Jake Ludington wrote:
>>Just curoius what you're prefered method of digitizing Super-8 film
>>is? I have some films in Super-8 that I shot in the late 1970's.
>>
>>
>
>This is likely the best method for consumer level transfer:
>http://www.moviestuff.tv/wp_xp.html
>
>Not cheap, but effective.
>
>
This is the device I have. I would actually say that it goes far
beyond "consumer level transfer" (perhaps I'm misunderstanding how you
meant the term?)- the visual quality is a hair's breadth under a Rank
transfer system which costs $350/hr to transfer. The quality of the
picture is stunning - you can't see as much in a quarter screen video
blog, but the DVD's that I've made for people just sparkle. I use a
Canon XL-1 3 -chip camera as part of the capture process, and you can tell.
The thing with the Workprinter is that it's really tricky to set up,
and needs a lot of specialized attention. I have a degree in film, so
am used to the persnickety nature of motion picture film. Also the cost
doesn't end with the Workprinter device itself, you have to custom-build
a computer for it, get loads of storage space, then of course all the
stuff that you need to repair and restore film.
I already did all of that so that you don't have to! :)
I'm using the Workprinter now for the project that the home movie
video blog is part of. I've used it for transferring stuff for
broadcast TV, and in about a month we will be opening our doors to
regular folks who would like their films transferred and preserved for
the future. That's the plan... I may mention it in the video blog at
some point.
>The other alternative is recording the film with a DV cam set up
>side-by-side with the projector.
>
That's how I used to sort of homebrew film transfers. It takes a
while to get the two devices lined up well enough, and because the
projector and the video camera are at different speeds, you'll get a
flickering picture on videotape. Some projectors have a variable speed
knob that you can use to tweak the projector to get it to play nice with
your video camera, but then the speed of stuff on-screen is often
absurdly fast or slow.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone of course. It's just that a lot
of people I know have done transfers at home and were unhappy at how
long the process took. With a lot of patience you can get a pretty nice
picture.
--
Bohus Blahut
(BOH-hoosh BLAH-hoot)
modern filmmaker
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