AVAILABLE IMAGE TYPES

None of the digital images shown at eWILDz are water-marked, and all image files represent true optical resolution of the scanner, without resorting to any interpolation technique.

Thumbnails in our photo-galleries are 200x150 pixels @ 72 dpi, and their enlargements measure 600x450 pixels @ 72 dpi. The gallery pictures represent following types of images in Dr. Kumar's photo stock :

Original 35 mm Colour Transparencies
Pro-quality 35 mm Duplicate Slides

High Resolution Digitals (4000 dpi, TIFF, about 50 Mb each) - Downloadable

High Resolution Digitals (4000 dpi, TIFF, aboutm 50 Mb each) - On Discs 

Medium to Low Resolution Digitals (2000-300 dpi, TIFF) - Downloadable

Medium to Low Resolution Digitals (2000-300 dpi, TIFF) - On Discs

Web Quality Imagery 1024x768, JPGs (quality 100%) - Downloadable

Web Quality Imagery 1024x768, JPGs (quality 100%) - On Discs

For display in eWILDz photo-galleries images have been force-sized to 600x450 pixels, and at times as much as 20% cropping may have been necessitated while maintaining the aspect ratio. Thus, original scans files are generally 10-20% bigger in viewable area of the image than what they appear to be in eWILDz photo-galleries.

Please note that all eWILDz digital imagery is supplied in LZW (Lemple-Zif-Welch) lossless compression format. These are TIFF files that need to be opened in PhotoShop (or your particular graphic editor programme), and then 'saved as' in 'uncompressed' TIFF format for your publication usage. These LZW comprssed TIFF images have just about half the size of normal uncompressed TIFF images ! JPG compression files (saved from 10-12 level in PhotoShop 7.0) are delivered only if specifically so required by the client.

Apart from removing surface blemishes like dust & minor scratches, our archival image files have not been digitally altered in any manner, nor any sharpening or noise-reduction filters etc. resorted too. Slides were scanned using Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 (D_max 4.8), using VueScan as 3rd party stand-alone scanning software. The built in digital ice programme in Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 was put off. 

Assuredly, each high resolution digital image file has been examined for surface defects at 100% to 200% view. All digital images have been processed post-scan in PhotoShop 7.0.

During post-scan gallery preparation images have been examined on a monitor with Windows default gamma profile (2.20), hardware whitepoint adjusted for 6500⁰K daylight, using a Phosphors setting of HDTV (CCIR 709) - saved as 'Adobe Monitor Settings.icm' and loaded for each session for colour consistency.

Original images (all 35 mm colour transparencies) have been shot mostly on 100 ASA Fujichrome, and at times on 64 ASA Kodachrome & 50 ASA Fuji Velvia. Finest Nikon optics have been used both at camera and scanner level to produce our digital image files.