so uhwe rescued a set of 4K movie film scanners

[vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de]

@rey @alyx @ajroach42 @djsundog

my first thought was "how easy is it to get that to GA?" (I know its a long way and that kit is heavy and bulky, but in USA you often don't need extra driving licence to drive large vehicles if its not a commercial venture )

[mihamarkic@mastodon.social]

@alyx Does it do 8mm though?

[datenwolf@chaos.social]

@alyx

Shiny...

Sadly, wrong continent.

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@alyx Wow

[palmandneedle@norden.social]

@alyx maybe vidiots in LA? https://vidiotsfoundation.org/
info@vidiotsfoundation.org

[realn2s@infosec.exchange]

@f4grx @alyx @internetarchive
That's what i thought as well

[djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology]

@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @rey@toot.cat @alyx@frogs.lgbt @ajroach42@retro.social I mean, I moved here from there, with my wife, our dog, and three cats in the car with me for three days. I doubt the film scanners would require nearly as much attention during the nightly stops...

[djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology]

@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @ajroach42@retro.social @alyx@frogs.lgbt @rey@toot.cat and just over a ton for the both of 'em? that's uhaul territory for sure haha

[ajroach42@retro.social]

@djsundog @alyx @vfrmedia @rey Oh my god that would be Absolutely incredible.

Think about how much better our archival work would be with film scaners instead of telecine machines!!

but we're literally on the other end of the country... I'd need a little help aranging the logistics.

[boyago@mastodon.social]

@alyx anybody got a contact @ Hollywood Theatre to send this to? #pdx #hollywoodtheatre

[ajroach42@retro.social]

@alyx if you're seriously just looking to unload them, lets talk. I'll be happy to figure out logistics to get one or both of them to our facility in GA, and figure out how to use them. I can't pay what they cost, but I can pay something.

We don't use scanners when we're archiving film right now because I can't afford one, but I have a number of legitimately one of a kind films (usually camera negatives from kinoscopes, or other TV related stuff) and dozens of less rare but only available in potato quality films I would adore the opportunity to properly digitize.

[alyx@frogs.lgbt]

@ajroach42 we're not looking to sell them, just re-home them to somewhere that can use them! we rescued them for just the cost of a liftgate rental and aren't looking to make a profit flipping these

we were told that both work, but from poking around inside only one of them currently has a lamp module in it

I think this is realistically a one works with one for spare parts scenario

[feloniouspunk@beige.party]

@boyago @alyx I was just thinking the same thing

[nosfe@kamu.social]

@alyx cinematography.com forums might be a good place to mention this

[djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology]

@ajroach42@retro.social @alyx@frogs.lgbt @vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de @rey@toot.cat I mean, if they have loading assistance on that end and you foot the bill for a flight to seatac and the rental truck and fuel I'm down to do the driving haha

[nosfe@kamu.social]

@alyx nice find, without the 4k upgrade the price for one unit was something like one million dollars...

[evanwolf@mastodon.social]

@alyx perhaps the Pacific film archive? filmcuratorial@berkeley.edu

[wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe]

if you are living in the US and are a nerd, owning a powerful vehicle that can pull your enclosed trailer that you also own is a must lol

CC: @rey@toot.cat @alyx@frogs.lgbt @ajroach42@retro.social @djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology

[nex3@mastodon.social]

@alyx have you already reached out to Scarecrow? they're probably your best bet for finding an actual home for these

[ajroach42@retro.social]

@djsundog @alyx @vfrmedia @rey that's the easiest option. Shit, I'm down.