[Frameworks] Tips on projecting S-8 for digital recording?

[Christopher Ball]

Yes, but just to be clear I was talking adjusting shutter speed, not fps,
on the camera, to eliminate flicker.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 9:20 PM Dave Tetzlaff <djtet53 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >  There are probably very few projectors that run at 24fps or 18fps even.
>
> Actually 16mm projectors are pretty tight at 24fps. I did lots of 100’
> roll transfers with a standard Pageant into a Canon XH-A1, and never had to
> fiddle with the A1’s “Clear Scan” setting. After all, old-school telecine
> projectors were only different from standard models by virtue of the
> 5-blade shutter, and they ran steady enough to work with NTSC cameras that
> had no fine tune adjustments whatsoever.
>
> My point is that a camera that has a setting for 24fps, but doesn’t have
> any fine tune option, MIGHT work OK with a projector running at 24fps…
> especially if it’s a fairly short tranfer run… Or it might not work. I just
> wouldn’t run out and try acquire a camera with a fine tune adjustment
> without testing some less expensive alternative that might be closer at
> hand…
>
> As I noted, I’d be more worried that the S8 projector wouldn’t run steady
> enough. That was the issue when I tried some S8 with a little Chinon
> projector I had with a variable speed knob. I thought I’d be able to adjust
> the projector speed to sync with the video, but I couldn’t get it to sit on
> the sweet aspot, and even if I got close, it drifted in both directions. I
> figured a more hefty projector designed for sounfd film would probably not
> drift so much, at least, but i never had occasion to try that out.
>
> I’m guessing that for most folks a DIY transfer is only practical if you
> can do it with available gear, and not if you have to go out and buy a
> different projector and different video camera…
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