Post #658077

2026-03-15 10:04 UTC

so uh we rescued a set of 4K movie film scanners does anyone need a set of 4K movie film scanners if you have a need for a cinema film scanner (or can give it a good home!), and can arrange to have it transported from the Seattle area, message me on fedi or e-mail me at hello@alyx.sh

Replies (23)

@alyx@frogs.lgbt 2026-03-15 10:05

yes they're Spirit 2Ks i believe both of them have the 4K upgrade things

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@rick@a.n0id.space 2026-03-15 11:15

@alyx holy fuck.. awesome :blobcataww:

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@tris@chaos.social 2026-03-15 10:51

@alyx @textfiles 👀😆

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@kim@k.iim.gay 2026-03-15 11:30

@alyx 👀👀👀

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@karpour@mstdn.social 2026-03-15 11:36

@alyx I do hope they end up at the Internet Archive and we'll soon have a lo-fi 35mm archiving stream!

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@hypha@cafe.mycelium.locahlo.st 2026-03-15 11:49

@alyx i have a genuine question: how

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@etchedpixels@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 12:45

@alyx @internetarchive 4K movie film scanning kit

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@trcwm@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 12:46

@alyx ping @textfiles ^^^.

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@faaab@eldritch.cafe 2026-03-15 12:52

@alyx I'd loooove that, but my flat (and my cat) said no unfortunately... 😅

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@faaab@eldritch.cafe 2026-03-15 13:00

@alyx poke @jelora

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@Crazypedia@pagan.plus 2026-03-15 13:02

@alyx does @mediaarchaeologylab or @internetarchive need something like this?

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@fernsehmuell@chaos.social 2026-03-15 14:06

@alyx @nblr i would love to have one! But i have no place for it 😢. And no films to scan 😬.

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@covercash@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 14:10

@alyx could the @internetarchive do awesome things with this?? @textfiles

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@mihamarkic@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 14:16

@alyx Does it do 8mm though?

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@datenwolf@chaos.social 2026-03-15 14:16

@alyx Shiny... 😍 Sadly, wrong continent. 😩

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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-03-15 14:28

@alyx Wow

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@PalmAndNeedle@norden.social 2026-03-15 14:36

@alyx maybe vidiots in LA? https://vidiotsfoundation.org/ info@vidiotsfoundation.org

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@boyago@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 15:07

@alyx anybody got a contact @ Hollywood Theatre to send this to? #pdx #hollywoodtheatre

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@nosfe@kamu.social 2026-03-15 15:22

@alyx cinematography.com forums might be a good place to mention this

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@evanwolf@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 15:39

@alyx perhaps the Pacific film archive? filmcuratorial@berkeley.edu

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@nex3@mastodon.social 2026-03-15 15:48

@alyx have you already reached out to Scarecrow? they're probably your best bet for finding an actual home for these

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@ItsJenNotGoblin@goblin.camp 2026-03-15 16:27

@alyx @hex @Thomas either of you able to use this??

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@atlefren@snabelen.no 2026-03-15 16:28

@alyx @eivindmork Is this interesting (apart from the location I guess...)

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