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David Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5, a High Quality Camera, and a 1928 film projector to digitize old Super 8 and 16mm film.
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Pittsburgh, PA
Who
David Stein
What
David Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5, a High Quality Camera, and a 1928 film projector to digitize old Super 8 and 16mm film.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:13:24 GMT · 3h 38m ago
Where
Pittsburgh, PA ·
Why
Stein discovered decaying film reels, including footage of his father's high school football games, which were too expensive to digitize commercially.
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9 events in this thread- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a modified 1928 projector to digitize decaying Super 8 and 16mm film, including his father's high school football games.Open article
- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 1928 film projector to digitize decaying Super 8 and 16mm film reels of his father's high school football games.Open article
- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 1928 projector to digitize his father's high school football game footage, much of which was decaying.Open article
- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 1928 film projector to digitize his father’s high school football game footage that was decaying from vinegar syndrome.Open article
- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 1928 projector to digitize his father's high school football games from decaying Super 8 and 16mm film.Open article
- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a modified 1928 film projector to digitize decaying Super 8 and 16mm film reels of his father’s high school football games.Open article
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- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a modified 1928 projector to digitize decaying Super 8 and 16mm film reels, including footage of his father's high school football games.Open article
- Technology3h 38m agoDavid Stein built a custom film scanner using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 1928 film projector to digitize old Super 8 and 16mm film reels, including footage of his father's high school football games.Open article