ABOUT ZBE

ZBE was founded in 1980 by Zac Bogart to design camera and motion control systems for special effects that have been used in many feature length motion pictures including: "The Right Stuff", "Star Wars", "The Twilight Zone", "Top Gun" and others, as well as hundreds of animated short films and television commercials.

In 1985, ZBE developed a line of photographic laboratory equipment controls. These products provide higher quality control and increase production efficiency in professional color processing labs.

In 1990, ZBE developed the CC Reader Color Calibrator for color light sources. Thousands of CC Readers have been sold worldwide.

In 1991, ZBE developed the VC-CLS Light Source for variable contrast B&W printing. It is highly acclaimed in the field of Fine Art printing and is used by some of the world's most famous photographers.

In 1992, ZBE developed the Starlite 55 Colorhead. The Starlite 55 has gained the reputation of being the brightest, and fastest, professional color light source available.

In 1994, ZBE developed the Sentinel Auto-focus Enlarger. The Sentinel is known for being the fastest professional enlarger available.

In 1996, ZBE developed the ColorPro Automatic Color Analyzer. The ColorPro is setting a new standard for automatic color analysis in the field of custom photo enlarging.

In 1997, ZBE released the Satellite 3-D Digital Scanning System. The Satellite is the first scanning system that can scan all types of images from small films to large three dimensional objects.

In 1998, ZBE introduced the Chromira Large Format RA4 Digital printer. Chromira marks the beginning of a truly new generation of large format digital printing technology. By doing away with expensive and finicky lasers, the new technology in Chromira brings large format direct digital RA4 printing into a price range for everyone.

Today ZBE is the world leader in innovative products to meet your needs.

Our corporate headquarters in Santa Barbara, California houses our state of the art manufacturing plant, our software development group, technical support and training team, and our sales and management staff.

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Remember ZBE makes Intelligent Products for Intelligent Choices.