Not so much ill-suited but for every minute of film you'll put about 1500 exposures on your shutter. An hour and a half's film would pretty much wear the camera out.
> On 24 November 2016 at 21:17 Jos de Fotograaf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for your response, Paul. > > Could you plse indicate which properties (or lack of properties) make > the K1 ill suited for this task? > > I could hand the films over to a specialized company, but I enjoy so > much doing things myself :-) > > Greetz, Jos > > > On 24-Nov-16 14:08, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > No, it's not a good idea. A DSLR is ill suited to the task of movie film > > transfer. There are machines that transfer film quickly and efficiently, as > > well as hundreds of companies that offer the service. > > > > Paul via phone > > > >> On Nov 24, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Jos de Fotograaf <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Dear group, > >> > >> I have this box with 50year old 8mm family films. > >> > >> I want to digitize them for distribution to my children. > >> > >> Is it a good idea to use my K1 for this? Any experience? > >> > >> Greetz, Jos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

