IMAGICA
Technologies Corp., the engineering solutions division company of IMAGICA
Robot Holdings, Inc., announced the introduction of its IMAGER HSX-8K Film
Scanner at this year's IBC exhibition. IMAGICA will demonstrate a
prototype of the IMAGER HSX-8K Film Scanner at next year's NAB exhibition,
with units to begin shipping in early September 2008.
The IMAGER HSX-8K Film Scanner is the highest-performing pin-registered
scanner available in the industry, featuring target scanning speeds for
35mm 4-perf film of four frames of 4K each second, or eight frames per
second at 2K. The system, which can also be configured to scan two frames
of 8K per second, has been re-architectured to use a custom designed 8K x
6K CCD area array sensor with high resolution, high dynamic range and low
noise, as well as fast readouts allowing for high-speed scanning.

The IMAGER HSX-8K Film Scanner continues to offer many of the same
high-quality features IMAGICA customers have come to expect from its
products, including:

  • LED illumination systems
  • Support for Kodak's Digital ICE
  • Support for 35mm 2, 3, and 4 perf as well as 16/s16mm film stocks
  • Aaton/Evertz KeyKode readers
  • Offline Editorial Data support
  • Daily color matching
  • Offline scanning mode
"Market conditions demanded that we take the IMAGER HSX-8K Film Scanner in
an entirely new direction," commented Yasushi Mishima, President & CEO,
IMAGICA Technologies Corp. "Scanner and telecine products are very mature
right now, so we've worked hard at developing technologies that clearly
offer better performance. We're extremely proud of what we've achieved
with the IMAGER HSX-8K Film Scanner, and are very much looking forward to
next spring's demonstration of the prototype."

www.imagica-technologies.com