[ale] converting old 8mm film to dvd

[Jeff Hubbs]

When I looked into doing this myself using a DSLR some time ago, one of 
my findings was that you'd chew through camera bodies at an alarming 
rate if you attempted to fire shutter on each frame.  Perhaps one of the 
Canons or upcoming Nikons that can shoot HD video?

On 6/10/10 8:22 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> can't recall the exact search params (it may be a Linux journal 
> article), but I saw a linux-based rig that used a epson scanner, some 
> motors and a fair amount of cpu horsepower to pull film through a 
> custom bracket on the scanner, scan in the strip (5+ frames at a 
> time), use the holes in the strip to key in on the frames, isolate the 
> frames digitally, generate a sequence of video frames and then stitch 
> it all together as a mpeg.
>
> Ah ha! Check this:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/linux-based-8mm-telecine?page=0,2&quicktabs_1=1 
> <http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/linux-based-8mm-telecine?page=0,2&quicktabs_1=1>
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Dylan Northrup <ale at doc-x.net 
> <mailto:ale at doc-x.net>> wrote:
>
>     That's effectively what is done.  The mechanisms for doing this
>     will depend on the time and expense, but that's pretty much the
>     only way to get analog to digital.
>
>     I believe high end restoration folks do something fancier where
>     they take individual frames, "photograph" them then stitch those
>     frames together to make a movie and put it on DVD, but that's a
>     lot more effort intensive and requires some much more expensive
>     equipment.
>
>
>     On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Geoffrey
>     <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         So, I've got, probably 100+ old 8mm film of my Dad's I would
>         like to
>         convert.  Most of the companies I've contacted ship them off
>         to do this.
>          I'm a bit uneasy with that.
>
>         Question is, can I do this myself?  That is, do they simply
>         run the film
>         through a projector then video tape it with a camera?  I don't
>         see any
>         other way.
>
>         Input?
>
>         --
>         Until later, Geoffrey
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