Had an idea about a new scanner

[seekaee]

Roger, if this was`made, would it be dual compatible with both S8 and 16mm? Sign me up if you say so!

[skyliner]

science grade glass filters after the lamp should be just fine, and of course, you can correct for lamp color temperature as an intrinsic part of the process.
Lets get prototyping

[Carlos 8mm]

Hi Roger,
which kind of B&W vidcam has better resolution: B&W CCD cameras or B&W tube cameras? Remembers that ccd cameras are limited by the number of elements of the CCD, whereas a tube camera forms the image by means of a continuous beam (yeah, analog!! 8) ) but that analog cameras has the typical "memory" defect when the intensity of light is very high. I have a B&W tube Phillips camera from the early 80´s, so maybe will do some tests.

Carlos.

[Scotness]

Brilliant idea Roger - I've said it before and I'll say it again - you're a genius! - I bet you can't stop thinking about this kind of stuff if you try.

I'd definitely be interested in one particulalry if it does 16mm as well - this is the kind of invention that would keep indie film makers like me (and all of us) in film and not video

Anyway I'll follow it's progress with great interest.

Scot

[GeneratriX]

Roger,

I'm new on this forum, and I'm a lot interested on your project.

In fact, if you need programming for the thing, feel free to drop me an eMail or P.M.

I'm a full-time graphics programmer, and I have skills to put on C++ code all what you can need to get your new scanner working.

As a guide, check my current programming projects (actually for Silicon Graphics IRIX platform, but I can work with other platforms too), were you can find a completely real time framework, with: several forms of color correction, several forms of geometry correction, motion blur, time base correction, etc...

My current page is: http://www.geocities.com/generatrix_vcs

I can do the programming for the mechanism automation too.
Best regards,

Diego

P.S.: and I could be happy accepting a scanner as payd! ;)

[VideoFred]

I was thinking about something like this:



You could replace the milling machine with the camera...
The film mechanism could be mounted on the cross-table.
With this unit, you could do v-e-r-y fine adjustment.
And there is plenty of room for everything, too.
A unit like this cost about 150 Euro.

Fred.

[Dave Anderson]

Wow. THat's a cool drill press! So you're thinking to mount the camera where the drill is? How would the projector mount?

I would think just to have the x/y platform to mount the camera on would be worth the price of admission!? Heck with the drill.


Dave

[VideoFred]

So you're thinking to mount the camera where the drill is? How would the projector mount?
Dave

No projector at all.... Just a gate, transport mechanism and backlightning.
Maybe build with parts from old projectors...
But those parts can be made in small series, too.
It could be build very simple, but fine...

Fred.

[downix]

Sounds like a great idea. A suggestion tho: allow for color-negative (invert the color filters used) and allow for true B&W. A trick I did ages ago for color negative used CMY filters in lieu of RGB. Worked quite well too

[StopMoWorks]

This isn't really aimed at the home movie market. I already sell tons of the WorkPrinter and CineMate units to cover that. This is strictly an item for the type of people on this forum that digitize their own movies, want convenience and high quality, but aren't concerned about speed. Basically, your own mini-Rank sort of thing. I think it would be cute. Roger

Hmmmm ...... stop motion or just animation in general is a slow process anyway and so we are accustomed to that and speed is not a concern. In animation world we deal with individual frames and 50 feet is more than plenty for us (compared to live-action shoots) to do some intenstive animation sessions. Just my little self-interest bias ..... lobbying here