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1 total messages Started by John Avilla Mon, 18 Mar 1991 16:59
Re: Slides to Video
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Author: John Avilla
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 16:59
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In article <Ubsz3qG00WBKA1=6Ns@andrew.cmu.edu>,
tn0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Edgar Nichols) writes:
>
>A Laser Disc I'm working on is going to include many (~3000) still
>images from slides.  We have been using a slide-to-video unit on loan
>from the mnfg and they want it back now.  We would buy it (I can't
>remember the name of it just now) but it only only has 320 lines of
>horizontal resolution. For a LD, and for potential use with a S-VHS or
>3/4" video system, 320 lines would be a serious limiting factor in final
>quality.
>
>Question: Has anyone out there converted slides to video tape themselves
>(i.e. not sent it to a production house or service bureau to be done).
>What sort of equipment did you use?  How long did it take to do X-number
>of slides?  How was the quality (problems w/ contrast, etc)?
>
A simple and inexpensive way to do this is to shoot the video
directly into a slide projector with its lens removed.  WARNING,
your projector must have a dissolve control (sometimes called a fade
control). You will find that projectors used for "multi projector
shows" have this capability.
Shooting the slides this way will cost minimal compared to
"professoinally" doing it.
This is a great trick that I learned from one of the other nets, I
can't remember which.
Good Luck!
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