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Telecine without a telecine. . . is this right?
Someone told me that this actually works… it sounds shady, but I gotta ask. It’s been a while since I’ve been behind a camera.
Goal: a VERY cheap, low quality way of getting old black & white 8mm film footage into an Avid Media Composer
step 1: 8mm film projector plays at 24fps
step 2: shoot the screen with any video camera that can capture at 24p
step 3: digitizeNaaa, ‘can’t be that easy? You’d at least have to sync the two, right?
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Yes, you can do that. you will get sync. but the contrast ratio of the images or the quality will not be as great as a TK. Still try it, if you are happy with the quality, whats the harm.
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its funny because about 10 years ago I did exactly the same in college, in order for me to be able to cut my short in on-campus Avid (pretty big thing back then) I projected my bolex-filmed film and shot it with a Beta SP camera (60i of course) and then digitized it. It worked out well for me as the content of the film didn’t require to be perfectly in sync.
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