[Frameworks] neg cutting

[Sandy McLennan]

Hell yeah! See you there. Gonna be show & telling my Double/Regular8mm
optical printer (merci Matt McWilliams for all his essential help). Looking
forward to it; glad you're going.

Sandy

On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 5:57 PM Anna Kipervaser <anna.kipervaser at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yeah, optical printing is a route I also use often, and hell yea making
> magic Double 8mm and Reg8mm films in the JK and tape splicing . Can't wait
> to see your new films, Sandy, and hope to see you in Toronto next month!
>
> Scott - Presstape ain't what I would use. But, then again, I'm just here
> offering to tape splice folks' negatives. Re the blur, again - depends on
> the tape being used, the person doing the splicing, and the eyes/glasses
> the person is using. Anywho, I'm not trying to start an argument about tape
> vs cement or get or give lessons. Just asking whether folks are cutting
> their own negs these days or if y'all are sending things out to get cut,
> or, as Jeff points out, if folks are doing film-outs instead.
>
> Always,
>  Anna
>
>
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>
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 5:45 PM Sandy McLennan <smclennan4 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good on ya, mate. Perhaps not in the same boat, but I’ll be tape splicing
>> some camera-original Double8mm and Regular8; not worried about seeing it
>> when optically printing then contact printing from that. Visually part of
>> the process.
>>
>> I didn’t realize splicing towards a release print is as common a current
>> topic as it apparently is.  Been decades since I did it. Difficult, yet
>> defining. Splice on!
>>
>> Sandy McLennan
>> Port Sydney, Ontario
>>
>> > On Apr 22, 2023, at 5:32 PM, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > A-B rolling with a couple frames of overlap, you can get away with
>> tape but
>> > there's always a little blur at the splice because the tape never goes
>> over
>> > the sprockets in the printer perfectly.  With a dissolve where there is
>> a
>> > couple dozen frames of overlap I can't really tell the difference.
>> >
>> > I once edited a short film with a Kodak Presstape Splicer, using a four
>> > frame overlap, and it went okay.
>> >
>> > But these days you can buy an M-H hot splicer for pennies on the dollar
>> so
>> > there isn't so much of a need anymore...
>> > --scott
>> >
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