to the following factors:

• Cost – microfilm is cheaper than document scanning
• Future-proof technology – unlike scanning which requires media specific technology, microfilm has a life in excess of 100 years and can be read simply by a magnification device
• Excellent image quality – due to its analogue format
• Retrieval is easy – blipped film can be retrieved in an instance, with the Solutions$ Data email retrieval service
• Disaster scenario is covered

Microfilm Formats

All film starts life as either 16mm or 35mm film, and depending on what type of file you have it is held in either roll film or jacket/microfiche format

Roll Film

Usually preferred when dealing with closed files, the roll film can be blipped to enable easy retrieval, which can be emailed to requesting customers

Jackets/Microfiche

Usually preferred when dealing with live files which require additional documents adding. Rows of microfilm are fed into a 6”x4” sleeve to create a jacket. This may be copied to give a single microfiche. This format is easily retrieved and can be emailed to requesting customers. Prices

Prices on request

Archival Quality BS6498;2002