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

["Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com>]

> From: Karasev, Alexander
>
> 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).

I guess any scanner supported by Ed Hamrick's Vuescan must fall into that
category, or he wouldn't be able to support them.

But unless you're doing this as a hobby, and your time has no monetary
value, $50 a reel to get somebody else to do it sounds like a bargain.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

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