Re: [AMIA-L] Scanner for film

[imazzanti iol <mazzanti.ritrovata@xxxxxx>]

The lab is indeed Haghefilm, and it is quite wellknown in Europe
(www.haghefilm.nl).
As far as I know (but I could be worng), they have an Oxberry Scanner, which
does not really meet Javier's requirements. As a matter of fact, no scanner
on the market, at least to my knowledge, does meet all the requirements you
listed, Javier. They are all very good and reasonable things to expect from
a scanner designed for handling nitrate, shrunk, and non-standard formats ar
Lumière's. Point is that such a scanner does not exist, because scanenrs are
not currently used to scan films such as the ones you describe, at least on
a scale which justify the investment (or that is what industry assumes).
Most recent models and development in the area, which you might look into,
are definitely:
ARRISCAN, which at the moment is still designed for production (meaning I
wouls not put anything shrunk in it!) although they say an 'archival
version' is in their plans;
the new Kinoton scanner meets at least one of your requests - scanning the
whole 35mm width - but is not commercially available yet, I understood at
IBC;
and finally the new Spirit 4k, which is mechanically a telecine, but able to
scan up to 4k at a surprising speed, might meet some of your requirements
(but no full width, I am afraid).
There are a number of other scanners on the market, but I would say you must
somehow compromise on your required features. A possible source for makers
of such equipment is contained in the report we produced as a result of the
FIRST Project, you can get a copy of it (for free, no commercials here!) by
requesting it at www.film-first.org, if you have not reeived it yet as an
ACE member.
Hope this is of some use.

Nicola



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E. Summer" <dinosaur@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <AMIA-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AMIA-L] Scanner for film


ALthough the name is slipping my brain at the moment, the film lab in the
Netherlands (Haghefilm???) deals with that sort of stock all the time,
especially for people like Serge Bromberg. I'm sure someone here will tell
you the correct name, but they'd be a good contact.

E.S.


At 01:42 PM 10/28/03 +0100, you wrote:

>My archive is looking for a high resolution scanner (2K to 4K) which can
>feed rolls of film, taking into account that the film to be fed will be
>mostly nitrate film in bad shape and even Lumière film stock. The only
>requirements we want is that it should scan the whole 35mm width which
>seems to be a problem in all scanners I have seen. I should not use dents
>for carrying the film in and out the scanner and of course it should not
>heat up too much. Does anybody have any suggestions or experiences about
>dealing with scanners for digitising old or damaged film?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Javier Cámara
>Arxiu de la Filmoteca de Catalunya