[Frameworks] super 8 splices / transfers

[Buck Bito]

Hi Moira,
We have been doing film-chain and then FlashscanHD scanning of R8 and S8
for many years. When we are up against tightly spliced super-8 with
presstape splices - that is the only time I wish we were still doing chain
transfers!
The image quality is so much better with the FlashscanHD, but 6-frame tape
splices like presstapes will cause a 12 to 22 frame long vertical shift
about 40 frames after the splice (distance between imaging 'gate' and
travel encoder). We splice acetate with cement (M-H 816s) and Single-8
with a Neutaper - neither of which cause significant shifts, but the
heavier and longer pre-cut, pre-perfed tape splices like the Kodak
presstapes cause trouble in many of the modern scanners with capstan
drives and travel encoders.
These big tape splices have the effect of increasing the diameter of the
travel encoder thereby throwing off the framing. The smaller the film
gauge, the greater the percentage of shift.
If you need to use tape splices and aren't planning to project,
base-side-only splices will run well through the FlashscanHD, but with
other scanners it will depend on which side contacts the travel encoder.
Otherwise, 2-frame wrap-around splices like those from the Neutaper or
Wurker splicers cause very little shift.
-Good luck!
---Buck Bito

Lawrence "Buck" Bito
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On Thu, November 15, 2012 2:03 pm, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Was this a film chain transfer or was it done on a scanner?
> --scott
On Thu, November 15, 2012 1:42 pm, ev petrol wrote:
> Hey folks
> I've been running into some problems getting a spliced super 8 film
> transferred; the frameline fluctuates wildly after the splices (in one
> case shifting upwards for the duration of the shot) - has anyone else
> encountered this? Any tips?
> cheers all round
> Moira