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The Importance of the film scanner
It is a common misperception that all scans are created equal. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Many facilities that offer
digital intermediate services actually use telecine-based devices, such as the Spirit, for their film scanning. Telecine-based
scanning devices are traditionally not pin-registered, and will jump across edits. These systems are also only capable of resolving
an HD resolution image, and can only create a 2K image through scaling.
Additionally, since most telecine-based scanners are linear 10-bit, 4:2:2 native devices, the scans are not created as full color,
full bandwidth images. iO Filmıs scanner provides eight times more color information than telecine-based scanners, and the amount of
color information is directly related to the quality of color correction that is possible. Simply put, scans that are made on a
telecine-based scanner will have extremely limited range during the color correction process. This is why iO Film only uses scanners
that capture the full dynamic range of the film negative.
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