Craig Nichols

I've heard good things about a scanner from a Dutch company called Filmfabriek http://www.filmfabriek.nl/filmscanner/ Craig Nichols The Packard Humanities Institute - Stoa opinions expressed are my own and have no relation with my employer.

BTW - opinions expressed are my own and have no relation to my employer.

I've heard good feedback for Pro8 in LA 818.848.5522. I was told they have a ScanStation. I've not personally done work there https://www.pro8mm.com/collections/scan-film-to-digital You might try Prasad in Burbank (818) 861-7611. For highest quality when it has to be done in LA, Cinelicious does a great job on Scanity. They probably also still have a ScanStation. I have no idea about their prices. Craig Nichols The Packard Humanities Stoa

We have transferred over a million feet of archival nitrate and safety film on Scanity in the past 18 months and have not had significant issues with splices, shrinkage, or warpage. Film has been from early 1900s up to 1970. Scanity uses three separate 96 line TDI cameras. We scan 4k 4300x3324 overscan 16 bit tiffs at 10fps. I have seen some very attractive offerings of used machines from time to time. Craig Nichols Digital Imaging Fellow The Packard Humanities Institute - Stoa packhum.org

Does anyone know which camera is used in the new Director 10K? I assume they use a 10k Bayer pattern sensor. Does anyone know specifics? Can the same, or better, camera be used on Xena? Craig PHI

Hi Tom, Yes, DFT made an academy centered film gate for the Spirit2k/4k. Universal Studios was one of the few facilities who purchased this option. We experimented with metallic air conditioning tape on the underside of S35mm gate block, and this approach was used successfully a few times at Warner Brothers. Craig PHI

The Spirit 4k does have a fixed lens. The maximum Academy width without scaler will be either 3606 for Cineon, or 3616 for Smpte/Din. For Full Aperture Super 35, the normal size without scaler is 4096 wide.

The Spirit 4k should not have any problem to capture a complete Super 35mm image. Under the Sizing Data tab on the Spirit 4k panel, are controls for zoom, pan, and tilt. I would suggest trying these. In CCD "test" mode, the 4k can capture 4112 pixels, though I've never seen anyone use this mode for production work. No pixels should be getting cut off on the edges. The Spirit 4k User manual has charts that detail the various format sizes. The Scanity film scanner native resolution is 4300 pixels, so It is also capable of overscan like the Xena, Director, or Scan Station.