As some of you may know, I have a couple of prints I’m interested in preserving - a 16mm low-fade print of American Graffiti, and (the more interesting of the two) a 16mm low-fade 1st generation print of Song of the South.

Another member and I are attempting to build a telecine machine from a 16mm projector, and will then begin the scanning. However, it is this first step which is the most difficult, so this thread was created to get some ideas as to how we might go about modifying the projector. Our plan is to set up a digital camera in the lens, and illuminating the film with an ultra-bright LED. The projector will be slowed to 1 fps, and a computer connection will enable the projector to notify both the camera and the computer that a frame has been captured, and that it will now move to the next frame.

If anyone has any ideas or advice, please let us know!

Thanks in advance!