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Post by BuckSkin on Feb 16, 2022 0:10:59 GMT
or it may possibly be 16mm.
A friend has came upon a big leather case that contains vinyl records and matching movies, several of them, each one a J.I.Case Documentary film.
The idea is you view the film with a projector while listening to the audio on the record.
We need these digitized.
After puzzling over this and our options, one of my theories is that our best bet may be to scavenge a projector from school, set up a DSLR on a tripod, and make a video of the film; what are your thoughts on this ?
Is there a device we can play the film with that has digital conversion capabilities ?
Is there a projector that has RCA jacks ? - I have the technology to capture video/audio via RCA jacks.
I also have the technology to digitize the records.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Feb 16, 2022 3:06:48 GMT
Interesting project. Check YouTube. I found one video. youtu.be/QLgQ3RQPcvkOld movie projectors seem to be readily available on eBay. I checked a couple of labs and conversion is expensive. Good luck. |
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Post by cats4jan on Feb 16, 2022 3:22:37 GMT
My father-in-law did this with family films. Although not the best quality, it was sure nice to be able to see these films again. Unfortunately, he did them on VHS tapes (before DVD's were available) so these films are again dinosaurs. There was no sound, so needing to copy sound was not an issue.
I had a DVD VCR combo player, but I gave it away. Not sure why I'd do that - it must've been because one or the other format was not working. I've always thought I'd buy a new combo to copy the VHS tapes to DVD's - but it just didn't happen. Heck, now, I hardly ever watch the DVD player. DVD players will be the next thing to go the way of the dino's.
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Post by BuckSkin on Feb 16, 2022 4:46:07 GMT
I had what may or may not turn out to be a brainstorm.
The guy at the local cinema still has old-school film projectors and we may be able to get him interested in this venture; if so, the projected screen quality would most likely be the best we could achieve.
If that plays out, we could tighten the projected image to a good size for DSLR capture and "film the film" so to speak.
The audio I am not so much worried about as I can digitize records.
I am not well versed on the various film sizes; this film has the "holes" along the edges; I first thought 8mm, but I am now thinking they would more likely be 16mm; I don't think the 8mm had the holes --- or did it ?
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Post by pontiac1940 on Feb 16, 2022 5:00:00 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Feb 16, 2022 6:07:55 GMT
My father-in-law did this with family films. --- There was no sound, so needing to copy sound was not an issue.That actually is not a bad thing --- no sound; in this day and age of everybody around you constantly videoing and not hanging out a sign "On Air", I am sure my voice has been recorded countless times, saying untelling what, when I was completely unaware any videoing was going on. |
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Post by cats4jan on Feb 16, 2022 11:11:18 GMT
I’m starting to get paranoid when my phone is near me. I was talking about furnace filters and an ad appeared on my iPad. Neither of us were looking up filters before this happened. Coincidence? I don’t think so. Big Brother is alive and well.
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Post by Chris on Feb 25, 2022 16:00:49 GMT
A friend of mine bought a gadget to digitise some old 8mm films (no sound). It scans the film frame by frame, and then automatically saves a digital file. It takes a while, so you can make some coffee and read the newspaper or go for a walk while its doing it's stuff. The results were impressive. However, it might not be worth buying special equipment just for one film.
If you do decide to project the film and video it, you will need to play around with the size of the movie projected on the screen and the video camera settings. If you Google "Digitise 8mm film" you will get some hits. There are a few YouTube videos out there explaining how to digitise 8mm film.
Kind regards
Chris
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