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  • 8mm/Super 8 Custom Telecine Device

    Hello all!
    Long time reader, first time poster. After recieving about 100 Super 8, and Regular 8 reels from my grandparents I did the first thing any amateur datahoarder/archivist does and looked for the cheapest way to digitise them in decent quality and thought the Wolverine was my best bet. However after purchasing one second hand for about £200, and starting to scan the reels in I realized every flaw that crummy system has and began looking for solutions, finally stumbling upon this forum and realizing that there actually isnt a cost effective way to make that machine worthwile. So I resigned myself to using it in more of a logging capacity and started to inventory the reels so when I came up with a better solution I could priotirize the better reels.

    I have finally finished that system and hope to get some feedback from everyone before starting the scanning process again to make sure I dont have to redo anything another time. Its mostly the same build as seen by the youtube channels Scott Schiller​ and Fresh Ground Pictures but with my own little twists.

    Here it is:
    A 'spares and repairs' canon s400 (£60) with motor gutted and replaced with a NEMA17 motor.
    That motor is controlled by a cheap SMC02 Driver Controller which lets me adjust the speed and direction of the motor.
    Sony A7mIV camera with Laowa laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x ultra macro lens (with metabones adapter in between)
    Custom made trigger cable with 3d printed mounting arm and 'bulge' attached to the shaft to trigger the camera once per frame.
    Joby Beamo Video LED Light with 3d printed diffusion layer.
    ​Neewer 4way macro slider.
    An 8mm thick steel sheet to mount on as a very stable platform.

    My costs were:
    Canon s400 - £60
    Nema17 - £10.50 (already owned from 3d printer repairs)
    SMC02 Driver - £13.98
    Sony A7mIV - £1650 (already owned as my B-CAM)
    Laowa and Metabones adaptor - £241.55
    Trigger cable - £15 in materials
    Joby Beamo - £55 (already owned as a video light)
    Neewer Slider - £53.82
    Steel Sheets -£40 (for two sheets incase I buggered up the hole placement on the first)

    Total: £404.35 or £469.85 if you have a camera already but nothing else (or £2139.85 if you own literally nothing ahah)

  • #2
    Good job James.
    It is definitely a good way to do it.
    I had a similar project without sync:
    https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/vbb/f...lity#post65627
    For people without DSLR, could consider ELP camera:
    https://github.com/vintagefilmograph...ith_elp_camera
    I also have similar Sankyo projects with the web type camera.

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    • #3
      Nice work James! Post some links to clips from your setup when you get a chance.

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      • #4
        As I always say (here & everywhere else) that this is the most efficient approach to get high quality scan.

        I have a similar setup composed of Sankyo projector and Panasonic GH5. It had been in constant use for a few years - never let me down even once! The only drawback is the relatively slow scanning speed - around 1-3 fps depending on each setup. But hey, I'm not in a hurry anyway.

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        • #5
          Cool James,

          There are so many ways to achieve the same goal, I love seeing the various ideas people have. I prefer a dedicated machine vision camera, cheap, dedicated, can stay on the rig permanently, and the software for the cameras saves a lot of time making things work.

          Here's my original from 4 years ago, then updated last week with a new camera.

          Cheers




          updated...

          https://share.icloud.com/photos/03aG...hyEkxCxrzHG-mw

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          • #6
            Hey Paul, what is the software you are running?
            Thanks
            Scot

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            • #7
              Hi Scot,

              The capture software is Allied Vision "Acquire Control", works perfectly with their cameras. I'm not sure how it would work with other brands.

              Cheers

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