🎞️ New tech in the film world, and it looks slick. 🎞️
The excitement for new film-scanning gear never really fades, does it?
Soke Engineering just announced Knokke, a beautifully built 35 mm film scanner that might actually change the way we digitize our rolls.
We’re talking:
• 4,064 dpi resolution (~22 MP) and 48-bit true colour
• Up to ~14 stops of dynamic range (around 120 dB)
• A full 35 mm roll scanned in under 5 minutes at full resolution
• RGB LED light source and custom 4-element high-MTF lens
• Automatic film transport with per-frame settings and DX code reading
• Modern “Korova” software for macOS, Windows and Linux with no legacy junk
• Exports in RAW, TIFF, DNG, JPEG, PNG and HDR formats
• Compact build at 250×150×63 mm and 1.4 kg, small enough to live on your desk
• Open design with full schematics, repair manuals and replaceable parts
It’s not cheap. €999 at launch and expected to retail for about €1,599 later. That’s a serious investment, especially if you’re already running a Valoi setup for both 35 mm and 120mm.
But it’s also the kind of tool that could really clean up your workspace.
No tripods, no cables sprawling across the table, no balancing your camera over a lightboard at midnight. Just feed the film, hit scan and go.
For now it’s 35 mm only, but Soke says 120 support is under consideration and if they add that, it could become a true hybrid dream machine.
For those of us who live half digital and half analog, such as myself, this feels like the next logical step.
I’m genuinely curious to see how it stacks up against a macro rig, but the idea of everything in one compact box is very tempting.
Thomas / PhotoBreak
