[filmscanners] Which ("inexpensive") film scanners have an API/SDK?

["Karasev, Alexander" <alexander.karasev@gs.com>]

I would like to scan [more than] a few reels of Super8 Kodachrome movie
film.

I realize that there are telecine transfer services that could do that, but
the quality varies, and I am unwilling to pay $50/reel (slightly over 2 min
of 24fps footage) for the truly high end service, which, by the way, still
does not give the quality that matches what I had scanned by hand on my
Epson 3200 Photo scanner.

What I look for is an affordable (under $400 new; ideally under $300) 2800
dpi 35mm or 35mm/APS film scanner that I would mechanically modify to scan
the whole reel of Super8 film. Software changes would need to be made, as I
would like to do separate the frames and save them, and "frame-by-frame
preview and scan model" good for 35mm strips, does not lend itself to 50ft
of Super8 footage.

Which of the film scanner manufacturers make API's / SDK's available for
their scanners that would allow at least the software aspect of this to be
taken care of? (Minolta does not do this, apparently).

Thank you!

Alex

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