Digital Vision has become Image Systems, following its acquisition of the company by the same name. The company – now divided into segments targeting Media (film-scanning, color-grading, restoration and mastering), Defence (military recon and missile testing), and Motion (automotive and industrial motion analysis) markets – is run as of April 15 by CEO Mikael Jacobsson, who replaces the former Digital Vision CEO Bengt Broman.
At a press briefing during NAB last week, Jacobsson said the new, larger company considers archiving and restoration the single biggest opportunity in the media market, and aims to provide an end-to-end workflow featuring film scanners, color-grading and finishing systems, and image-restoration software.

To that end, the company introduced the new Golden Eye III film scanner, the latest in a line of technology that started its life in the defense industry, which complements its Phoenix image-restoration and mastering tools Touch, Refine, and Finish and DVO Clarity grain and noise reduction software. The Golden Eye III sells for 170,000 Euros (about $247,000 at current exchange rates). Jacobsson also said the price of an entry-level Nucoda system is now $30,000.

Image Systems also launched the Precision, a new touch-screen grading panel for Nucoda finishing systems, and the Golden Eye Archiver, an up-to-real-time multi-format (8mm/16mm/35mm/70mm) film scanner based on the Golden Eye platform. With a transport using a capstan drive and optical registration, the Archiver is geared toward handling fragile and irreplaceable pieces of film for preservation and restoration applications.