How to scan movie film / good movie film scanners?

Kino

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Don't take this wrong, but that's like asking what sort of car would be good to drive 1000 miles?

Too many particulars are being left out: format(s) to be scanned, desired resolution of image scans, desired end image format, etc., etc.

Chances are, what you want will place you in the lower-end of motion picture scanners which start at $30K USD and go way, way up from there.

Do some research and see if you have trouble believing me; its well documented on the Internet.

Most people wind up sending their film to be scanned, and even that his not cheap at all.
 

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I don't have anything scanned, I project. But the place where I get my Dual-8 processed and split (Yale Photo) uses Cintel DSX or C-Reality for their transfers.
 

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I don't have anything scanned, I project. But the place where I get my Dual-8 processed and split (Yale Photo) uses Cintel DSX or C-Reality for their transfers.

Yale charges $200-$250 per hour, which is actually much lower than what most people paid just 5 years ago.

It's expensive because the scanners are astronomical to buy, maintain and run.
 
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GregorPQ

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I don't have anything scanned, I project. But the place where I get my Dual-8 processed and split (Yale Photo) uses Cintel DSX or C-Reality for their transfers.

Do you have a link for Yale Photo?​

Thank you!

 

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A telecine, such as a Rank Cintel or Kodak Cineon. I think I saw a Kodak on *bay for about 6 grand and that's seems pretty cheap.
 

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There is a movie scanner showing up in my feeds now. $299 for basic or $399 for the “pro” model. B&H has them. I wouldn’t know if you could call them good but looks like they advance the film and take a photo of the frame. What else do you need?
 
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