Thanks to our friends Smithsonian Digitization, we got to try out a rapid capture motion picture digitization system designed by Fastforward, a motion picture digitization company based in Denmark. This system, which uses a blend of old and new technology (note the vintage Steenbeck), is able to capture 16 mm film at up to 150 frames/second, a significant improvement over digitizing in real time (24 frames/second). In this video, we are rapidly digitizing a film from the French stage at the 1976 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife.
It's only Tuesday, and the Rinzler Archives has already won the award for "most fun #SIxRCPP week ever." Thank you Greg and Alex for the beautiful music! #IfIHadAScanner
Another banjo in the stacks moment brought to you by archivist Greg Adams and instrument conservator and field collector Scott Odell. Visiting to bring additional materials for his collection housed in the RRFAC, he took some time to play "Old Jimmy Sutton" in the Rinzler field recordings corner on a fretless reproduction 1850s-style banjo with Greg on rhythm bones. Happy Friday, friends!
Processing archivist Greg Adams and intern Austin Plann Curley share a tune (can you name it?) in the stacks on Austin's last day in the Rinzler Archives. Thanks for all your hard work, Austin!