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

[Jimmy Schaus]

wonderful, thank you all for the advice!

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 3:37 PM Sean Weitzel <panaflex at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Canon does an equally good job with lower projected framerates as
> well. Something about that 24F mode.
>
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 12:32 PM Sean Weitzel <panaflex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As mentioned above, the Canon XH-A1 set in 24f mode does excellent shot
>> off screen transfers. One thing I found was that I got better overall
>> contrast with some low ambient light near the screen. Total darkness in the
>> room caused whites to be blown out. If you go to YouTube and search
>> McDonald's Setmakers 1972 that's one I did with a Pageant and the Canon in
>> my living room. (Yes it's a Kodachrome print hence the nice color).
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 12:10 PM Dave Tetzlaff <djtet53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Jimmy:
>>>
>>> Rather than filming off a wall, you might have better luck projecting
>>> onto a bright white piece of foam core mounting board, either the typical
>>> full sheet size (20x30) or half that (15x20). The smaller image will be
>>> much brighter, reducing any effects of the "screen" or ambient light spill,
>>>  and if you have something to hold it in position separate from the table
>>> holding the projector you cam adjust the whole projector/screen/camera
>>> relationships for the most pleasing results. I used to do this with 16mm
>>> footage shot by my students with a setup in my basement, where I could
>>> create total darkness. The closest you can get to that helps, of course.
>>> Anyway, the results I got were surprisingly good, though at the time I was
>>> using a 5-blade projector and an NTSC (SD) camcorder. Later, I created an
>>> HD version, using a standard Pageant projector and a Canon XH-A1 camcorder.
>>> The results of that were clean enough to submit successfully to film
>>> festivals.
>>>
>>> The NLE we were using during this period was the pre-X version of FCP,
>>> and I always found its speed change results just fine. I don't know how
>>> well current softwares do this, but you might check other web forums to
>>> find one that both does well and you have access to.
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