Digitizing 8mm

[bygoneguy]

Originally Posted by DubSalute

When you capture in actual HD resolution then it would make sense for me.

Originally Posted by DubSalute

IMO the better the camera the better you can capture.

I have had a several discussions with some people who really are experts in this area, and that is what they always say - it is all about the quality of the camera. And if cameras were all equal, you wouldn't get such wide range in prices for them.

When I switched from a SD digital camcorder (in the USD $1000 range) to a broadcast level camera the difference in quality was staggering. The camera I use now when new retailed for USD $7000 and the lense USD $3000.

A HD camera and that blackmagic board above will allow you to capture off the film frame at 1080 or 720p. The fact there is more detail being captured should mean a better transfer.

But like SD cameras, HD cameras will have low-end and and high-end models. Right now I have a very high-end SD camera so jumping to a low-end HD camera might not be the right move for me.

Originally Posted by DubSalute

What i personaly however find a bit of a crime is some people cropping the old films to fit the 16:9 resolutions.

Agree, I have never understood this. The films were never released in a widescreen format. Do people really have a hard time watching porn just because there are two black lines down each the side of widescreen TV because it has a 4:3 aspect?

[bygoneguy]

Originally Posted by DARPA

Wouldn't you do just about as well if you took the SD video conversion and shot that out to Blu-Ray instead of standard DVD?

No, because you would be upscaling to HD and would lose sharpness of the picture. An 8mm film captured in 1080 (or 720p) and shown on a hi-def screen 'should' look better than a loop captured in SD and upscaled. Just how much better I don't know.

But while on this subject, hi-def should also help to get better film 'stills' off the film frames. While I can't do film transfers in hi-def yet, I can get a HD camera and capture focused still images right off the emulsion side of the film frame.

I think I just gave myself a new year project - I am going to hire a high-end HD camera and capture stills with it, and then capture the same still images with my current SD camera we can make some comparisons.

[DARPA]

Originally Posted by bygoneguy

I think I just gave myself a new year project - I am going to hire a high-end HD camera and capture stills with it, and then capture the same still images with my current SD camera we can make some comparisons.

That would be very interesting to know.