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Film scanners copy a frame at a time

A sensor behind the lens records each picture while pins hold it in place Modern scanners register the film on its perforations so frames cannot drift, and they can run in real time or slowly for damaged prints. Some use a wet gate, immersing the film in a solvent that briefly fills scratches. Output is often 2K or 4K, beyond what the surviving print shows. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A sensor behind the lens records each picture while pins hold it in place. The figure is taken from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.