scanning 16/8mm film

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:59 pm

has anyone experience of using a Nikon or Minolta film scanner for scanning 16mm film?

are there any other film scanners you can buy that have this capability? and are cheaper

thanks in advance.

Post by **fdfco** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 11:43 am

Nathan,
do you mean a computer scanner? If so, any Epson PHOTO scanner will be able to do this.
They generally come with an adaptor for 35mm slides or negs, but you can still scan movie film. These are cheaper than the dedicted film scanners, but obviously not the same quality. The results are pretty good, depending on what you want to use them for.
If you are in the UK, Jessops offer a fairly comprehansive range. http://www.jessops.com
Mike Richards.

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 12:38 pm

i've been looking at the nikon coolscan, which has a dedicated adapter for 16mm film, i was interested if there are any others(cheaper) which come whith a 16mm adapter or as you say it would be a case of lashing something up on a flat scanner.

cheers mike.

Post by **Pedro** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 1:07 pm

I tryed it with a Canon flatboard scanner with in-built lamp and film adapter for slides. But the results cannot be used. Even with 35 mm film originals, that are crisp sharp on the screen, the scanned result is anything other than sharp, itÃ‚Â´s pure bullshit!!! I wonder why Canon has the courage to sell something like that!
Pedro

Post by **studiocarter** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 2:38 pm

I use a film viewer just like a slide viewer and my video camera. It focuses very close so I can use it with slides or 16mm film. For slides I use a 2" napkin ring taped to the lens and hold the slide on the end; that enables the camera to focus and even zoom in to crop the slide tight. The 16mm film viewer leaves a little black around the edges but works pretty well. There is a metal rack to hold the film in place. The film does need to be cut. There is a picture of the viewer and a couple frames on my 16mmoviemaking.com site in the studio. Now if I had a 3 chip camera...
Michael

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 5:50 pm

I'm using EPSON Perfection 1240U with film adapter,
and it works fine with 8mm regular or super8.

Acquiring at 2400 DPI you get 20-22 frames per strip
equal to 20MB or so bmp file.

Normally the exposure (in the TWAIN interface)
must be greater than 4-6 (goes from -10 to +20).

I use the layout that you can find at:
http://8mm2avi.netfirms.com/Acquiring.htm

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 5:59 pm

cheers, saved me a lot of time.