Sorry if this is a stupid question, but it is something I have been wondering about. I have an older high quality Epson flatbed scanner that came with an adapter that can be used to scan film negatives and slides. I have never used the adapter and I am not even sure I couldn't just put the film negatives and slides directly on the scanner and get the same result. I have some slides in the garage, so I guess I should just try it.
Anyway, my question is this: If I were to have access to a 35mm film, couldn't I just lay the film on the flatbed scanner and scan the film at a high DPI and get several frames at a time with each scan and just keep feeding it through for each set of frames? I know it would take a long time to scan the whole movie, but if that worked, I would be more than willing to take the time to do it. It wouldn't cost anything and I wouldn't need any special equipment. I also have that adapter mentioned above if I needed that to make it work.
As others have mentioned, I am glad this is finally happening at least in a quality DVD format, but I am disappointed that it won't be in HD. I would be willing to help if my idea would work. Now I am curious about my slides, so I guess I will go get one and try scanning it to see what happens. It should be essentially the same as a 35 mm film frame since both are projected on a screen.
Mike