[Frameworks] advice on informal 8mm --> digital telecine

[Jimmy Schaus]

Great advice, thanks Manny!

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 3:44 AM deluge000 <deluge000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Jimmy,
>
> well to be totally honest you will have to do some trial and error. Set
> your white balance with the lamp on your projection screen(lock it). Ok
> since your frame rate is static the position of your camera will have to be
> dead on. I have found putting the camera toward the back right slightly
> above the lens line produced good results. Here you can dial in the shutter
> speed the closer to 1/30 will help with the banding. Make sure to lock your
> settings so you don't get large shifts between scenes. Tough to do without
> a variable speed projector but it can be done with good results.  Hope this
> helps, good luck!
>
> Manny Salazar
>
>
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jimmy Schaus <jimmyschaus at gmail.com>
> Date: 8/28/24 2:48 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Subject: [Frameworks] advice on informal 8mm --> digital telecine
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm doing a rough and ready, filmed off the wall 8mm --> digital
> "transfer" for a friend, and curious if anyone has a suggestion of frame
> rate/shutter speed to get the least amount of banding/flicker as possible.
>
> Frame rate of the 8mm source material is unknown (assuming 18 fps).  My
> digital camera can do 23.98 fps with a variable shutter speed.  My 8mm
> projector can do 12 or 18 fps.
>
> My thinking was to project the film at 12 fps, video at 23.98, adjust
> shutter speed until it looks passable in the viewfinder, and correct for
> speed in the NLE timeline (this is for a digitally edited music video).  12
> fps/23.98 fps logic was that it's the closest to a clean interval.
>
> Any input/advice is appreciated!
>
> thanks,
> Jimmy
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