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Movies Forum Index » Cinematography (Super8) Forum » Covert Professionally or Not...is there that big a difference?
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| Goofy |
 Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:22 pm |
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Hi,
I have 11-8" reels of 8mm and Super 8 to covert. My friend used a
commercial "box" to project the film while he filmed it using a DV
video camera. He is satisfied with the end result, although he never
sent a reel out for professional processing.
My question is: Is there a significant differecne between doing it
yourself using a projector and a DV camera versus having it done
profesionally? There is a BIG difference in price. Zero vs 100's of
dollars. Anybody out there tried it both ways with the same reel to
compare the difference?
Happy Holidays to all..... |
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| Derek Gee |
| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:51 pm |
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Goofy wrote:
Quote: Hi,
I have 11-8" reels of 8mm and Super 8 to covert. My friend used a
commercial "box" to project the film while he filmed it using a DV
video camera. He is satisfied with the end result, although he never
sent a reel out for professional processing.
My question is: Is there a significant differecne between doing it
yourself using a projector and a DV camera versus having it done
profesionally? There is a BIG difference in price. Zero vs 100's of
dollars. Anybody out there tried it both ways with the same reel to
compare the difference?
Happy Holidays to all.....
Heck yes there's a big difference! The professional is not necessarily
just using a only a projector and a DV camera. There may be more
specialized equipment involved. Some places will do the transfer on a
Rank or Spirit telecine if you're willing to pay for their expertise.
You are sometimes paying for film preparation as well. Splices need to
be checked and the film needs to be cleaned.
It constantly baffles me why people think they can do this themselves,
and then later complain about flicker, poor colors, uneven lighting,
keystoning, wrong speed, etc.
If the job is worth doing, it's worth doing right.
Derek
PS - I don't do film transfers for a living, so I have no services to
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| G Doucet |
| Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:26 pm |
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"Goofy" <goofy23@disney.com> a écrit dans le message de news: pirto2d64cj4aet68vgh8umgvkgihml99t@4ax.com...
Quote: Hi,
My question is: Is there a significant differecne between doing it
yourself using a projector and a DV camera versus having it done
profesionally? There is a BIG difference in price. Zero vs 100's of
dollars. Anybody out there tried it both ways with the same reel to
compare the difference?
I think it all depends. I'd question the professionals about the methods and equipment they use, and ask for some kind of demo
before dishing out lots of money. I was at a locally owned camera store in my home town and asked a salesman about this. Although
they don't perform this work themselves, he said there was a local guy who does this as a side business, along with other
photography work - I think he also films weddings etc...
Anyway, I then explained to the salesman that I had a movie projector and had actually tried this myself using a video camera. I
was a bit surprised when the salesman told me that this was what this guy did. I realise that you can get somewhat better results
with a $2000 video camera (where you can set shutter speeds etc) but for the price he charges, I thought he would scan my movies
frame per frame.
Perhaps there are professionals out there who scan your movies frame per frame and ensure there is absolutely no flicker; but as far
as I am concerned, as long as my results look pretty close to the output of the movie projector I'll keep these hundreds of dollars
in my own pocket, despite the little flicker. :-P
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Happy Holidays to all.....
.... which holidays are you refering to?
G Doucet |
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