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    What do you think of this Telecine unit and its camera?

    Hi y'all
    New to the forum and gained a lot from it. Thanks so much to all.
    I know most members are veteran techs who build their own telecine units, but being relatively new to the business I'm interested in this unit I found for sale.
    I was using some Wolverines and and then digitally enhancing footage (working on a large archive), but of course it's very slow work for the amount of stuff and not a great result. I tried purchasing a Retroscan 816 but that didn't go well.
    I really like the description (and buyers' feedback) of these units, and though they probably aren't as good as a frame-by-frame, my guess is they do a lot better than a wolverine...
    What do you guys think? Here are the two links and some photos.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/130987751554 Click image for larger version Name: s-l1600 (1).jpg Views: 7925 Size: 74.8 KB ID: 92446 Click image for larger version Name: s-l1600 (2).jpg Views: 201 Size: 121.3 KB ID: 92447 Click image for larger version Name: s-l500.jpg Views: 204 Size: 129.1 KB ID: 92449 Click image for larger version Name: s-l1600.jpg Views: 207 Size: 59.1 KB ID: 92448https://www.ebay.com/itm/131837968225
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    The 8mm setup is ok... but definitely not as good as frame by frame. The modified Wolverines mentioned in the forum would give you much better results. It just depends on the quality you are willing to settle for. If a real-time capture is okay for you then there are less expensive DIY setups you can put together yourself

    As far as the 16 mm version... I have this projector and I do not recommend it. You do not want to go
    ​​​​​real-time with 16mm. You will get ghosting even with a five blade shutter. I ended up getting an old frame by frame 16mm movie stuff unit which eliminated the ghosting completely. I still have The 16mm FocusEye projector sitting in my closet. I use the camera/lens setup from the focus eye setup with the MovieStuff projector.
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    • #3
      Stan Jelavic from this forum takes Sankyo Dualux 1000 projectors and modifies them by replacing the hard to find bulbs with a cool LED light source, Then He removes the gate mask and adds a high definition camera for very high quality real time capture. He sells the systems on Ebay.

      You can either Inbox him here on the forum or see his current telecine listings. https://www.ebay.com/itm/314941570032
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      • #4
        A sample of the quality that you can expect with his set-up

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbN0iJvvIcY


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        • #5
          That really depends...

          If you're willing to spend some 2-3K$ and DON'T need frame-by-frame scanning setup while still giving decent result, this might be the choice.

          But if you're with some mechanical / DIY skill and willing to spend some time, you can build your own similar setup (and get similar result) at a fraction of the cost - strictly less than 1k$ for dual8 setup and slightly above 1k$ for 16mm system.

          And if you're really dedicated to the rabbit hole of DIY route, you'll eventually managed to get frame-by-frame 4k scan setup that would cost you around 700$ give or take - which is the cost of my workhorse setup I'm using.
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          • #6
            I have a frame-by-frame version as well. Runs at 7FPS at HD rez.
            https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/vbb/f...ture#post86933
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            • #7
              Thanks so much!
              Very helpful. Ill give this all thought.

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