Comments on: New Lomography Kickstarter Makes Your Smartphone a Mobile Film Scanner

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Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:23:26 +0000

[...] — these include the LomoKino 35mm stills-to-motion camera and the (successfully) Kickstarted Smartphone Film Scanner app/device. Lomography’s goods aren’t for everybody, or every project — but the company has [...]

By: Daniel Mimura

Daniel Mimura — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:07:37 +0000

This is a totally pointless idea…has anyone actually taken film to a lab in the last decade and NOT had them give you a digital copy as well? (And at a much higher quality.). You don’t even have to ask anymore, it’s assumed.

I’d like to see more posts on things filmmakers need or use, not consumerist crap. Stuff like this, as well as posting about stuff like this is just lowering the already low kickstarter gadget bar.

By: Oleg

Oleg — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:08:11 +0000

I goddamn dream about this thing. I bananed up to scan 20 rolls of lomokino on cheap 1997 year scaner. But i have no smartphone anyway, so forget buot it

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:01:52 +0000

I own a lomokino and love it – but the process of getting it digitized is a bitch since no regular lab really knows what to do with it so you end up with half cut off images and the lomostore can develop and scann it for you perfectly but charges a nice premium of $20 for the whole process which makes it a whole less fun…..
so this contraption might be a good idea but on the other hand you end up with 72ppi images made with a phone instead of having nice higres scanns
So to me it’s a gadget for hipsters who don’t actually care….

By: Hipsterisyou

Hipsterisyou — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:20:37 +0000

Ha the name Pablo is the meaning of hipster.

By: Austin Mace

Austin Mace — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:10:57 +0000

Oh yeah, I totally agree 110% for funding projects like that with some legitimacy behind them, I think crowdsourced funding for creative endeavors is the next big thing and is really giving the traditional studio a “run for the money” as they say; I’m just tired of the platform getting cluttered with this new gadget and that new tech that doesn’t innovate very much. Again since the legitimacy of a project and its worthiness is subjective, and I’m all for the democratization of creation, I can’t see this going away anytime soon. It even raises the point on if it even needs to go away!

I’ve backed a few film projects and a few gear projects. There’s been a distinct difference I’ve noticed on the gear side- 1) never on time 2) cheaply made 3) don’t deliver on expectations.

There are exceptions to everything but that’s just seemed to be a recurring trend I’ve found.

By: dawg

dawg — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:49:26 +0000

congrats, now you can be a hipster among hipsters

By: Aaron G

Aaron G — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:56:54 +0000

I think Kickstarter when used properly is awesome, like what Koo did, or the Underwater Realm… I’m stingy with my money and I’ve only backed three campaigns, all of which I’d followed the project for more than a year prior. I had a safe and easy way to donate money while being able to track their progress at the same time… how could you hate on that?

I don’t intend to beat you down, but offer this link as a counter argument…
http://www.strangenative.com/funding-trust/

By: Austin Mace

Austin Mace — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:05:58 +0000

Ah yes, another hiptastic piece-of-crap gimmick on Kickstarter. I’ve been a long-time reader but these Kickstarter posts (in my opinion, which may be shared by others) clutter the otherwise good content this site provides. Maybe I need a Chrome plugin that blocks out any mention of Kickstarter. Commenters, if you intend to beat me down for this point of view, please read this first http://gizmodo.com/5897449/were-done-with-kickstarter to get a better idea of what I’m thinking.

By: Natt

Natt — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:42:55 +0000

2013 – the year of celluloid film hipsters

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:24:33 +0000

An 8mm and a 16mm version would be ideal to scan a whole film movie (with a lot of patience, of course).
While you’ll hardly buy a 35mm cine camera, a 8 or 16 mm movie camera is more affordable on ebay.

By: Pablo Saldana

Pablo Saldana — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:54:14 +0000

i dont really like it, its kind of hipster

By: Mr Martin

Mr Martin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:32:55 +0000

but you still needing to develop that wich is not that easy/inexpensive

By: DIYFilmSchool.net

DIYFilmSchool.net — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:28:52 +0000

$40 is a cost-effective alternative to similar devices that run 3-5 times as much. My mom would probably appreciate this.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:03:13 +0000

Combine this width the lomokino and you’ve a very interesting video set up shooting with 35mm and converting to 8mp!