> From: Karasev, Alexander > > I would like to scan [more than] a few reels of Super8 Kodachrome movie > film. > > I realize that there are telecine transfer services that could do > that, but > the quality varies, and I am unwilling to pay $50/reel (slightly > over 2 min > of 24fps footage) for the truly high end service, which, by the way, still > does not give the quality that matches what I had scanned by hand on my > Epson 3200 Photo scanner. > > What I look for is an affordable (under $400 new; ideally under $300) 2800 > dpi 35mm or 35mm/APS film scanner that I would mechanically modify to scan > the whole reel of Super8 film. Software changes would need to be > made, as I > would like to do separate the frames and save them, and "frame-by-frame > preview and scan model" good for 35mm strips, does not lend itself to 50ft > of Super8 footage. > > Which of the film scanner manufacturers make API's / SDK's available for > their scanners that would allow at least the software aspect of this to be > taken care of? (Minolta does not do this, apparently).
I guess any scanner supported by Ed Hamrick's Vuescan must fall into that category, or he wouldn't be able to support them. But unless you're doing this as a hobby, and your time has no monetary value, $50 a reel to get somebody else to do it sounds like a bargain. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
