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Lento Dock 120 - Automated 120 Film Scanning System
A detailed user guide for the Dock 120 can be found here. The connection between the Dock 120 and your camera on one end, and between your camera and your computer on the other, depends on the brand and model of your camera. If you have any questions, please contact us so you can get started right away.
The Dock 120 does for medium format what the Dock 35 does for 35mm: it turns the digital camera you already own into a fast, precise film scanner. You put your camera on a copy stand above the Dock, feed in your 120 film, and the included Dock Connect software takes care of the rest. It controls the camera, finds every frame and captures the whole roll automatically. A 16-exposure roll of 6x4.5 is analysed, optimised for light and colour, and captured in about one minute.
The Dock 120 handles every common 120 frame size: 6x4.5, 6×6, 6×7 and 6×9. It works with colour negative, black & white and slide film. You can feed it a complete roll or cut strips one after another, and the strips keep the same calibration and numbering, so a cut roll comes out as one consistent series. The minimum strip length is 178 mm, which holds four 645 frames, three 6×6 or 6×7 frames, or two 6×9 frames. Three capture modes, Live, Blend and Split, let you choose the workflow that suits your film and your camera.
The light source is sized for the larger format. A matrix of 132 RGB groups, 396 emitters in total, gives narrowband RGB light across the whole frame, and every unit is calibrated individually at the factory. This narrowband light separates colours more cleanly than a standard white light panel, so colour negatives are easier to convert accurately. The Dock keeps your camera’s shutter open in bulb mode and controls exposure through the timing of its own light.
The Dock 120 is handmade in Spain. It has an aluminium housing and machined aluminium film guides, measures 241 × 170 × 57 mm and weighs 1.6 kg. Firmware updates keep it current.
Compatibility: it works with any camera brand that has bulb mode and an electronic remote shutter socket. A mechanical cable-release thread won’t work. Images go over USB to a watched folder using your camera maker’s free tethering app, such as Canon EOS Utility, Nikon NX Tether, FUJIFILM X Acquire or Sony Imaging Edge. On macOS, supported camera models can also tether directly to Dock Connect, with camera settings and live view. Dock Connect runs on macOS and Windows.
In the box: the Dock 120, two USB-C cables, a quick-start guide and the warranty. The Dock Connect software is included. You’ll also need a copy stand for your camera, a USB-C Power Delivery power supply of at least 45 W (any laptop charger with that rating will do), and the right shutter release cable for your camera (3.5 mm connection on the Dock side).
