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Film capture testing

Just got my film capture rig set up. I'm a few days late, but everything looks like it is working a treat!

Sound is clear and not distorted. Picture is Astoundingly sharp.

More photos in my next post.

Film capture testing

Here's a shot of the camera mechanism while the device is powered down. This sits under the filmosound flap normally.

Also a closeup of the film.

Film capture testing

Which is to say, it fucking works.

I'm rearranging some stuff, and then I'll kick of my capture of The Big Score.

Film capture testing

Doing a test capture of a Dick Tracy cartoon to make sure I have all my capture settings configured correctly before I commit an hour on a film.

Film capture testing

Glad I did the test capture, I had the preamp on on my audio input so the sound is distorted as hell. Trying again without the preamp enabled.

Film capture testing

Also, projectors are loud as balls.

Film capture testing (VIDEO LINK)

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Be gentle with the server, it's just a Raspberry Pi 3.

But, uhh, here's the Dick Tracy cartoon I captured, so you can get an idea of what this process delivers. The film is about a 3/5 on condition.

I haven't looked in to the copyright on this film so I don't know how widely I can share it. It was just the shortest, cheapest, most common film I had handy, so it's the one I chose for my test transfer.

Film capture testing (VIDEO LINK)

The audio on this video is a little quiet because I didn't do anything about that before I uploaded it.

It's cropped a little too tightly (because there was a lot of damage at the edges of the film).

The film grain has been compressed a little more aggressively than I would have otherwise preferred for upload, but it's watchable.

It doesn't look

Andrew (Television Executive)

Film capture testing

It doesn't look *bad*. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out, considering the condition of the film.

Film capture testing

The episode is presented in black and white (because my film is black and white, even though there were versions of this episode released on film in color.)

This is true for a lot of stuff that I own. The version I have is rarely the best version that was ever released. That's okay! A good transfer of an okay version of the film is better than a BAD transfer of a good version of the film, IMO.

Film capture testing

In the case of The Dick Tracy Show, there are better transfers out there than the one I've done here (but that's not true for most of the other films in my collection!)

This was just a quick way to test settings, etc.

I'm putting together a blog post on the process. I probably won't actually get to doing The Big Fix until tomorrow or this weekend, but ... I can actually Do It whenever I sit down to do it.