Originally posted by: Dunedain
Well even the kind of 720x480 res capture that Laserman was speaking of would be great, since it would be at full DVD res. Which would then allow for a proper anamorphic transfer to DVD after any preservation/restoration work was done. I don't suppose it would be relatively inexpensive to obtain a 16mm film scanner with the capacity to handle these 1200ft. 16mm reels that Laserman is talking about?
Well even the kind of 720x480 res capture that Laserman was speaking of would be great, since it would be at full DVD res. Which would then allow for a proper anamorphic transfer to DVD after any preservation/restoration work was done. I don't suppose it would be relatively inexpensive to obtain a 16mm film scanner with the capacity to handle these 1200ft. 16mm reels that Laserman is talking about?
You can get a decent scanner with a 16mm gate for about 100K
The workprinter as Puggo said is not a film scanner and so the results you get are good, but nothing like you get from a dedicated scanner.
Anyway, this stuff should be discussed over in the tech forum.