April for us, was all about NAB. This is our big event of the year, and gives us a focus in which to launch new product developments, check out what else is going on in the industry and, of course, meet our friends and colleagues from around the world. It was lovely to meet those of you who came along, and to showcase some of the work you have been doing with dft technology. For those who missed out, here are our highlights…

This year we were tucked away in the Lower South Hall, sharing a pitch with our colleagues at Prasad Corp. It was a fair walk from the main entrance, so we knew that those who came to visit us were either genuinely interested in what we do (or had lost their way and had need of refreshment and a sit down!)

Our development team worked hard to show a number of new advances this year. These included the unveiling of a number of new features for the Scanity HDR, including the wetgate and new film gate options (16plus) for smaller film formats. Further information about these are included later in the newsletter and white papers supporting these new developments can all be downloaded from our website.

The new wetgate was truly the ‘star of the show’ and was demonstrated live at the show, showing impressive results. In addition to demonstrating this live, we also ran a short film clip, developed by one of our customers showing a wetgate in action.

We also took the opportunity this year to showcase some of the work done by our customers worldwide – including historic, now preserved, footage from some of the world’s largest archives, which sat alongside footage from modern day feature film and commercials. A selection of these projects are included in this newsletter, and can also be found on our website. Thank you to everyone who took the time to send us material to include at NAB

Scanity’s new wetgate was hailed star of the show by many of our visitors. This new lens gate assembly (for 16mm, 35mm gauges) includes a fluid tank, which the film passes through, filling any surface imperfections with fluid at the point of scan. In addition to delivering superb, crisp pictures at high scanning speeds (faster than other scanners in ‘wet’ mode), users also benefit from Scanity’s renowned safe and gentle film handling – ensuring even the most delicate of film can be scanned for future generations to enjoy.

See the video clip and white paper on our website.

In May, dft and Prasad were proud to support customers and colleagues at the 12th FOCAL International Awards at the London Lancaster Hotel. Hosted by the Chief News Correspondent for the BBC, Katie Adie, the awards recognised producers, directors and other creative media professionals for excellence in the use of stock archival footage across all genre and platforms of production.

It was great to see so many of our customers (including the BBC, Eye Film, Prime Focus, Pinewood, ITN and Deluxe), at the event, especially as a number of the projects completed using dft products had been nominated for awards.