So if anyone has any 35mm film they want preserved, please drop me a line. For the right projects I will be able to cover postage etc. and discretion is guaranteed.
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Just incredible. Glad it's up and working!
What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.
Wow, that is one beast of a piece of equipment. :) Will look forward to seeing what it's capable of.
Perhaps some night you can turn it on in low light and take a picture or two. Would be fun to see the switches and such lit up on it. :)
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Not much lights up actually, mostly just a boring black and white LCD screen.
Maybe I should fit some lights like the PC case guys do ;)
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Congrats! Maybe Weta can throw you a couple jobs :p
<p>Also, did you just break the 4k oligopoly? For some jobs it might be preferable to buy an air ticket for the film. I know a teapot collector who once bought a first class ticket for a large teapot to fly it out from China!</p>
Yes, it scans in 4K, and I am testing a 10K module at the moment. Great quality @ 10K but very slow scans.
Do you mean fly over to pick up a film, or that they actually put the item in a seat as if it was a passenger??
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Congrats on getting that behemoth safely to your humble abode. I would have been a nervous wreck waiting for it to show up! You must give it a proper name now. ;)
Now if I can only find a decent scope print of THX 1138...
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Wow that's a monster! Looking forward for the results when you have gotten something to scan. :)
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That's great! Looking forward to seeing the results when something is scanned.
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Wow, I hope the -1 team will send you their prints :-)
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Congrats on getting that behemoth safely to your humble abode. I would have been a nervous wreck waiting for it to show up! You must give it a proper name now. ;)
Now if I can only find a decent scope print of THX 1138...
I'll paint it black and call it TMA-1
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I second that idea!
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Well, even a picture of the black and white screen lit up would be fun. We never get to see equipment of this quality in a Star Wars fan's (not to mention, preservationist/restorer) private home. Hehe, so much fun. :)
Imagine quality Star Wars trilogy prints scanned for restoration with this thing... oh yes... 8O)
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Wow, I hope the -1 team will send you their prints :-)
Any chance of this happening?
I don't mean to discount the years of work people have put into their homebrew captures, but the slow speed, complexity, and just-good-enough image quality of the Team -1 project seems redundant when there's a real, professional machine that can do the job in a day or two now.
I'd really like to see a wet-gated, hi-def capture of Puggo's prints, too?
Finally, what's the status with that Technicolor IB print?
I would be more than happy to scan anyone's prints, I would be happy to cover the freight costs both ways as well.
As for Puggo's prints, they are not his, I think they were donated by an anonymous owner to be scanned and then returned to the owner, but I have made the offer to scan those as well, I believe Puggo has passed the offer onto the owner, but I haven't heard back.
With all scans, it is up to the owner what happens to them after I have scanned them, I am just providing the scanning service. If they want to keep the scan for their own backup that is up to them. I will not be keeping a copy of the scan unless they wish me to, and of course keep it completely anonymous and confidential. If they want to share it with the world, that is also their choice.
My goal is to ensure that the films are preserved, if the owner wants to start a restoration project using my scanner, that is great. If they just want a private backup for their own use, then I respect that as well and can provide that service.
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I have finished testing the 10K module and it works fine, but holy crap does it eat up disc space!
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Wow Poita that's awesome gear you scored.
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I have finished testing the 10K module and it works fine, but holy crap does it eat up disc space!
Heheh... if you think about it, 10k would be 6.25x the resolution of 4k, so yes, space gobbling ahoy! :)
The differences between 2K, 4K and 10K are shown on page 20 of this document, which is great reading for anyone wanting an overview of film scanning.
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Well, it sounds like you have a full lab now. Super8 machine all the way up to a 10k machine. Can the 10k machine also handle 70mm?
No, but I can get 70mm scanned should the opportunity ever arise.
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Wow, what does a 10k scan of a 35mm even look like? Does the clarity hold up at that size? Is it possible for you to post a single frame at full size to see?
nice one poita :)
any chance you treat us with some samples, if you have some 35mm reels at hand?
poita, this is VERY exciting! Will this have a wet gate capability?