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Posted by nobody special on 10/14/06 18:00
You guys are all happy to spend this guys' money... geez. Overkill. Ask
him to run it thru a Rank Cintel with liquid gate and lay off to HDcam
with DaVinci color correction, why don't ya. It's just home movies,
FCOL. I say:
Buy the used spare bulb of the exact same type, or call up a local
"real" camera store or professional developer, the kind used by wedding
photogs, they can get you the right bulb cheaper, may even have it in
stock. Treating the bulb right keeps it healthy: don't jar the
projector or move it until the bulb has plenty of time to cool down,
don't turn it on and off rapidly.
You can buy a mirror device to transfer the movies to tape, or, you can
just shoot with a good camcorder off the projector screen or piece of
clean white foamcore. Some will guffaw, but if you have one of the
projectors with a zoom lens, shrinking the image down to about two feet
diagonal spreads out the hot spot from the bulb pretty evenly.
Otherwise physically move the projector closer and focus the image the
same way. Arrange the tripod above and behind the projector and adjust
the keystoning of the screen or board to counter the offset. Foamcore
can be better than a beaded screen because with the image made smaller
and the camera zooming into it, the beaded reflective texture of a
screen can become objectionable. Set the camcorder for a locked-off
manual exposure, white balance on the white leader of the film or set
to outdoor color temp. You may not see any flicker at all. Do not apply
any shutter. Many of the "services" people hire to transfer their 8mm
to DVD do little more than the above, behind closed doors anyway.
If shot with a dv camcorder, the tapes can be viewed directly on TV or
imported into an editing program and cleaned up, and spliced into
longer than the old 3.5 minute clips and you can add music and
commentary if you want, and burn DVDs or make VHS dubs.
The original films are your ultimate back-up; for casual and simple
viewing, the above procedure will be plenty good enough, without
putting you in the poor house.
Enjoy the memories!
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