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Why Drum scan
A drum scanner makes the best scans of negative and transparency film. Nothing else captures the dynamic range, tonal quality, detail, and sharpness of your image. They remain the most precise and sophisticated technology for digitizing film and prints.
The CHromagraph 3400
Photomultiplier tube sensors (PMT)
Optical resolution: up to 19,200 ppi
Density range (DMax): 4.2
Scaling: Up to 3000%
Bit Depth: 16 bit grayscale / 48 bit RGB / HDR via Silverfast workflows.
Color reproduction: Custom scanner profile utilizing Hutch HCT targets.
Manufactured by Linotype-Hell in Kiel, Germany, the Chromagraphs were in production longer than any other models of HELL scanner. In fact, when the factory announced they would stop producing them, the American Market protested to the point that they continued production into 1998, simultaneously occurring alongside production of the Tango series which came out in 1997.
The very first Chromagraphs were the first scanners to be driven with a Windows PC and were initially beta-tested in 1989. The next step was to completely re-design this series and introduce it as the S3900 in 1994. This new design resulted in a huge reduction of hardware, achieved through further miniaturization of previous circuitry. The first Mac-driven Chromagraph was the S3300/3400 which also made its debut in 1994. A third-party company, Lasersoft (also based in Kiel, Germany where the Chromagraphs were built) wrote a later version of software to drive the scanner with the PowerPC platform. That product is the well-known Silverfast Software. The Chromagraph version opened the door to 16 bit scan mode and improved scanning of negatives.