[Frameworks] a question about negative film stock for s-8mm

[Dicky]

The Fuji Velvia looks quite nice as Super 8. If you want to see what it
looks like, watch some of Paul Clipson's films. I am pretty sure he said
that Another Void was mostly shot on Velvia... I've personally shot very
little of it on Super 8 but shoot a good deal of Velvia for 35mm slides...

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Buck Bito - Movette
<buck at movettefilm.com>wrote:

> Hi Marco,
> I've never been happy with Super-8 neg. and the loss of Ekta 100D spells
> the end of color Super-8 for me. Even on the most serious Super-8 scanner
> I know of in the U.S. at Cinelicious I see what you are complaining about
> when it comes to the skies and other areas that should be 'fluid'. I love
> reversal grain in 8 and Super-8, but the grain from Vision when blown up
> from Super-8 looks mostly like dust or sensor/video noise to me.
> Here is a piece on Vimeo that was scanned at Cinelicious using Vision3
> 200T and 500T and the skies in particular look terrible to me...
> http://vimeo.com/55509028
>
> Perhaps Vision3 50D 5203 would be worth a try... To my knowledge I haven't
> had any clients bring us this stock on Super-8 yet and it is supposed to
> be the finest grain for Vision3.
>
> http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Products/Production/Color_Negative_Films/5203.htm
>
> R.I.P. Ekta 100D...
> Here's a search return from Vimeo for Super-8 100D that looks a lot better
> in the skies although I've seen even much nicer 100D footage:
> http://vimeo.com/4530359
>
> -Sorry I don't have better solutions for you, but I'll wish you good luck
> with your project!
> --Sincerely,
> ---Buck Bito
>
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> On Wed, May 22, 2013 10:38 am, Marco Poloni wrote:
> > Dear Frameworkers,
> >
> > I have a question about film stock for Super-8mm.
> >
> > I am back from a scouting trip for a 16mm film project. I did all the
> > location filming in Super-8mm because I wanted to use the material in
> > the film as well. I worked with my Leicina Special with a Schneider
> > Optivaron 6-66mm zoom, which had just been revised, and with Kodak
> > Vision 3 200T and 500T, a stock that I well know and love when used in
> > 16mm. The material was scanned in AppleProRes422 on an Ursa Diamond in
> > a laboratory in Turin, Italy: Nova Rolfilm. People who were
> > recommended to me and do very good work.
> >
> > The result is very disappointing. The footage is super grainy, looking
> > kind of OK when I'm filming objects but terrible on skies: exploded,
> > saturated, not fluid. I know the problem is neither the camera nor the
> > lens. I have shot excellent b&w footage with this camera.
> >
> > <...SNIP...>
> >
> > Best,
> > Marco
> >
>
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