Kinetta Archival Scanner

Kinetta Archival Scanners are designed to safely scan film that archives deal with daily. Nitrate, film with torn or missing perforations, film with serious shrinkage -film that can not tolerate sprocket-based or pin-registered transports, small-diameter rollers with edge support, dancer arms, or tight wraps around multiple rollers. Torn perforations do not need to be repaired before scanning -the film should be cleaned when possible, and existing splice integrity checked, but time-consuming repairs are not necessary. Kinetta scanners use no sprockets (except for the optional footage counter, which uses a passive follower sprocket) and no conventional rollers. The threading path is short, simple and unvarying -no spring-loaded dancer arms. All four rollers are three-inch Particle Transfer Rollers, which remove most dust and surface debris from the film. The PTRs fully support the entire width of the film, which prevents small tears from turning into a large rips.

Film formats: 8 mm, Super-8, 9.5 mm, 16 mm, Super-16, 17.5 mm (Pathe Rural, Movette, etc.), 22 mm Edison Home Kinetoscope, 28 mm, 35/32 mm, 35 mm (2, 3, or 4 perf) 35 mm Paper prints (perforated/unperforated) and microfilm on special order. Scanner includes 16mm and 35mm gates, other gates optional.

Film types: Any film type: negative, intermediate, print, reversal original, IB, etc. Maximum roll length: ~2200 feet (13.8" platters)

Resolution: 2336 x 1752 pixels or 3296 x 2472 pixels, 12-bit. Sensor and lens positions are fully adjustable, to permit scanning film edge-to-edge, or only the image area for maximum resolution. Fully upgradable -future sensors easily accommodated.

Scan speed: 2336 x 1752 pixels at up to 32 fps, 12-bit. 3296 x 2472 at up to 16 fps. 12-bit.

Film transport: Sprocketless continuous film transport with fully adjustable film tension. Full width, large diameter PTR rollers for gentle handling of damaged and torn film. Precision non-contact perforation sensor with archival perforation processor for extremely damaged film. Shrunken film, no problem. Optional sprocket-based footage counter (passive follower sprocket) available.

Illumination: Pulsed solid-state four-color (Red/Green/Blue/White) lamphouse. Full control of color balance and intensity. Up to 160 Amps of pulsed light, with no heat. Extremely diffuse light output for scratch reduction

Power: 110 or 220V AC 50-60 Hz. Typically consumes less than 230 watts when scanning.

Made in USA.