I made a 16mm film scanner using Lego technic! 🎞️⚙️
The film is slowly pulled by a motor, passing the frames in front of a camera with a macro lens that I picked up at MPB for 60 euros. The rig itself sits on a glass plate from my fridge. It films constantly, capturing all the frames as a video. Then I asked Chat GPT to write me a Python script that selects the frames and only keeps those where the sprocket holes are perfectly aligned.
I share a turning point in my film journey: discovering flaws in lab scans — missing details, overexposed areas, and tones that didn’t reflect the negative.
Trusting your own interpretation is key in film photography
Unfortunately, due to some technical issues, this video is a bit shorter than I originally planned.
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What equipment and method to digitize a negative or positive film in very high resolution using a digital camera in order to obtain an exceptional quality rendering? Unlike a dedicated scanner, you will be able to constantly adapt your equipment to your expectations, whether visual, temporal or budgetary.