Iain Petrie | DIY Telecine machine for 9.5mm film @IKP1000 | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
My DIY telecine machine in action. It's made from an old cigar box and lego, stuck together with superglue and duct tape. The camera is the Nikon D3100, which is much outdated and it's very difficult to find software to control it remotely. In the end I've settled on the program TetherMonkey for Android tablets, (free with adverts, small fee for advert free). The tablet is tethered to the camera with a standard cable plus an adaptor I bought for about £1.25, so the total cost of the build including the software is about £5. I use this for all my telecine work, as I don't have a working 9.5mm projector at the moment.
It's slow but it works. All frames imported into PowerDirector 10 to make the final video.
My DIY telecine machine in action. It's made from an old cigar box and lego, stuck together with superglue and duct tape. The camera is the Nikon D3100, which is much outdated and it's very difficult to find software to control it remotely. In the end I've settled on the program TetherMonkey for Android tablets, (free with adverts, small fee for advert free). The tablet is tethered to the camera with a standard cable plus an adaptor I bought for about £1.25, so the total cost of the build including the software is about £5. I use this for all my telecine work, as I don't have a working 9.5mm projector at the moment.
It's slow but it works. All frames imported into PowerDirector 10 to make the final video.
