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Posted by Rick Rieger on 04/27/06 03:27
"Derek Gee" <dgeeSPAMSUCKS@twmi.INVALID.rr.com> wrote in message
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> <chris@groupinfo.com> wrote in message
> news:1145298244.888796.196680@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
>> Hello:
>>
>> I know this is a highly discussed topic, and I have done a lot of
>> reading up to this point so far. I am interested in capturing some old
>> Super 8 film movies with sound on my PC (to AVI files for encoding and
>> burning to DVD later). I am looking for more feedback at doing the
>> capturing part myself instead of taking the film in somewhere. I have
>> found some posts of people that have been able to successfully capture
>> their old films, but I haven't seen much information on capturing Super
>> 8 with sound (I have seen mostly articles on capturing films without
>> sound).
>
> How much film do you have to transfer? Ask yourself if it's worth buying
> $1100+ worth of equipment from Moviestuff to do so even remotely
> acceptably.
>
> I have reservations about Moviestuff's "speed change transform" software
> based on my experiences with other professional video software. There is
> a definate limit as to how much transforming you can do before weird
> things begin to happen.
>
> Unless you have a ton of film, it's simply cheaper to a let a professional
> transfer place do the work. If you want the finest quality transfer for
> your film, it's simply not possible to use the do-it-yourself stuff that
> Moviestuff and Tobin Cinema Systems are selling. The Rank and Grass
> Valley systems beat them hands down.
>
> Derek
>
I have 40,000 feet, so buying this equipment and then selling it when I'm
done made sense for me. As for quality, yes the transfer services that use
a wet-gate systems should produce somewhat superior quality. All I can say
is that my finished transfers look better than the original projected film
when displayed by our Runco VX-2C front projector.
As for speed change artifacts, I haven't noticed anything objectionable. At
15/16 fps there are certainly no artifacts, as I'm getting exactly two video
frames (4 fields) per film frame. The 18 and 24fps speed changes don't seem
to produce any visible problems.
The other think I like about this approach is that I don't risk loss by
sending the film off to a third party.
YMMV.
Rick R.
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