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

[jim]

    Thanks for the ScanCafe tip; I'll pass it on. 
I'm still hoping someone will provide some kind 
of guidance re making the gizmo from scratch. 



On Tue, 2011-12-20 at 15:20 -0500, Casey Callendrello wrote:
> I fully support creating such a hack. However, there is a company based 
> in India called ScanCafe that will do scanning for very reasonable 
> prices - $.20 per foot.
> 
> --Casey
> 
> On 12/20/11 1:45 PM, jim wrote:
> >      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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