Spirit 2K DataCine® System

The Spirit 2K DataCine® system supports telecine and high-speed film scanning applications and offers native 2K real-time scanning functionality. With a scan resolution of 2,048 pixels per line, it is based on the same technology platform as our Spirit 4K® DataCine - in fact, you can upgrade a Spirit 2K to a Spirit 4K system at your facility.

Key Features

Upgradeable to fully featured Spirit 4K DataCine

Supports Super 35 mm, Academy 35 mm 3, 4, 8-perf (VistaVision) as well as Standard and Super 16 mm

Offers native RGB 2K scanning in real time

2K format processor for zooming, sizing, positioning, and rotation

Safe continuous motion film transport with variable scanning speeds and visible search

Eastman-Kodak designed advanced imaging subsystem, featuring:

  • High-power Xenon illumination from a diffuse source to minimize dust and scratch visibility
  • Custom precision optics
  • Optical matching for print, negative, and intermediate stocks
  • Optical gain control

Internal image processing including:

  • Shading correction
  • Masking
  • RGB negative matching
  • RGB primary color correction
  • Aperture correction

Ultra high-speed Infiniband optical data output, 10-bit

DPX data file format conforming to SMPTE 268M for compatibility with graphics, compositing, and other post-production systems

TV transfer characteristics include TV-gamma, linear, logarithmic

Image monitoring at up to SXGA resolution with selectable display look-up tables

HD and SD digital outputs

2K(/4K) six-sector color processing

2K(/4K) film grain reduction