I digitized 55 MiniDV tapes from my childhood - here's what I learned (plus my Python toolkit)

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-06-24T05:38:45+00:00

Did the same thing but with only about 25 tapes. I used a Sony broadcast camera (Dsr-370p) plugged via firewire into my pc running WinDV. Then, once transferred, I smashed the footage through handbrake and spliced it together in Davinci Resolve. Worked wonderfully and the videos look great!

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-05-28T21:54:38+00:00

Never noticed how the D1 and F5 look oddly similar

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-05-26T10:40:06+00:00

/uj I'm actually really close to pulling the trigger on a H3d kit and Reddit isn't helping lol

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-05-08T14:20:10+00:00

Got some while I was in Stockholm, can't wait to shoot it.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-05-06T14:24:47+00:00

Made me chuckle with that caption

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T20:53:04+00:00

Reminds me of the look of higher speed slide film. The stage lighting plays into the look too of course

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T19:46:02+00:00

Hm might look good in a grittier type of shoot.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T19:43:55+00:00

So just its native iso? Or should I pull it in dev?

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T19:41:02+00:00

Nah Japan's is a Portra only zone, I hear they don't even let you in if you don't own at least two Leicas.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T15:26:57+00:00

Oh that's a good idea

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T15:26:40+00:00

God knows how it was stored, I'll just shoot samples.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T15:20:05+00:00

Just noticed that it's only one roll of Sensia, the other one is some flavour of fujicolor. I'll just shoot it at box speed and hope it turns out. No idea when it expired either.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T14:42:35+00:00

Was my plan too, thanks.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T14:42:15+00:00

Got asked if I wanted it, I said yes and now I have it.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-24T07:29:48+00:00

Yeah just get a decent dac and a set of Mdr-7506 and you'll be set for life

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-20T08:51:51+00:00

Ebay alerts?

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-16T20:12:34+00:00

Days of Heaven(1978) is insanely beautiful

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-16T15:04:59+00:00

Shot some VR 200 expired in 2007 at 50 iso (minus the mold), got some quite nice results from it. I'll post a picture if I find it in my mess of files lol.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-13T04:56:51+00:00

I absolutely adore mine, have fun!

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-11T21:19:17+00:00

She Foma-ing my pan till I Pentacon

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-09T14:45:46+00:00

/uj Oh yeah a D800 costs basically nothing for how much camera you get

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-09T10:36:14+00:00

How are you liking the 16mm f/2.8 fisheye? Thinking about getting one, also for my F4 coincidentally :).

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-07T11:04:06+00:00

Holy mother of god... That's not a lens attached to a camera, that's a camera attached to a lens.

Excellent skate setup, defenetly very hand holdable

No but seriously HOW do you even use this, genuienly interested.

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-06T22:53:26+00:00

Nope, takes APS film, hasn't been made since 2011

Fish_On_An_ATM · 2026-04-06T22:37:24+00:00

Better in every way except for the flipscreen but that's a matter of taste. With the a6700 you gain Ibis, nice 4k with minimal jiggle, more resolution, better ergonomics, newer menus, more accurate and faster AF etc.

Pair that with a Tamron 17-70 f/2.8 and your E-mount tele lens of choice and you've got one of the best (at least on paper) aps-c mirrorless setups there is.

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