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Mark Todd
Film God

Posts: 3846
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted September 11, 2019 06:58 PM

Has anyone tried this please.

Would it work at 18 FPS possibly.

Just wondered if anyone has tried filmimg film running with a modern phone.

Any tips etc please.

Thanks Mark.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted September 11, 2019 07:59 PM

Hi Mark,

The iPhone does pretty decent screen grabs, both as stills and videos. A couple of times I've used mine to capture short segments of films and then e-mail them to friends.

As far as stills go, when I do screen captures at CineSea, it's always with an iPhone.

I'm not fooling anybody that I'm not just pointing a phone at my movie screen, but it's pretty good.

(24FPS looks fine, if I remember right: even better than 18.)

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Nantawat Kittiwarakul
Master Film Handler

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From: Rajburana, Bangkok, Thailand
Registered: Aug 2017

posted September 11, 2019 08:09 PM

You mean classic "off the wall" telecine approach, pointing your camera at the projected image of S8 film?

Short answer: DEFINITELY YES. [Cool]

If your camera's phone does have something so called "pro mode" that lets you adjust several settings esp. SHUTTER SPEED, it will definitely do the job.

The result would be kinda poor quality of course, but the cost is literally zero [Big Grin]

so that should be okay.

(Additional info added)
The camera setting, as far as I remembered.
White balance: indoor/incandescent
Focus: manual of course. You may let the auto focus do its job at the beginning, then lock it once it settles down to prevent further "hunting".
Shutter speed: this is the most important thing to get rid of any banding/flickering. Ideally it should be set equal to projector's speed times no. of shutter blades. It is usually 18 fps x 3 blades = 54 Hz. In my case the closest I can get is 1/50 second, which in practice works just fine for me.
Iso: that depends. You may have to experiment with that to get the optimum exposure.

[ September 12, 2019, 10:01 AM: Message edited by: Nantawat Kittiwarakul ]

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Mark Todd
Film God

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From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted September 12, 2019 01:38 AM

Hi thank you people, its as much for the sound, but its my sons phone, an up to date thing, I am still using an old dogey type ( these days apparently ) button phone.

I`m a bit behind the times ( he said looking over at his turntable and Elmo !!! ) still here.

I`ve just bought some 35mm camera film to start taking proper photos again too !!!

Anyway fingers crossed, be interesting to see how it actually looks.

Thanks, Mark.

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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014

posted September 12, 2019 08:43 AM

Hi Mark,
There is a way to do this now using the phone. I have done some good video using my smart phone, but the issue becomes image stability and the sound capture:
Solution?
The Shure MV88+ video kit which basically turns your phone into a portable video recording system. Comes with a manfrotto tripod, which is a great name btw. I haven't got this far into it yet but am always intrigued with what people come up with...
Shure MV88 Video Kit

video of same

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Mark Todd
Film God

Posts: 3846
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted September 12, 2019 03:11 PM

Hi Mathew thanks, looks good, but I only want to do a segment of film for someone I can email re a sound track.

That does look very handy though.

Best Mark.

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