[Noisebridge-discuss] request for info re super-8 conversion hack

jim jim at systemateka.com
Tue Dec 20 18:45:05 UTC 2011


    a friend of mine has a friend who's got some 
super-8 format film that he'd like to capture into 
some kind of digital format. 
    the content is family stuff, personal interest, 
no commercial value. he's not in a rush and doesn't 
want to pay the high fees for a commercial shop to 
do a conversion. the 20-year old film is in great 
shape, given the limitations of super-8 format. 

    i suppose one way of conversion might be to 
play the super-8 onto a screen and record the output 
with a digital video camera. 
    my pal thinks this is good fodder for a hack: rig 
up some kind of ccd device to a mechanical super-8 
film feeder and use sprocket edge detection to 
determine when to capture the current frame to the 
ccd device. 
    anybody got ideas or opinions? 










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