How to Convert Old Film Reels with a Raspberry Pi
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How to Convert Old Film Reels with a Raspberry Pi
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Re: How to Convert Old Film Reels with a Raspberry Pi
#2This is a really good effort. My father had my family's 8mm & Super 8 transferred to DV about 10 years ago. The quality was just okay. This is absolutely amazing. He sort of talked about it, but one of the issues is the frame rate mismatch when trying to capture with a DSLR set to video (or video camera). Also, I would like to know what extra lens was used for the pi.
Re: How to Convert Old Film Reels with a Raspberry Pi
#3This is a really good effort. My father had my family's 8mm & Super 8 transferred to DV about 10 years ago. The quality was just okay. This is absolutely amazing. He sort of talked about it, but one of the issues is the frame rate mismatch when trying to capture with a DSLR set to video (or video camera). Also, I would like to know what extra lens was used for the pi.
I took a look at his wiki to see if this information (extra lens used) was mentioned. There is a section on Parts Selection [1] which mentions a discussion about the Pi Camera and Lens [2] but that only sends me to a blank page.
Maybe he will update it with more information in the future.
[1] https://github.com/jphfilm/rpi-film-capture/wiki/Parts-Selec...
[2] https://github.com/jphfilm/rpi-film-capture/wiki/Camera-and-...
Re: How to Convert Old Film Reels with a Raspberry Pi
#4I tried a very similar setup using a beaglebone black a couple of years ago.
It never quite worked, and it's since sitting in the "pending projects" drawer. After looking at this, I'll definetly try again using your methods.
Using the projector lens in reverse is a great idea, and doing multiple exposures and combining them is just genious, I never would have come up with this, great job!
Re: How to Convert Old Film Reels with a Raspberry Pi
#5I'm really blown away at the quality considering a raspberry pi camera module was used. Based on the green ribbon (as opposed to blue in the previous model) I'm guessing they used the second version of the camera module. This version uses a Sony IMX219 8-megapixel sensor [0] which is pretty much a smartphone camera. (it was also used on the Nexus 9) Though considering that the module costs around $20 it seems fair. (I usually just associate the RaspPi with "cheap")