KBS MKI

Built for 35mm.

Frame after frame.

Load a strip, press start, and the transport does the advancing. Your camera captures each frame as a RAW file.

Motor fed

The feed motor carries full strips through the gate. Thirty six frames, and your hands stay off the film.

Intelligent image detection

Intelligent image detection recognises each frame and centres it in the gate before the shutter fires.

RECORD I included

Transport, light and shutter from one window on your computer.

Strength in numbers.

2:30 min

per 36 exposure roll

35mm

135 film

High CRI

diffuse light, white and RGB

One gate. Sized for 35mm.

A dedicated 35mm carrier holds the strip flat and square to the lens.

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One roll of 35mm1 / 36 · 00:01
Image area, nominal36 × 24 mm
Frame pitch8 perfs · 38 mm
Frames per roll36

Panoramic, too.

Shoot a Hasselblad XPan? An optional XPan carrier, sold separately, holds the full 24 × 65 mm panoramic frame in the same scanner, with the same light and the same workflow.

Even light, corner to corner.Min/Max 95.5 %

Measured across the light, the darkest point still reaches 95.5 % of the brightest. Corners get practically the same light as the middle.

35mm frame95.5 % → 100 %
Even at every height.Higher is more even

Raise or lower the camera and the GFL light stays well above the line where scans look even. A typical light panel hovers around it.

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Motorized film transport.

A feed motor advances the film for you. Large batches move quickly, and 35mm no longer means frame-by-frame by hand.

Modular film carriers.

Most photographers shoot more than one camera system. Interchangeable holders cover 35mm up to 6×7, so switching formats takes seconds.

Sensor-based frame positioning.

Built-in sensors detect and place each frame for consistent alignment. Prefer control? The semi-automatic mode measures the distance between shots.

Specifications:

Formats

35mm (including XPAN)

Film

135

Carrier

35mm strip carrier

Film transport

Motorized

Frame positioning

Intelligent Image Detection (IID

Illumination

CRI 95+ white LED + RGB

Capture

Your camera, RAW files

Connection

Camera HDMI output + USB-C required

Software

RECORD I, included

Footprint

173 x 111 x 96mm (with hood)

Power

24V power supply

Price

To be announced

Made with passion. For the film obsessed.

If you scan one roll a month, a simple holder will serve you well. KBS MKI and MFS MKI are for the photographer with a stack of developed rolls on the desk and clients waiting for files.

Meet the people behind it

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Gloved hands holding a General Film Labs film carrier over a light table

Made with passion. For everyone who still shoots film.

If you scan one roll a month, a simple holder will serve you well. KBS MKI and MFS MKI are for the photographer with a stack of developed rolls on the desk and clients waiting for files.

Meet the people behind it

→

Gloved hands holding a General Film Labs film carrier over a light table

Made with passion. For the film obsessed.

If you scan one roll a month, a simple holder will serve you well. KBS MKI and MFS MKI are for the photographer with a stack of developed rolls on the desk and clients waiting for files.

Meet the people behind it

→

Gloved hands holding a General Film Labs film carrier over a light table

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