Yes Laserschwert, the flare on the left hand side is due to some smudging on the lens, the lens was dirty, the scanner had just run a print that had been treated with filmguard, and some ended up on the lens. It meant that print had to be taken off and cleaned, so it gave me a ten minute window on the scanner, we just chucked it on quickly to see how it looked.

Arnied, cleaning and prep is USD145 per reel, so $870 (and freight).

CatBus, the print was put into cold storage nearly 25 years ago, so it has the slightest amount of fade, but it is really slight. It means we finally have a truly reliable colour reference for Empire as it was in the cinema. It is very exciting.