Old reel Film to digital

1. nobody
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   I have people ask me what solutions are out there for putting old reel footage into the digital format. Are there any inexpensive ways to accomplish this or creative ways.

   Posted 8 years ago #

2. browner
   Member

   
   Here is the "skinny" on the transfer issue: The video is 30 frames per second, film is 24 fps. If you shoot your projector on the wall and tape the image it will flicker because some of the video frames will be taking pictures while the shutter is covering part (or all) of the frame. One way around this is to send the film to a high end transfer house. They have special equipment to do a 3:2 pull down of the film as it's being transfered to video, like they transfer Hollywood movies. Unfortunatly it's very expensive, but it looks fabulous.
   
   There is a less expensive alternative though. It requires a projector with variable speed. A knob on the side that increases or decreases the speed of the motor. If you speed it up just a little you can match the frame rate of the camcorder and the flicker goes away. The down side is that the film is now running aprox. 10% fast, but that's not really such a bad thing. Old movies get some of their charm from the dirt going through the shutter, being slightly off speed and shifting in color (except for Kodachrome, that stuff is rock solid).
   
   So find a projector with variospeed shoot it on the wall, and get to work, or start saving your millions (well, thousands) for a real Hollywood grade film transfer.
   

   Posted 8 years ago #

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