Posted by Bill Farnsworth on 10/14/06 07:58

> Bill Farnsworth <bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> wrote:
> : Personally, I would forget the bulb and projector and send all the
> : footage out to be cleaned, polished and transferred to DVD.
> : Won't be cheap, but the memories are priceless.
>
> : If you are going to go the projector route, then buy the right
> bulb.
> : The film stock was designed to be projected through tungsten
> light.
> : If you don't, then all the footage will look rather orange with
> that
> : cheap ass wrong color temp bulb. And that just ain't right. A
> three
> : hundred degrees difference at the low end of the Kelvin scale is
> not
> : going to look "slightly different". The blacks will be dark red,
> the
> : underexposed stuff will look .....really underexposed and the
> stuff
> : shot under incandescent lights will look REALLY orange.
>
> : Besides, 15 hours of bulb life is an eternity in home movie
> viewing
> : hours.
>
> : Don't try transferring the footage to video using the 'ol Sears
> : projector. The results won't be very pleasing to the eye. Unless
> of
> : course, you like seeing an annoying flicker throughout your family
> : filmfest.
>
> : Again........ Send it out and converted to your favorite archiving
> : format.
>
> : Bill F.
> : www.billfarnsworthvideo.com
>

<sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com> wrote:
>I agree with everything you say, except calling DVD an "archival"
>format.
<<<<SNIP>>>>
> Scott

Before this turns into another fucking beaten to death archive
thread..........
.......... where exactly did I call DVD is an archival format?

Here?
> : Personally, I would forget the bulb and projector and send all the
> : footage out to be cleaned, polished and transferred to DVD.
Nope....

Here?
> : Again........ Send it out and converted to your favorite archiving
> : format.
Nope....

Don't put words in my mouth, son........OK?

Bill F.
www.billfarnsworthvideo.com

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