DFT - Digital Film Technology GmbH

06/08/2025

We’re gearing up for IBC 2025 in Amsterdam at Stand 6.A16 this September—be sure to join us! 📍📅

 

   

31/07/2025

What defines a truly great film scanner like our Scanity? The effective support of professional workflows requires many aspects to work seamlessly together. For example:

1. Resolution:
Resolution matters for film scanning because high optical resolution preserves fine film grain and intricate detail from the original film. This ensures the maximum image
information is captured from the film frame, maintaining fidelity for both historical preservation and modern post-production needs.

2. High Dynamic Range:
Scanity HDR’s triple-exposure technology captures an extended dynamic range in a single pass, revealing subtle details in both shadows and highlights on challenging archival film stocks without sacrificing speed.

3. Scanning Speed: Scanity maintains real-time scanning speeds. This enables efficient throughput and ensures cost-effective digitization.

Scanity’s development marked several technical advances in film scanning. The system introduced sprocketless film transport paired with a unique roller gate, stabilizing film without mechanical contact with the perforations. This significantly reduced the risk of damaging and causing stress to film material during digitization.

Launched in 2015, Scanity HDR introduced an expanded dynamic range without compromising high-speed throughput, enabling the reveal of previously unseen details in both highlights and shadows of complex, dense black-and-white films.
2016 saw the integration of a dedicated WetGate system—a unique physical means to minimize scratches and dirt during scanning, directly improving image quality from original film
without requiring time-consuming post-scan restoration.

Today, Scanity is used by leading film archives and labs worldwide for the digitization of a broad range of film formats.
👉And there’s more ahead—keep an eye out for what’s next with Scanity.

03/07/2025

Broadcast Asia 2025

03/07/2025

Glorious Singapore.

18/02/2025

🎬 Fast, High-Quality Dailies for Netflix Production White Noise⚡🎞️
FotoKem, Burbank scanned the 35mm dailies for White Noise (2022) using DFT’s Scanity HDR.
With high-speed processing and exceptional image quality, Scanity ensures that every frame is ready for precise creative decisions in post-production.

White Noise (2022) is a satirical drama following a family navigating an airborne toxic event while grappling with existential fears, media overload, and consumer culture.

🌊 Dive deeper here: https://dft-film.com/customers/case-studies/white-noise/

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14/02/2025

DFT's newsletter "in the Loop" - edition 24 - is out. Have a look at it: https://lnkd.in/e7AnYDdp and read about:

* Renewed Leadership at DFT: a transformative leadership change at DFT - Norbert Hinckers back at DFT as CEO and owner

* Customer Spotlights highlighting China News Beijing and NARA in the US

* And the winner is... DFT products involved in the production of AMPAS nominated movies for the Academy Awards

* Projects Highlights in preservation and production at FotoKem (US), TransPerfect (FR) and the Hungarian National Film Institute (HU)

30/01/2025

🎬 And the winner is… 🎬 On January 23rd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) revealed the official list for the 97th Academy Awards, set for March 2nd at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
We're thrilled to see that several of these standout films were produced on film – and even more excited to highlight how DFT's Scanity HDR film scanner played a key role in bringing these productions to life.

*Anora* - Nominated for best picture (total of six nominations)
Shot on: 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 200T 5213, Vision3 500T 5219)
FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (Digital Intermediate and Prints)
Kodak Film Lab, New York (NY), USA (Film Processing)

*The Brutalist* - Nominated for best picture and for best art direction (total of 10 nominations)
Shot on: 16 mm(Kodak Vision3 250D 7207) and 35 mm (also horizontal, Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 500T 5219)
NFI Film Lab, Budapest, Hungary (processing and scanning)

Learn more about DFT’s Scanity: https://lnkd.in/e-FYVP29

29/11/2024

"DFT Protects Precious Film Assets by Scanning" - Read the full article from Bob Raikes of www.8kassociation.com and learn why it is crucial to consider 8K resolution film scans for restoration projects.

https://8kassociation.com/industry-info/8k-news/dft-protects-precious-film-assets-by-scanning/

DFT's Polar HQ Scanner Creates digital archives from precious historic film assets

18/11/2024

DFT was guest at the Hochschule RheinMain (HSRM) in Wiesbaden, Germany, presenting an update on current film scanning technology, markets and the global archive landscape for Media Engineering students. What a fulfilling way to start the week on a Monday morning. Thanks to Prof. Mike Christmann for inviting me. Note: the blue line is not a laser sword from Star Wars, but an irradiation from the projector

18/06/2024

It was a great pleasure for me and DFT beeing invited by Jan Froehlich of Hochschule der Medien HdM in Stuttgart talking to students about filmscanning. Thanks for the invitation and good to see the high level of dedication and commitment of today's students