Blackmagic Cintel Scanner User Manual  Specifications

Weight: 60 kg (132 lb) unloaded. Dimensions wall mounted: (H) 785mm, (D) 265mm

Scanner Features

Film Stocks

• Print, Negative,

• Interpositive, Internegative.

• Mono and Colour.

Film Gauges

• 35mm: 2, 3, 4 perforations

• Super 35mm:

• 2, 3, 4 perforations

• 16mm

• Super 16mm

Native Resolution

• x 3072

Effective Resolutions

• x 2880 - Super 35

• x 2864 - Standard 35

• x 2465 - Anamorphic 35

• x 1143 - Super 16

• x 1154 - Standard 16

Audio

Extraction from scanned image.

HDMI Formats

• x 2160 Ultra HD or 1920 x 1080 HD, auto selected to match monitor resolution.

Dirt and Scratch Reduction

• Diffuse light source

• Cleaning Rollers

Mounting Options

• Desk Mount

• Wall mount

Dynamic Range

• Normal Scans: 12 stops

• HDR Scans: up to additional 3.5 stops

Transport Features

Continuous Motion

Run speed

• - 30 fps

Shuttle

• - 100 fps (35mm)

• - 200 fps (16mm)

Film Shrinkage Tolerance Up to 2% guaranteed, more may be possible if user care is taken.

Acceleration

5 - 30 fps/s

Capacity

2000ft (35mm)

Connections

Resolution of the cropped image only area.

Cintel Scanner has a Thunderbolt 2 port only.

Cintel Scanner 2 or later.

Power Requirements

Ideal Film Conditions

Operating Systems

Mac, Windows and Linux

Accessories

• Cintel Audio and KeyKode Reader

• Cintel Scanner 16mm Gate HDR

• Cintel Scanner 35mm Gate HDR

• Cintel Cleaning Roller Kit

• Blackmagic PCI Express Cable Kit

Audio and KeyKode Reader

Equalisation

Optical audio SMPTE,

Magnetic audio IEC

Supported KeyKode Scan Speeds

All scanner speeds

LED Type

Optical audio and KeyKode Deep RED

Supported Audio Scan Speeds

6fps-125% chosen film rate

i.e. 24fps film frame rate has a 30fps maximum scan speed, and 16mm film has a 12fps lower limit.

Supported Optical Audio Types

• Variable Area

• Variable Density

Audio Sampling Rate and Bit Depth

48kHz 24 bit PCM WAV file

Optical Audio 35mm

Bandwidth 40Hz-16kHz +-2dB

SnR Signal to Noise Ratio4

Transparent film base -65dB

Wow and Flutter5

< 0.15%

Optical Audio 16mm

Bandwidth 40Hz-7kHz +-2dB

SnR Signal to Noise Ratio4

Transparent film base -65dB

Wow and Flutter5

< 0.3%

16mm Single Perforation Mag Stripe

Engagement Pressure

15 grams

Bandwidth6

32Hz-14kHz +-2dB

SnR Signal to Noise Ratio4 -55dB

Wow and Flutter5 < 0.3%

Full Modulation Level -18dBFS

Headphones Level7

-18dBu at 50Ω load

Audio Connection

XLR6

Computer Interface

USB-C for software updates

Power Consumption 10W at 12V DC

Dimensions

(H) 156mm (W) 92mm (D) 106mm

Weight: 1.35kg

SnR Signal to Noise Ratio is measured with flat weighting

Wow and Flutter is measured with IEC 386 weighting

Theoretically the magnetic audio bandwidth is 20-20kHz by design, but no test material is available to quantify it.

The headphone output is intended for preview purposes only.