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Topic: Review Wolverine Reels2Digital MovieMaker 8mm film digitizer
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Mike Spice
Master Film Handler
Posts: 421
From: none of your business
Registered: Jun 2017
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posted September 07, 2019 05:08 PM
Over the last two weeks I have been scanning 8mm film with the 720p Wolverine.
I really enjoy finding Royal Navy cine.
Two gems recently, a pile of films from a veteran Navy chap who just lost his father, 50years of standard 8mm.
A digest of a cinema film called Phantom Ship.
that is my ship in 1976-9
To have that on my scanner is remarkable.
It is a very rare digest of a cinema 'propaganda' sign up movie.
It is on youtube with time code all over it...for sale.
I used to love my cine films, synced to music, with a reel to reel tape machine, put on a movie night for my dear old mum and aunty and uncle. trailers, soft lighting, a cartoon perhaps, interval snacks and cup of tea.
Turn the sitting room in to a cinema (1976-78 as a teenager)
These days (61yo) I scan cine, throw it in my video edit and pop on some easy listening music, and be frame accurate.
No more reed switch on the Eumig shutter sending a pulse tone to the spare track on the reel to reel.
The first 35s of this edit, I scanned today, thinking I would find Ark Royal cine.
It wasn't to be, instead I got a colossus class HMS Implacable!
How very rare, and in black and white standard 8.
Really special few feet of film.
Wolverine bought it to the internet for the first time ever.
I added some flight deck shots from the 'Phantom Ship' cine digest and a final colour shot from our tv series in 77.
Saturday Night Wolverine music cine edit
[ September 08, 2019, 07:09 AM: Message edited by: Mike Spice ]
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Mike Spice
Master Film Handler
Posts: 421
From: none of your business
Registered: Jun 2017
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posted September 09, 2019 09:32 AM
There is nothing more depressing than a wet monday morning drive in the traffic and going back to to work after 6 weeks holiday.....yuk.....
Fortunately for me Stan Jelavic put a massive smile on my face once I got to the office and found this very unique and rare circuit board waiting for me.
Stan, I am so grateful, I am now off to order the camera.
I can't thank you enough!
Arrived safely.
EDIT: the camera and lens are now paid for, due in around 10/14 days.
Kamel raised a question I am curious about too Stan.
why do we need to tell the camera capture software 2 second intervals on the timer?
I also was thinking of some kind of USB extension lead to the scanner, so I do not have to keep disturbing the USB socket on the camera board.
Something like a very short USB lead to the top of the scanner from the camera board, not difficult to solder one up, held in place with Duct tape perhaps (lol) and then an extension USB lead from there to the laptop.....thus saving wear on the camera board USB connection.
Still a month or two until I can perform the Mod, a stack of films being scanned as we speak...
And here we see INVOICE PAID for the camera and lens.... hooray
[ September 09, 2019, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: Mike Spice ]
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Kamel Ikhlef
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 213
From: Arches, France
Registered: Oct 2018
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posted September 10, 2019 01:07 AM
So let's be crazy! ... a blue 12v, a red 5v, a green 3.3v ! LOL
More seriously, I just wanted a small RGB led to indicate that the unit is powered on. I don't know, I am beginner...which is practiced in general (I also do this to learn and have fun)... Because I will use the switch of the original capture Led that I will only turn on while scanning.
While to do, on the new version of the PCB it would be fun and necessary (more important) to provide a 2nd switch for a 2nd fan to cool the camera board (5v or 12v - It is easier to find a small 30x30 fan in 12v, right?).
It is better to predict and use or not. What do you think ?
More fun for you, I hope ...for me this project is very fun ! Thanks again, Stan. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
BTW :
Your 3D Parts are finished. A little sanding today (post-traitement). I'll post pictures a little later.
Also, I'm preparing a little doc for the details of installation ... And it goes to your home as promised.
[ September 10, 2019, 03:22 AM: Message edited by: Kamel Ikhlef ]
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Alain Gottschalk
Junior
Posts: 7
From: Eurre, France
Registered: Sep 2019
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posted September 10, 2019 10:47 AM
Hi Stan, Kamel, Mike
I'm sorry I did not put the post in the right place, but I do not know how to delete it.
I just signed up for this forum, so I'm new to you.
My name is Alain and I live in the south-east of France, department of Drôme, between Valence and Montélimar, a small town of 1000 inhabitants which is called "Eurre".
I am 69 years old, retired and like many people of my age with super 8 movies, I acquired in May 2017 a super 8 scanner brand "Somikon" bought from Pearl.fr for a sum of 450 euros.
And like many people, I am disappointed by the quality of scanning.
I put the latest firmware: (resolution 1440x1080, coils 3, 5 and 7 inches, 20 frames / second).
I looked on the net if there was a forum in which people proposed a modification and improvement of the scanner "Somikon", but I did not find my happiness.
Then one day, I came across your forum that spoke Wolverine strangely resembling my "Somikon".
I stayed taped from morning to evening (from page 1 to 20) so that it was rich in ideas and proposals. And now you're on page 34. Your project is coming to fruition and I'm giving you a big hat trick. You form a very nice team and I bring you my admiration for so much work as well as my moral support.
I hesitated to register on the forum for several reasons:
- 1: The barrier of the English language: I was a little lazy at school and learning English at the time was not my cup of tea. I regret it now.
- 2: I have no technical training, neither in electronics, nor in welding and even less in 3D, I worked in the administrative.
- 3: Impossible to propose ideas and even less solutions.
Then, I registered using a translator "Qtranslate".
A personal question: Do you think that the kit you make, will fit on my "Somikon"?
If so, I will be delighted, and I will apply for the purchase of this kit.
I am sure that thanks to you, the super 8 scanner owners will appreciate the work you have done, and thank you from the bottom of their hearts.
cordially
Alain
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