Posted by Bill Farnsworth on 10/14/06 20:11

> nobody special wrote:
>
>> Set the camcorder for a locked-off manual exposure, white
>> balance on the white leader of the film or set to outdoor
>> color temp.

"manual exposure": Correct

"balance on white leader": Wrong. Balance on a white card that the
projector bulb is illuminating before threading film.

"or set to outdoor color temp": Wrong. Outdoor color temp on consumer
grade cameras is close to 5600K. The projector bulb is (as stated by
the original poster) 3150K
The "outdoor" setting will make all the footage REALLY orange"



"Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi> wrote
> Also, disable electronic image stabilization. At least the
> SteadyShot feature on Sony camcorders goes haywire if you keep it on
> while shooting a projected move.
>
>> You may not see any flicker at all.
>
> There is a VirtualDub filter for reducing the flicker:
> <http://neuron2.net/deflick/flick.html>
>
> There is also a hotspot filter for dealing with uneven illumination:
> <http://neuron2.net/hotspot/hotspot.html>
>
> --
> znark
>

All of the above aside........ remember folks, old film should be
cleaned, polished AND ideally, spliced onto as few reels as possible
BEFORE transferring it to video. This is not some thing the average
consumer knows how to do. Splicing 50ft 8mm reels to 200 or 400ft
standard 8mm reels first is what most transfer houses encourage. It
makes the dub process much easier and faster and it is a better way of
preserving the film because it is wound and stored on a much larger
radius than 50ft reels. (this is a very good thing)

The dub from film to tape is the cheap part of the process.

When dealing with precious home movies, it makes no sense at all to
have all that done and then attempt some cobbled up way to transfer
the footage at home.

To preserve the historical family film footage, I think the original
poster should .........
Take my advice (duh) and have the film cleaned polished and
transferred to his favorite viewing format.
Buy TWO of the correct projector bulbs.
Buy a decent protective case that can hold the projector, the TWO
bulbs, all the film and a copy of the transfer in his favorite viewing
format and put it away.
Way down the road, if he or his heirs would like to have copies of the
film made in some future format, then everything they need is
preserved right there in one place.

Bill F.
www.billfarnsworthvideo.com

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