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Film Scanners

See below a list of the main film scanners currently used by film archives around the world. You can click on each image to access the website of the scanner's manufacturer. Note that the forum functionality of this page is only available to connected members of the FIAF community. Note that the scanners are are listed under three headings: scanners available commercially, commercial prototypes, and archive prototypes.

For further information about how to choose a scanner, see the FIAF Technical Commission's guide HERE.

See also the FIAF Technical Commission's Digital Statement.


Scanners available commercially

Manufacturer: Sondor

Model: Altra

Formats: 35mm / 16mm

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no


Manufacturer: Lasergraphics

Model: Archivist

Sensors: Color Filter Array (CFA) with Bayer pattern color capture

Resolution: 1.25K, 2.5K, or 5K

Formats: 8mm / Super 8mm / Double 8mm / 16mm / Super 16mm / 35mm

Obsolete Formats: 9.5 mm / 17.5 mm

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: Yes

Wet Gate: No

HDR: No

Overscan: Yes

Full Overscan With Edges: No

Manufacturer: ARRI

Model: ARRISCAN

Sensors: Area-based sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K / 6K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: Cintel

Model: Blackmagic Design

Sensors: Bayer pattern

Resolution: 2K / 4K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: DFT

Model: DFT POLAR HQ - Native 8K Archive Scanner

Sensors: Monochrome field array sensor 9.3K resolution

Resolution: Up to 8K

Formats: 8mm, S16/16mm, S35mm/35mm

Audio Recording: Additional option

Sprocketless: Yes

Wet Gate: Wet Gate ready

HDR: Yes

Overscan: Yes

Full Overscan With Edges: Optical zoom user definable up to “edge to edge” E

Manufacturer: Lasergraphics

Model: Director 10K

Sensors: Monochromatic CMOS area array with sequential RGB Infrared color capture per pixel

Resolution: 5K and 10K

Formats: 8mm / 16mm / Super 16mm / 35mm / 65/70mm 95-perf)

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical or soft decoding

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no, but infrared dust/scratch detection/reduction

HDR: yes

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: Filmic

Model: EZ16

Sensors: Sony IMX530, Sony IMX250

Resolution: 5328 x 4600, 2448 x 2048

Formats: 16mm, S8mm

Obsolete Formats: S16mm, 8mm, 9.5mm

Audio Recording: yes, magnetic and optical

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: optional

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: Flashscan

Sensors: Bayer pattern

Resolution: HD

Formats: S8mm / 16mm

Obsolete Formats: 8mm / 9.5mm

Audio Recording: optical

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: Flashscan NOVA

Sensors: Bayer CFA sensor

Resolution: 4k

Formats: 8mm / Super 8mm / 16mm / Super 16mm with optional 9.5mm / 17.5mm

Audio Recording: Optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes (and no capstan)

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: No

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: Flashtransfer Choice

Sensors: Bayer pattern

Resolution: 2K / 4K / up to 5.1K

Formats: S8mm / 16mm

Obsolete Formats: 8mm / 9.5mm

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: Flashtransfer Vario

Sensors: Bayer pattern

Resolution: HD / 2.3K / 2.5K / up to 5.1K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm / S8mm

Obsolete Formats: 8mm / 9.5mm

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: Digital Vision

Model: Golden Eye

Sensors: Line sensors

Resolution: SD / HD / 2K / 4K

Formats: 70mm / 35mm / 16mm / S8mm

Obsolete Formats: 17.5mm / 28mm / 8mm

Audio Recording: optical

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: no

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: FilmFabriek

Model: HDS

Sensors: Area-based sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K

Formats: S8mm/16mm

Obsolete Formats: 8mm/9.5mm

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: iMetafilm

Model: iMetafilm Type 2

Sensors: Bayer

Resolution: 4K/6K

Formats: 8mm / Super 8mm / 16mm / Super 16mm / 35mm / Super 35mm

Obsolete Formats: 9.5 mm / 17.5 mm / 28mm (optional)

Audio Recording: Optical (optional Magnetic)

Sprocketless: Yes

Wet Gate: No

HDR: Optional

Overscan: Yes

Full Overscan With Edges: Yes

Manufacturer: Kinetta

Model: Kinetta

Resolution: 2K / 4K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: Filmlight

Model: Northlight

Sensors: Line sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no


Manufacturer: Filmlight

Model: Northlight II

Sensors: line sensor (TDI)

Resolution: line sensor (TDI) Resolution: 2K/4K/8K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: optional (capstan, shrunken pins, pinless scanning

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: DFT

Model: Oxscan 14K

Sensors: Native 14K CMOS sensor 14308 x 10760 active sensor pixels 3.76µm pixel size

Resolution: 14308 x 10760 active sensor pixels

Formats: 35mm 4 Perf. and 65/70mm 5 and 15 Perf.

Manufacturer: CTM Film

Model: Perenity

Sensors: Bayer pattern

Resolution: 2K /

Formats: 35mm / 16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: no

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: DFT

Model: Scanity

Sensors: Line sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K

Formats: 8 mm/ 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical, commmag

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: yes

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: Lasergraphics

Model: Scanstation

Sensors: Color Filter Array (CFA) with Bayer pattern color capture

Resolution: 1.25K, 2.5K, 4K, 5K or 6.5K

Formats: 8mm/ Super 8mm / Double 8mm / 16mm / 35mm / 65/70mm (5-perf)

Obsolete Formats: 8mm / 9.5mm / 17.5mm / 28mm

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: yes

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes


Manufacturer: DFT

Model: Sondor OMA-E with Resonances (Sound scanner)

Sensors: CMOS line

Resolution: 2K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical sound (variable density/variable area/push-pull)

Sprocketless: no

Wet Gate: no

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: sound follower spinner T

Sensors: no

Resolution: no

Formats: 35mm / 16mm with optional formats 8mm / 17.5mm

Audio Recording: optical sound (variable density/variable area) and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes (and no capstan)

Wet Gate: no

HDR: n/a

Overscan: n/a

Full Overscan With Edges: n/a


Manufacturer: MWA-Nova

Model: Spinner S

Sensors: Area sensor with bayer-pattern

Resolution: 5K

Formats: 35mm / 28mm / 17,5mm / 16mm / 9,5mm / 8mm

Obsolete Formats: yes

Audio Recording: sepopt, comopt, sepmag, commag

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: spinner S2

Sensors: Bayer CFA sensor / monochrome with sequential RGB

Resolution: 6.5K / 13.4k

Formats: 35mm / S35mm / 16mm / S16mm / S8mm / 8mm and 65/70mm stand-alone version

Obsolete Formats: (optional formats) 9.5mm / 17.5mm / 22mm/ 28mm

Audio Recording: Optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes (and no capstan)

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: yes

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes

Manufacturer: DFT (former: Grass Valley, Thomson)

Model: Spirit 4K, Spirit 2K, Spirit HD

Sensors: Full Resolution RGB Line Sensor RGB

Resolution: 4K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic (COMMAG)

Sprocketless: no

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: no

Full Overscan With Edges: no


Manufacturer: DFT (former GrassValley, Thomson, Philips)

Model: Spirit Datacine

Sensors: RGB Detail Line Sensor (KODAK)

Resolution: 1920

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Audio Recording: optical and magnetic (COMMAG)

Sprocketless: no

Wet Gate: yes (Schmitzer)

HDR: no

Overscan: no

Full Overscan With Edges: no

Manufacturer: MWA Nova

Model: viewing table spinner V

Sensors: Bayer CFA sensor

Resolution: 4k

Formats: 8mm / Super 8 mm / 9.5mm / 17.5 mm / 22mm / 28 mm

Audio Recording: Optical and magnetic

Sprocketless: yes (and no capstan)

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes

Manufacturer: Vintage Cloud A/S

Model: Vintage Cloud Steenbeck 16 or 35mm

Formats: 16mm / 35mm

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Commercial prototypes


Manufacturer: Eclair

Model: Nitroscan

Sensors: Area-based sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K / 6K / up to 10K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / S16mm

Obsolete Formats: 17.5mm / 28mm / 8mm / all formats up to 70mm

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes


Manufacturer: Cineric

Model: Oxberry

Sensors: Area-based sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K / 6K

Formats: 16mm / 35mm / 65mm

Obsolete Formats: 17.5mm / 28mm / 8mm

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: yes

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes

Archive prototypes


Manufacturer: Film Light and CNC France

Model: Arc Light

Sensors: Line sensors

Resolution: 2K / 4K / 6K up to 8K

Formats: 16mm / 35mm

Obsolete Formats: from 8mm up to 90mm

Audio Recording: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: yes

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: yes


Manufacturer: LAPA (Laboratorio de Preservación Audiovisual) Uruguay

Model: Escanner

Sensors: Bayer pattern

Resolution: 2K / 4K / 5K

Formats: 35mm / 16mm / 8mm

Obsolete Formats: no

Sprocketless: yes

Wet Gate: no

HDR: no

Overscan: yes

Full Overscan With Edges: Yes