Product Updates

The ALTRA will debut at this years IBC with a new image sensor and improved image processing software. Controller options from Marquise Technoloiges and panels from Tangent Devices are available for trial at our booth 13A30.

The Soundhouse for your Spirit 2k/4k: Modular addition of Cyan track reader, Dolby Digial pick-up device and DTS time code reader.

News June 2010

Tokyo's Nihon University has ordered one ALTRA 16/35mm Telecine unit for their media lab department.

Gosteleradio and Gosfilmofond, Russian media archive specialists have increased their number of OMA E Chace archival followers in operation.

NAB 2010 was a big success for sondor and its exhibiting partner Marquise Technologies. The demostrated real-time film transfer, grading and storage workflow raised a lot of intererest among visitors from post and archival faciliites. Find out about the cost and time concious sondor/Marquise archive transfer workflow.

28.04.2010 Chennai based Prasad Corporation is upgrading their Spirit Telecines with the sondor Soundhouse, analogue and digital soundtrack reader.

18.03.2010 Reliance Media Works got delivery of more OMA E Chace archival sound followers for their AAA Digital Imaging facility in Mumbai.

16.12.2009: Marquise Technologies announced the support of the sondor ALTRA from their OCEAN Telecine Controller and color correction solution.

26.10.2009: Spanish post-production specialist Telson has ordered two OMA E Chace to complement their archival transfer suites in Madrid.

Refurbished Mags

Looking for a budget priced mag follower or recorder? We offer factory refurbished and updated “sondor’s”, covered by a full 12 months warranty. Spare parts are available from our stock for a second life-time of these machines.

Mag Alignment Films

We manufacture a wide range of 16mm and 35mm multi-frequency, single tone and pinknoise calibration films on Pyral T12 and T14 stock.

Cyan Optical Tracks

The new cyan dye tracks do not read with tungsten (white light) optical soundtrack readers. Contact us for red LED reverse-scan readers for your 35mm Telecines, dubbers or projectors! Our Soundhouse range of products also includes Dolby Digital and DTS reader heads.

Vinegar Syndrome !

Tri-acetate based film soundtracks degrade rapidly, endangering our cinematographic heritage.
sondor has developped a wide range of products to reproduce damaged magnetic and optical tracks. Scanning negatives and eliminate the image-spread distortion is now possible on variable area tracks !

About us

sondor was founded in 1952 by Willy Hungerbuehler. Early customers were the Swiss and German TV stations. sondor soon established its name as innovative manufacturer of 16mm and 35mm magnetic film equipment and invented world-wide standards such as the bi-phase interlocking signal. Today, the company manufactures film transports and a wide range of accessories used in post studios and preview theatres, many of them built to order.

System Integration

With more than fifty years experience in the manufacture and installation of dubbing studio equipment, sondor with its industry partners, is well equipped to supply, install and commission your new studio.