Millennium Technology leap for 35mm Scanning

Kodak and PictureVision collaborated  in 1999 to bring a new consumer based film scanning system to photofinishing. This system allowed chain and small photo labs to begin offering 35mm and APS film scanning services with the standard develop and print.  Digital cameras were in their consumer infancy in 1999 with most offerings in the 1MP range.  Film was still the primary medium for capturing images. That would  begin a dramatic shift around 2003.  The PictureVision system was a desktop IMB processor with CD burner, a Kodak/PictureVision 35mm+APS scanner and a HP 2000c color printer for making index prints.  

Film was scanned with digital ice and was able to have minor color and density adjustment made and output to 3½ floppy or CD.  Another option was to upload the scans to Kodak PhotoNet, "You've Got Pictures" online gallery. Those  images could  be downloaded to your home PC or shared with others.  The overwhelming majority of customer chose the CD.

File sizes were fixed by the software in one of 2 offerings based on the output.  The scanner would accept 35mm C-41 and B+W both tradition and chromogenic and APS formats

3½ Floppy:  640x480 @72dpi  36 exposure rolls required 2 floppy disks.

Picture CD:  1536x1024 @72dpi   the CD option would allow up to 3 rolls burned on the same disc. The average file size was approximatel 600K in JPEG format. No TIFF option

PhotoNet:  same as the Picture CD.  all formats included a 8½x11 index print