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IBC 2010: sondor to present ALTRA SD/HD cost-effective Datacine updated with RGB light-source and improved image sensor.

Zollikon, Switzerland – Sondor will showcase a complete telecine suite for cost-effective general archive release work at this years IBC. The sondor A L T R A 16/35mm SD/HD real-time film transfer machine in combination with the OCEAN controller is easy to operate and ideal for file based and tape based workflows.

O C E A N, a flexible controller designed by Marquise Technologies directly controls the A L T R A film transport and image sensor, providing one light, best light and scene by scene transfers with automatic or manual scene detection.

O C E A N provides various file formats such as DPX, TARGA or TIFF as well as SDI output (single HD stream and a secondary SD down converted for off line purposes). It also has conforming capabilities for more versatility (EDL or Final Cut Pro XML).

Being part of a complete range of finishing solutions, O C E A N is expandable with comprehensive advanced grading and restoration tools. Customers have the choice of adding controller panels from Tangent Devices.

"This is a very powerful package at a very attractive price" says Sondor's managing director Willy Hungerbuehler. "As you would expect from a Sondor machine, the A L T R A plays all existing soundtrack formats" he adds.

“We chose to work with SONDOR because we share the same values and interests: to provide our client with value added solutions he needs, and that only. SONDOR has a long-term reputation of seriousness and reliability, and we are proud to be their partner” says Laurence Stoll, CEO of Marquise Technologies.

With the A L T R A  HD V1 35mm Telecine, Sondor enables flexible and cost-effective 35mm projection in print mastering and other applications where image or soundtrack playback from print is required in the dubbing studio. The A L T R A  offers full HD 1920x1080p resolution in a real-time transfer process provided as HD-SDI signal. The output from the SR and Dolby Digital reader connects directly to the Cinema Processor.

Installed in a central machine room, the A L T R A  can serve multiple dubbing or screening rooms for virtual 35mm projection and traditional film-to-tape or film-to-disk transfers.

Great news also for owners of Thomson SPIRIT 2K/4K Telecines as sondor is presenting its Spirit Soundhouse, a modular plug-in type soundtrack reader. The unit is adding cyan soundtrack reading capability and an optional Dolby Digital pick-up to any Spirit 2K/4K.

Come visit us: Sondor / Marquise Technologies Hall 13, Booth 13A30

About Sondor

Sondor was founded in 1952 by Willy Hungerbuehler in Zurich, Switzerland. Early customers were the Swiss and German public 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. After its first telecine debuted in the early 1970's, sondor perfected the design of affordable film to video transfer machines, which is now represented by the ALTRA.