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Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Junior
Posts: 3
From: BKK Thailand
Registered: May 2009

posted May 24, 2009 10:47 AM

Hi all,

My name is Phuttiphong from Thailand. I am a new shooting 8mm. So, Could you please give me some advice about DIY home telecine?

1. What is the best projector model for home telecine? I have read some posts that I need variable speed. But can you suggest me some model?

2. What kind of telecine box I should buy? I found one in Ebay. Has anyone used it before? The SM3itm telecine system from eBay

or I should spend for Moviestuff's products?

I live in the pal country and my video camera is 25p. I was wondering about the result of capturing 24fps projector into 25p camera.

Thank you for every suggestion,
Phutti

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Martin Jones
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1269
From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008

posted May 24, 2009 01:27 PM

Forget all about "transfer boxes" and their variants such as you found on EBAY; they rarely give good results. In the first instance, take the advice Roger gave you on another Forum. You can improve from there once you have some experience. There are many posts with advice on the various forums; also try "Amateur telecine" as a search on Google

Martin

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Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Junior
Posts: 3
From: BKK Thailand
Registered: May 2009

posted May 24, 2009 11:22 PM

Thank you Martin.

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted May 25, 2009 04:32 AM

Hello Phuttiphong, and welcome to the forum.

As Martin said, forget about the transfer boxes. For all informations, including building your own transfer system, check out the On Super 8 Page.

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The Grindcave Cinema Website

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Martin Jones
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008

posted May 25, 2009 05:36 AM

Jean-Marc is right pointing you to a specific page to start you off; the article accessible from that page is the one that most of us have started from... and it's ideal for understanding the basic principles on which the excellent Roger Evans Workprinter and most frame by frame amateur set-ups are based.
Two points to bear in mind...
1. Almost any movie projector can be modified along these lines to produce a frame by frame machine, some with very little work.
2. The capture program CINECAP is proprietory and is now only available to owners of genuine WORKPRINTERS manufactured by Moviestuff. Updates are available to existing licensed users.There are many other programs available for PC use.
CAPTUREMATE (for MAC)is available to any purchase, and there are probably others; I'm not a MAC user so have not looked.
Having said that, the options are many; enjoy the research and experimentation. It can be very satisfying!!

Martin

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Retired TV Service Engineer
Ongoing interest in Telecine....

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Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Junior
Posts: 3
From: BKK Thailand
Registered: May 2009

posted May 25, 2009 06:41 AM

Thanks Jean-Marc.
Thanks again Martin.

I will do more research or perhaps Moviestuff might be my best choice.
Regards,
Phuttiphong

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