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Posted by Derek Gee on 04/29/06 00:37
"Rick Rieger" <rrieger@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
> I have 40,000 feet, so buying this equipment and then selling it when I'm
> done made sense for me.
I was asking Chris, not you. How much film does HE have, and does it make
sense for him to spend the money?
>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.
I'm skeptical of this claim. I've rarely seen any transfer look better than
the reversal original, unless you're strictly speaking of reduction of
scratches, or improved color on a faded original. In my experience, if the
original was a mint Kodachrome, no transfer looks better than the original
projected film. The Rank & Spirit stuff I've had done is close, but still
not as good looking as the original.
> 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.
See my reply to the Moviestuff guy about speed 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.
I've never had a problem with film being lost. Most of my transfers have
been done
by a film chain guy down the street from me (typical home movie stuff).
When I need a pro-quality transfer, I've sent to a pro post-house for
transfer. The one post-house is a couple of miles from my house. The other
was near Atlanta. Both pro shops did an excellent job for me.
Derek
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