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by richardian
Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:32 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 27086

Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO

Touch wood I have not encountered 'burn out' (yet). For transfers use a low wattage bulb 15W or 25W with a sliver of white glass or perspex between the light source and the gate, then your film cannot be burnt. But in adapting the lamp house make sure the projector is unplugged.
by richardian
Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:22 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 27086

Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO

I know you're right Ric and you should use 1/50th sec as your camera's shutter speed but I do resort to 1/25th sec when film I receive is very under-exposed and this is often better than upping the gain by a further 6dB... I do notice that my 3 CCD camera gives better transfers than my 3 CMOS camer...
by richardian
Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:12 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 27086

Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO

I was wrong about projectors & I apologise. I have only just discovered that a projector I took for granted as being a 3 blader is actually a 2 blader so I have spent seven days trying to coax a 16.67fps transfer out of a shutter blade system that equates to 25fps when used with a 1/50th shutter...
by richardian
Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 27086

Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO

Hi, In theory it's simple, taking 18fps as a starting point. You need a digital or analogue video camera set to 1/50th shutter speed. You set your 3 blade projector to 16.67 [=16&2/3rds] frames per second. Now both projector and cam are synchronised. How does this work? Well if you times the fps...
by richardian
Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:36 pm
Forum: Film Comments - a moderated forum
Topic: Hi newb :)
Replies: 4
Views: 14508

Re: Hi newb :)

Thanks Dave,

That article was really excellent! :)

Ric
by richardian
Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:57 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 27086

Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO

...you CAN alter the speed of your Eumig from a set 18 fps to 16.6666 fps by using a thyristor speed controller in the motor circuit Hi, Can you say more about "you can alter the speed ... from a set 18 fps to 16.6666 fps by using a thyristor speed controller in the motor" please? Can you...
by richardian
Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:36 pm
Forum: Film Comments - a moderated forum
Topic: Hi newb :)
Replies: 4
Views: 14508

Hi newb :)

Hi, i guess this is also the newb zone? my name is Ric and i have been knocking about with 'real' film for about a decade. Started out and am still going with super8 but have recently started to experiment with 16mm. am into transferring my own experimental films to dv so i can share them basically,...