User Manual

 Film Type: Lets you choose what type of film you’re scanning. The choices are positive,
negative, interpositive, and internegative. HDR scanning offers an improvement for
all these film types. Select the reel type you’re scanning from 35mm 2, 3, and 4 perf,
and16mm.
TIP: The scanner automatically detects whether the film is 35mm or 16mm.
NOTE: When scanning interpositive and internegative film, the increased
density of the film requires slightly extended pulse durations from the light
source. Normally, this does not affect the scan, however, a slight reduction in
resolution may occur when scanning at above 12 frames per second. Ifyou do
notice a difference in resolution, simply reduce your scanning speed to
12frames per second or less.
 Enable 2 Pass HDR Scan: Sets the high intensity HDR scan to take place after the
initial standard scan. It’s important to note that the high exposure pass runs at a
maximum of 12 fps to minimize blur due to the longer flash times of the light source.
 Perf nudge: Used for making fine adjustments of the perf position relative to the
scanner gate aperture. Command-J nudges up, while Command-L nudges down.
 Frame: These buttons are push and hold to activate. When on, the film is slowly
advanced to move the frame up or down and when released the film stops in
place. This is useful for aligning the film frame with the scanner’s sensor. Using the
‘perfnudge’ and ‘frame’ buttons, you want to align the visible film frame so the bottom
of the previous frame and the top of the next frame are just visible at the top and
bottom of the viewer, and the current frame is centered vertically.
It’s important to make sure the image in the viewer is not zoomed in when you do this.
Command-Left Arrow on your keyboard moves the frame up, while Command-Right
Arrow moves the frame down.
 Scan Speed: With adequate disk performance, you should be able to scan at 30fps.
However, if you’re scanning to a slow hard drive, you can reduce the scanning speed to
a frame rate that’s suitable for your workstation without dropping frames.
 Supply: Sets the wind direction of the left-hand side feed spool. While auto-detection
will prevent incorrect operation, you should manually configure the reel winding
direction based on how each film roll is wound.
 Take up: Sets the wind direction of the right-hand side take up spool. While
autodetection will prevent incorrect operation, you should manually configure the reel
winding direction based on how each film roll is wound.
 Use Film Reel: Small film reels have a different weight and inertia compared to large
film spools, and this can affect the transport system. Tick this box to switch to settings
that offer improved stability for small film reels.
 Focus Assist: Enables luminance peaking on your scanner’s HDMI monitor output, plus
the viewer inside DaVinci Resolve’s film scanner panel, which makes it easy to obtain
optimum focus adjustments.
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