Basic transport working Gamma Ray Digital 2024-02-14 | This is the culmination of months of work. Up until now all functions of Sasquatch were in separate small apps, each designed to test a specific task. This app is where we're finally integrating it all into one. What you see here is the Setup screen, where we define the config files for each film gauge the scanner will support. Here we're just telling the scanner to move forward 990 steps (an arbitrary number, which is why it's not registered correctly with each new frame, but it's close). Then we're manually taking an image of that frame. Still have to redo the integrating sphere, which is where the weird reflections on the side are coming in, but that's not necessary for this testing.
Sasquatch with some IMAX footage of the northern lights Gamma Ray Digital 2023-07-31 | Some initial testing of the scanner to get the camera and lens positions locked down for the gauges supported by the scanner. Nevermind the horrible light leaks on the sides - that’s being fixed. We’re getting closer!
Sasquatch is alive! Gamma Ray Digital 2023-05-24 | After a very helpful remote motor tuning session with teknic, we now have the transport moving smoothly and settling into position without jitter at the end of each move.Blue in the scopes shows the error rate, and red shows the capstan movement. The idea is to get the motor to completely settle (flat blue line) by the time the capstan stops moving (flat red line). That flat line on the red is where the image is taken, so we need the film to hold perfectly still. Many thanks to Teknic for helping to dial in the motors, and Chris at The Machine Works, LLC for doing the firmware programming for us. On to front end software development!
Auto-tuning the feed and take up motors Gamma Ray Digital 2022-10-21 | Initial setup of the feed and takeup motors for the 70mm scanner.
How to fix a billing error on frame.io Gamma Ray Digital 2022-08-30 | These are the steps you need to take to fix a billing error - TL/DR: pretend you have a technical support issue, because if you say you have a billing issue they bring you to a dead end option tree with no way to talk to someone. Background:In April of 2022, we found a bug in Frame.io: If you deleted archived files, the space was not freed up. It would report that you have the space to use, but you get an error when moving files to the archive area, to the effect that there is no more space available. After a couple hours in a chat with frame.io tech support, the "solution" was to temporarily upgrade our account to the next level up, for free. The problem here is that frame.io doesn't actually have a system to do this - they merely upgraded our account and they overcharge us by $15 every month. Every month someone needs to log in an initiate a chat with them to get our money back. This can take a long time. In the time I've been waiting for a reply, I was able to record this video, write this text and tweet about it -- and I still don't have a human on the other end. 25 minutes later. The chatbot options are ridiculous, and there is no "other" option where you can get to a person. Frame.io was always a little funky, but the level of incompetence is pretty staggering, since Adobe took over.
Another Slo-mo Lightning Strike out the office window in Allston Gamma Ray Digital 2022-08-26 | Facing west down the MassPike. Looks like this one might hav hit in Newton?
The Voice of Hollywood (#4?) Reel 1-B - High Quality, 4k scan from 35mm Nitrate print Gamma Ray Digital 2022-08-17 | This appears to be the second half of the fourth episode of The Voice of Hollywood. The can is labeled "#4", the film reel itself is labeled "Reel 1-B". There are no head titles, but there is a brief title card at the tail of the film. It was scanned at 4k on our Lasergraphics Scanstation archival scanner, from a 35mm nitrate print. The film print will be donated to the Library of Congress. If you're interested in archival scanning for your film collection or home movies, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact for more information.
Slow motion lightning strikes as storm rolls into Boston Gamma Ray Digital 2022-08-05 | Looking West up the Mass Pike from Allston, a thunderstorm rolls into Boston. This was shot before the rain hit, multiple lightning strikes to the west - maybe in Newton, Watertown or Waltham?
Clear channel buys a rope Gamma Ray Digital 2022-06-29 | Normally they throw the old billboard off the roof, but after the last video got picked up by a local news website, they seem to have bought a rope.
Allston Yards Phase II Demolition - 8 days in 3 minutes (timelapse, short version) Gamma Ray Digital 2022-05-27 | This is timelapse we've shot of the Phase 2 demolition work for the Allston Yards development in Boston, MA. The view is what we see outside our office window. This shows the completion of the HomeGoods/Dollar Tree demolition, where they will begin the next phase of the project.In the background you can see the construction for Phase I including a huge concrete pour involving two pumper trucks and a day-long parade of concrete trucks. This footage was shot in 4k on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and is available for license. Please inquire if interested. Original footage was shot at 1 frame every 5 seconds. This is speeded up to about 10x to roughly 1 frame per minute.
ClearChannel hurls a billboard off the roof Gamma Ray Digital 2022-05-23 | This happens at least once a month. First, the billboard is dropped onto the roof of the building directly over our heads. Then when the new billboard is up, they throw it off the roof from 5 stories up, into an active parking lot. But I mean, one guy peeks over the edge first so I guess that makes it ok.
More Allston Yards demo (3 of several) Gamma Ray Digital 2022-05-18 | Pulling down the center of the building
Allston Yards demolition (1 of several) Gamma Ray Digital 2022-05-18 | First pecks at the old Home Goods location.
Allston Yards - Demolition (2 of several) Gamma Ray Digital 2022-05-18 | Starting to pull down the old Home Goods at 60 Everett St in Allston. This is part of the second phase of the Allston Yards development happening next to our office.
ScanStation FindGradeComparison Gamma Ray Digital 2022-04-04 | A quick comparison of the "Find Grade" feature of the Lasergraphics Scanner. We don't normally use this feature, but it can be handy when making an access copy of a dye-faded print. The source is a 16mm film with bad dye fading. Most color is gone at this point, save for the pink. Find Grade does what you'd do in a post-scan grading pass, essentially balancing what color is left. The scanstation's 12bit sensor is able to capture enough color information from the film that we can often successfully recover color from even severely faded prints. For more information about our scanning services, please visit our web site at gammaraydigital.com
YOUR SELF IMAGE - 1971 Educational film 2k scan Gamma Ray Digital 2022-03-25 | Weird educational film about being proud of the things you *can* do. Oh, the 70s...This was scanned at 2k on our Lasergraphics Archival scanner. If you're interested in having your educational, industrial, documentary, feature or even home movie films scanned, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
A GOOD DAYS WORK: SELLING - 1970s Educational film 2k Scan Gamma Ray Digital 2022-03-23 | Educational film for kids about work that adults do. In this case, selling fish. This was scanned at 2k on our Lasergraphics Archival scanner. If you're interested in having your educational, industrial, documentary, feature or even home movie films scanned, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
WHO CAN BUILD A MOONWALKER - NY State Educational Film 1967 2k scan Gamma Ray Digital 2022-03-21 | This is an educational film produced for the NY State Department of education about career choices. Cool conceptual drawings of spacecraft in this one. Lots of scratches. This was scanned at 2k on our Lasergraphics Archival scanner. If you're interested in having your educational, industrial, documentary, feature or even home movie films scanned, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
FOOD DOESNT FLY: Lunchroom Manners - 1970s Educational film 2k Scan Gamma Ray Digital 2022-03-18 | The title says it all - don't throw your food around, kids!Scanned at 2k from a badly faded color print on our Lasergraphics ScanStation archival scanner. If you're interested in having your educational industrial, documentary, feature, or home movies scanned at the highest possible quality, contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Ugly machining on the mini lathe Gamma Ray Digital 2021-12-13 | Working on a motor shaft for the 70mm scanners capstan drive.
Software control of Camera and Lens stages Gamma Ray Digital 2021-11-18 | Here we're testing the homing routine for our 70mm scanner's camera and lens assemblies. These are motorized so that we can reposition the film to maximize the use of the scanner's sensor. Additionally, by motorizing the lens, we will be implementing an auto-focus routine using OpenCV, to find the best focus for each reel.
Kids in Costumes - Halloween 1949 Gamma Ray Digital 2021-10-25 | Kids at Halloween in 1949, somewhere near Providence, RI. Kids getting peanuts (not candy!), bobbing for apples, pie eating contest, etc.We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market 10 years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Initial Feed/Takeup motor test for Sasquatch Gamma Ray Digital 2021-10-20 | This is a simple test platform using two ClearCore motors (in this case, they're actually the smaller capstan motors, but set to the same mode as the much bigger feed/takeup motors mounted on the scanner). In any case, the motors are designed to do nothing but maintain the film position. We will also be using the HLFB functions of the motors to derive the torque on the film, and adjust the film tension accordingly.
Quick MDF test deck for Sasquatch tension motors Gamma Ray Digital 2021-10-15 | Our firmware developer needed a way to test the film tension sensing functionality from his home office, so we made a quick rack-mount setup for him.
3D printing the integrating sphere Gamma Ray Digital 2021-07-14 | Today’s project: designed the new integrating blob (not quite enough room for an integrating sphere) to go with the new LED board. Here, 3D printing the left half. The two halves will be primed and painted white on the inside, using latex paint mixed with barium sulfate. Then they're attached to one another and dropped into the existing lamp house. The original design used a mirror and some Arri Skypanel diffusion. This should provide very even light without the need for diffusion. You can just start to see the 70mm aperture (the viewport on the integrating sphere) taking shape in the foreground.
1969 Rhode Island Boys Clubs Junior Profs (Quiz Bowl ?) Gamma Ray Digital 2021-04-12 | 16mm silent footage of a Boy's Clubs Junior Profs (quiz bowl?) in Rhode Island. There is no date on the label, but the date code on the film places it at or after 1969. Some of the people in the footage: Robert Campopiano, Michael Silva, Daniel Andrews, David Carlin, Ronald Avilla, Joseph Lutynski. There are some brief shots of large studio television cameras and an awards ceremony.We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market 10 years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
1960s Providence Boys Club Swimming Pool Footage + TV Spots Gamma Ray Digital 2021-03-15 | Footage of SCUBA diving in the Providence, RI Boy's Club swimming pool, followed by what look like a few TV spots for their Learn To Swim week.We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market 10 years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Providence Boys Club 1960s Gamma Ray Digital 2021-03-08 | Footage of activities at the Providence, RI Boy's club in the 1960s. Looks like a low-power radio station, possibly ham radio, as well as some shots in a wood shop.We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market 10 years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
US Rubber Co Inflatable Device Demonstration 1958 Providence RI Gamma Ray Digital 2021-03-04 | This is footage of the demonstration of an inflatable device for diving (?) shot at the Braman Pool in Providence, RI in 1958. There's footage of scuba divers and divers in diving helmets. We're not sure what the device being demonstrated is, so please let us know if you do!We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market 10 years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Moving a house - 1957 16mm footage Gamma Ray Digital 2021-03-01 | This is footage of a house in Rhode Island being moved from its original location by truck.We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market 10 years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
1971 US Pro Tennis Finals - Mens Doubles - Okker/Riesen vs Emerson/Laver - Longwood Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-25 | 16mm home movies shot on Kodachrome film. We don't know much about this - the can is labeled "1971 US Pro Tennis Finals - Mens Doubles" and partway through we pulled the players names from the scoreboard: "Okker-Riesen vs Emerson-Laver" It appears to begin with an awards ceremony from a previous match. See: youtu.be/gHoF8OrZlCo for what appears to be the singles match that the awards ceremony belongs to.This film was purchased at a yard sale many years ago, and was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
1968 Tennis Finals (Longwood) Rod Laver / John Newcombe Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-22 | We don't know much about this - the can is labeled "1968 Tennis Finals (Longwood) Laver/Newcombe"This film was purchased at a yard sale many years ago, and was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Construction of Pittsfield, MA Police Station, 1938 Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-18 | 8mm home movie of the construction of the Pittsfield, MA in 1938, from groundbreaking to completion. Black and white and color footage.We scanned this film at 2k on our Lasergraphics ScanStation archival film scanner. If you're interested in having your films professionally scanned, please contact us at http://www.gammaraydigital.com/contact
1967 Pro Tennis Rod Laver/Fred Stolle Semifinals Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-15 | We don't know much about this - the can is labeled "1967 Pro Tennis Rod Laver/Fred Stolle Semifinals"This film was purchased at a yard sale many years ago, and was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Puppies! Post War Puppies! 20 Minutes of Puppies from 1947! Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-11 | What can we say? Puppies! Spaniels, we think. Maybe? Someone will tell us. Either way, for your enjoyment we present 20 minutes of puppies from a very long time ago. This film is from 1947 (according to the manufacturing date code on the film, so it might be a little later). The first 12 minutes is footage of people in an indoor photo studio setting (notice the professional lighting stands), looking at several small black puppies and an adult dog, presumably the mother. The last 8 minutes is really nice Kodachrome outdoor footage of a couple playing with one of the puppies. How did we get this? We're glad you asked. We love puppies, but lately we've mostly been buying vintage ski films and putting them on our youtube channel. This reel was purchased from ebay seller "onlinephotostuff" (ebay.com/usr/onlinephotostuff?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754) -- it was sold as footage from Bear Mountain Ski Resort in the 1960s, so we were really excited to see it. Instead, we got puppies in 1947, which well, ok. Puppies are cool. Anyway, the seller refused to accept a return or exchange it for the right footage because it would be "too difficult" to figure out how to do that. We're not going to leave them bad feedback because ebay's feedback system is dumb and it just results in a cycle of retribution, with the seller usually looking better in the end. So instead, you get to enjoy 20 minutes of puppies, from a long time ago, scanned at high resolution. On us. Oh, and don't buy from onlinephotostuff because they're lousy ebay sellers. This was scanned on our Lasergraphics ScanStation archival scanner at 2k resolution in HDR mode. We didn't do any color correction or adjustment to this film. If you're interested in having your films (puppies or otherwise) scanned professionally at the highest resolutions possible, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Winter 1943 - Family out for a sleigh ride Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-11 | 16mm black and white home movie footage of a family out for a horse-drawn sleigh ride. Location unknown, but the can is labeled "Christmas 1943". Be sure to subscribe, and check out the rest of our channel for more vintage home movies, sports films and random weirdness we find and scan. This film was an estate sale purchase, and was scanned on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital, in Boston. If you're interested in having your archival film scanned, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
(1/2) 1957 Cranmore, NH - Learning to Ski - Skimobile lift footage - Home Movies Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-09 | The first of two home movie reels of kids learning to ski at Cranmore, NH. This was shot around 1957 (based on the date codes on the film) on 16mm Kodachrome film. There's footage of the Skimobile track-based lift, as well as adults and kids skiing, kids taking a group lesson. There's also some footage of people loading and riding up on the poma lift. Kodachrome, as usual, does not disappoint!Subscribe to our channel for more vintage ski footage.This found footage was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
(2/2) 1957 Cranmore, NH ski footage - Skimobile - Poma lift - Tucker Sno-Cat Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-09 | The second of two home movie reels of kids learning to ski at Cranmore, NH. This was shot around 1957 (based on the date codes on the film) on 16mm Kodachrome film. In this one there's footage of people skiing, the skimobile track-based lift system, the poma lift, a brief glimps of a Tucker Sno-Cat, and more. Kodachrome, as usual, does not disappoint!Subscribe to our channel for more vintage ski footage.This found footage was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Pro Tennis Finals 1965 - Buchholz/Gonzales Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-08 | We don't know much about this - the can is labeled "Pro Tennis Finals 1965 - Buchholz/Gonzales.This film was purchased at a yard sale many years ago, and was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
1938 FBI & Department of Justice Training camp - home movies Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-04 | 8mm home movie footage of the FBI/Department of Justice Training camp, July 13-23 1938. Participants are learning Jiu Jitsu and disarming practice on the roof of the Department of Justice, firearms training at Camp Ritchie, MD. Shooting of pistols, rifles, Tommy Guns. We scanned this footage, obtained at a flea market many years ago, on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival scans of your vintage film, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
1971 Tennis Finals Rosewall/Drysdale Gamma Ray Digital 2021-02-01 | We don't know much about this - the can is labeled "1971 Tennis Finals Rosewall/Drysdale."This film was purchased at a yard sale many years ago, and was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston. If you're interested in archival quality scans of your films, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
George Araujo Boxing Match - 1959 Gamma Ray Digital 2021-01-28 | We don't know much about this other than what's on the label. This is 16mm footage of a boxing match from 1959 featuring George Araujo.If you know anything about this film, please let us know in the comments, and don't forget to click the subscribe link for more vintage film footage!This film was purchased at a flea market and was scanned at 2k on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital, in Boston. If you're interested in having your archival film scanned, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
1947 Brown University Graduation Featuring Secretary of State George C Marshall Gamma Ray Digital 2021-01-25 | This is professionally shot (silent) footage of commencement speakers, faculty and administration personnel, as well as the beginning of a commencement parade for the 1947 graduation ceremonies at Brown University. Notable people present are US Secretary of State George C. Marshall. This was shot on 16mm film, which has since deteriorated, causing the focus issues near the beginning of the reel. We scanned this film at 2k resolution on the Lasergraphics ScanStation at Gamma Ray Digital. If you're interested in having your archival film scanned, please contact us at gammaraydigital.com/contact
Ski Jumping Competition 1939 - 4k version Gamma Ray Digital 2021-01-22 | This is the same film we uploaded in 2014 (youtube.com/watch?v=7PdXRGv4iIw) , re-scanned at 4k HDR in our Lasergraphics ScanStation archival film scanner. This film has recently received a lot of views, so we thought we'd re-scan it at a higher resolution than we could do in 2014. In HDR mode, the scanner takes two images of each frame, and really brings out the shadow detail on underexposed footage. We have some evidence that this may be "Big Nansen" - a steel trestle tower jump in Milan, NH built a couple years before this film was shot, by the Nansen Ski Club. If you have any information on the location or details of the jumpers in this this competition, please leave it in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more footage like this.
The monthly show out our office window, courtesy of Clearchannel Outdoor Gamma Ray Digital 2020-09-08 | When Clear Channel changes the billboard on the roof directly over our office, they start by dropping the old billboard directly on the roof over our desks. After the debris has cleared and our heart rates return to normal, they throw all their stuff off the 5th floor roof into the active parking lot below. Every. Single. Month.(please excuse the inexcusable vertical video. it's the best way to capture this in all its glory through that window)
Aluminum test - Mega V w/Masso Gamma Ray Digital 2020-06-05 | Possibly a bit aggressive but it’s working.
Millright Mega V with Masso controller - first cut Gamma Ray Digital 2020-06-01 | Just a test with some hdpe
