Case Studies
In the Heat of the Night new digital transfer scanned on Scanity by Deluxe In the Heat of the Night (1967) - an American neo-noir mystery drama film, tells the story of a black Philadelphia police detective who is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passng through a reacially hostile Mississippi town - and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case...
Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany, presents their new setup Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany, has invited the press to present their new setup including three DFT Scanity and three DFT POLAR HQ film scanner. Please find here a short article from RBB introducing the installation (in german language).
La Bamba remastering scanning completed in 4K using Scanity by the Prasad Corporation La Bamba (1987) - follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock an roll star Ritchie Valens, who at the height of his popularity in 1958 with three hit records and a promising career ahead when he died in a plane crash. La Bamba tells the story of his rise from the farm labour camps of California...
Swedish horror classic 'Hour of the Wolf' remastered using Scanity Hour of the Wolf (1968) - Swedish psychological horror, explores the disappearance of an artist who lives on a remote island with his wife. Troubled by disturbing visions and paranoid delusions, he and his wife begin to suspect that the haunting memories are the machinations of a bizarre, perverted cult that reside in the other side of the island...
The Complete And Utter History Of Britain - rediscovered and scanned on Scanity by R3Store Studios for ITV Lost TV series 'The Complete And Utter History Of Britain' (1969) has been unearthed in the ITV archives, despite previous public consensus believing only the first two episodes survived. The episode had been mis-catalogued for 54 years, but have now been restored for the world to watch again.. .
Requiem for a Dream scanned with DFT's Scanity Requiem for a Dream (2000) - an American psychological drama that depicts four characters affected by drug addiction and how it alters their physical and emotional states. Their addictions cause them to become imprisoned in a world of delusion and desperation. As the film progresses, each character deteriorates, and their delusions are shattered by the harsh reality of their situations, resulting in catastrophe...
Scanity is globally renowned as the world’s best film scanner, producing fast, high quality film digitisation for the biggest features and franchises such as No Time To Die, The French Dispatch, Jurassic World Dominion, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and many more. Its speed and versatility also make it ideal for use in archive and remastering facilities, offering digitisation to many different specs and formats, while its sprocket-less transport system enables scanning of even damaged and delicate film material.
We are impressed with the speed, the gentle film-handling, the resolution, dynamic range, and ease of operation of dft's Scanity. Reliability is always a major factor, and we place a big emphasis upon commissioning, training and after-sales support. Our experience with dft has been exemplary. Although we are on the other side of the world, we have rapid response to any questions, and are continually impressed by the expertise of DFT's front-line staff