Are you trying to get a scanner for dailies or for final output or both? I've worked for a DI company and have scanned several features along with titles, etc. We would get the cut show and scan only what was needed for the show. It would take about 2 weeks to scan a show from negative reels. I scanned some of my film at Cinelab and it looked fine although it did take awhile to get back. Also you have to deal with negative dirt. No matter how well it is cleaned there are still some spots. I no longer work at the DI company. Big company buys little company then lays off the workers they don't need. We had a Northlight One. I did use the Imagica for a short time. John Vasquez was very helpful to me at least. We also had a Imagica recorder. Maybe the one on Ebay now. And we used the Lasergraphics scanner on one show when we had it on loan. Very fast scanner.
