[Frameworks] The $3, 000 open source multi-format 8/16/35 scanner project called Kinograph

[Jon Dieringer]

The idea of using the collection in Jordan as a guinea pig is troubling.
re: Florian's last point, a lot of it seems to be small gauge.


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Florian Cramer <flrncrmr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do have some questions:
> - The construction is not fundamentally different from other
> frame-by-frame scanners such Müller HM73, Moviestuff or Richard Tuohy's
> $1000-$3000 DIY telecine machine.
> - The use of a digital SLR camera instead of an industrial video camera
> will produce better image quality, but also lead to deterioration of the
> machine. Canon and NIkon SLR cameras are typically specified for
> 100,000-150,000 shutter releases. Shooting frame by frame, this will mean
> that you need to service or replace the camera after every 70-105 minutes
> (!) of film that has been scanned.
> - The film transport is not as precise as with the above machines - this
> could result in jitter issues particularly with 16 and 8mm film. The video
> demo shows 35mm film digitization, but the smaller the format, the better
> the machine needs to be.
>
> -F
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Nicholas Kovats <nkovats at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is an amazing open source scanner project by  Maththew Epler.
>> Watch the presentation video here, i.e. http://mepler.com/Kinograph
>> Here is his thesis presentation where he details his work and amazing
>> antedote whereby the King of Jordan injects $10K in startup funds due
>> to the discovery of historical 35mm film of his predecessor, his
>> father, i.e. https://vimeo.com/66766340#
>> The official Kinograph web site, i.e. http://kinograph.cc/
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