Abstract: An apparatus and method for digitally duplicating and storing film images. The apparatus has a projection section that includes a low-power, white-light source of illumination and an image receiving section that includes a digital camera with a charge-coupled device. The apparatus also has a tunable liquid crystal filter that is used to produce monochromatic images onto the image receiving section. In operation, light from the illumination section is transmitted through the liquid crystal filter that is operating at a first, predetermined frequency, through the film image and onto the image receiving section for subsequent recordation. Then, the liquid crystal filter is tuned to a second, predetermined frequency and light from the illumination section is again transmitted through the same film image, and recorded. Once the requisite number of monochromatic images are recorded, they are recombined into a single image and transferred to an optical recording medium.