Fastest and cheapest 35mm film scanner on the planet

[Dan Hudgins]

Camcorder HDR

Camcorder HDR

We have been discussing this over at scarletuser. Looks like the P+S Technik 3D-Rig could be modified for HDRI applications, or ever for Stereo-HDRI applications...

I have never been so excited about the future...

I told my brother what I was showing on REDUSER.net in my drawings, and he asked if he could do it with his front projection rig using two way mirror and two camcorders.

It might work since the crystal will hold sync to a frame per minute about, and for things that do not move too fast if you set the shutter to its longest time the shutter phase may not matter so much.

I will be interesting to see what looks better, HDR with two RED ONE (tm) or the newest VISION III film stocks. The Digital will not have dust, and crap, and it may be sharper in the highlights with HDR twin exposures.

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

You guys rock!

Bring on the good stuff .

 

[Jeff Coatney]

Did You guys realize that the EPIC could be modified to become the fastest (100 FPS) and cheapest (bellow $100K total setup with fast raid to capture the RAW sensor data uncompressed) 35mm 4K film scanner (after de-bayering from 5K) on the planet?!?!?!

Dibs on the patent...

That's a fantastic idea. Take any 35mm film print in history, clean it, run it through your Epic 5K "Telecine" rig directly to a Red Drive and then plug into the RED RAY and "Viola!" you have Laurel and Hardy in 4K at the Multiplex! That could be a whole new kind of archiving. Definitely a new kind of exhibition model. I hope the Archivists at AFI, UCLA, and Universal (such a pity, that fire.) are reading this thread.

 

[Peter Majtan]

Let me have a chat with the guys over at George Eastman House. They are pretty open-minded and were invaluable to my restoration project. Could make for interesting talk...

 

[Sami S]

I've been doing something similar on a smaller scale with my EX1 + Letus Extreme setup. I Project the image with my 16mm projector direct to the groud glass and you get pretty good quality.

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

I've been doing something similar on a smaller scale with my EX1 + Letus Extreme setup. I Project the image with my 16mm projector direct to the groud glass and you get pretty good quality.

How do you sync? :waaa:

 

[Rubancam]

That's a fantastic idea. Take any 35mm film print in history, clean it, run it through your Epic 5K "Telecine" rig directly to a Red Drive and then plug into the RED RAY and "Viola!" you have Laurel and Hardy in 4K at the Multiplex! That could be a whole new kind of archiving. Definitely a new kind of exhibition model. I hope the Archivists at AFI, UCLA, and Universal (such a pity, that fire.) are reading this thread.

Not only that if you want you could use the latest editing tools to enhance the images too.

i think if good quality 4k scanners available @ affordable price, Many film makers will hold onto converting to digital such as shooting with RED. The film still gives better images it really matters in motion film but negligible in still photography.

 

[Petr Dvorak]

We have build an in-house cheap 2K film recorder back in Melbourne - I would gladly take up the challenge to build the scanner as well...

interesting Peter, any more info or photos?

 

[Martin Weiss]

Peter; did you ever get to build that Scanner?