A film scanner, the film scanner comprising: one or more imaging devices configured to collect an image of an imaging area wherein the triggering of the imaging devices to collect the images is activated by remote trigger input of the imaging devices and wherein each of the one or more imaging devices image a portion of a frame of a film, a transit system that comprises a sprocketless transit system for producing relative motion of the film and the imaging devices, and a processing system (2, 8); wherein each of the one or more imaging devices is operable in a movie or video mode to collect movie or video streams and the processing system is configured to convert the movie or video streams into a plurality of still images; wherein the film scanner is configured such that video recording by the one or more imaging devices is started and/or stopped using a remote camera trigger after a specified or set time period and wherein the processing system merges, composites or combines a plurality of images taken by the one or more imaging devices; and wherein the processing system combines or merges images of two or more portions of frame of the film; wherein the processing system matches corresponding image portions over two or more images and wherein the film scanner determines a frame advance rate of the film and/or at least one defect in an image based on the relative position of at least one indicative portion of at least one frame between two or more images; and matching occurs by the matching of frame portions which comprises filtering for noise and/or compensating for variations in light by position, area and/or time. one or more imaging devices configured to collect an image of an imaging area wherein the triggering of the imaging devices to collect the images is activated by remote trigger input of the imaging devices and wherein each of the one or more imaging devices image a portion of a frame of a film, a transit system that comprises a sprocketless transit system for producing relative motion of the film and the imaging devices, and a processing system (2, 8); wherein each of the one or more imaging devices is operable in a movie or video mode to collect movie or video streams and the processing system is configured to convert the movie or video streams into a plurality of still images; wherein the film scanner is configured such that video recording by the one or more imaging devices is started and/or stopped using a remote camera trigger after a specified or set time period and wherein the processing system merges, composites or combines a plurality of images taken by the one or more imaging devices; and wherein the processing system combines or merges images of two or more portions of frame of the film; wherein the processing system matches corresponding image portions over two or more images and wherein the film scanner determines a frame advance rate of the film and/or at least one defect in an image based on the relative position of at least one indicative portion of at least one frame between two or more images; and matching occurs by the matching of frame portions which comprises filtering for noise and/or compensating for variations in light by position, area and/or time.