Imagica announces 10K CCD option for new scanner

Imagica Corporation, a leader in digital film scanners, has announced the addition of a 10 K CCD option, the highest resolution in today's market, to the newest film scanner in its product line, the Imager XE -Advanced.
The unit scans 4096 pixels across a 35mm Academy frame and provides cineon format with full RGB colour space (14bit A/D). The Imager XE - Advanced scans two seconds per frame for 2K down sampling and four seconds per frame for 4K original sampling with a new 5K- camera system.
With the 10K CCD option, the scanning speed is 12 seconds per frame at 4K for 8K x 3K down sampling and 24 seconds per frame at 4K for 8k x 6k down sampling.
The Imager XE -Advanced will be formally launched at NAB 2004, and the 10K CCD option will be introduced in July 2004.
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