High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Spirit DataCine is a telecine and/or a motion picture film scanner. This device is able to transfer 16mm and 35mm motion picture film to NTSC or PAL standards or one of many High-definition television standards. With the data transfer option a Spirit DataCine can output DPX data files. The Spirit DataCine has become the standard for high-end real-time film transfer and scanning. Over 370 units are used in post production facilities around the world. Most current film productions are transferred on Spirit DataCines for TV, DVD, blu-ray Disc, pay-per-view, In-flight entertainment, digital intermediate and digital cinema. The Spirit DataCine is made by DFT Digital Film Technology and Precision Mechatronics GmbH in Weiterstadt, Germany.