DIY Super 8 Movie Film Scanning
This probably isn't the place to post this, but does anyone know of a low-cost (below $500) solution? I'm racking my brain and surfing the web looking for a way to scan my old films myself using an LED light source and a gate that holds the film in precise alignment regardless of bad splices and torn sprocket holes, captures each frame as a digital .jpeg, and then I can combine the frames as an .avi movie in my editing program. Super 8 is a very small film guage, so the frame needs to be enlarged and captured, perhaps using a 3-CMOS camera with a periscopic or macro lens.
I want absolute control over shot-by-shot color and brightness, something that professional scanning services, with their hit-or-miss automatic adjustment doesn't do very well.
The $1,500 Reflecta has a built-in stepper motor that advances and scans the film 2 frames at a time every 5 seconds, however it requires modification to be gentler on the film, modifications that void the warranty, and its scans are subject to frame misalignment due to bad splices and torn sprocket holes in the film.
I'm willing to advance and scan the film myself manually, frame by frame, and know that I can do one frame, barring any necessary brightness adjustment, every 5 seconds.
I want absolute control over shot-by-shot color and brightness, something that professional scanning services, with their hit-or-miss automatic adjustment doesn't do very well.
The $1,500 Reflecta has a built-in stepper motor that advances and scans the film 2 frames at a time every 5 seconds, however it requires modification to be gentler on the film, modifications that void the warranty, and its scans are subject to frame misalignment due to bad splices and torn sprocket holes in the film.
I'm willing to advance and scan the film myself manually, frame by frame, and know that I can do one frame, barring any necessary brightness adjustment, every 5 seconds.
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