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- Sat May 19, 2012 4:35 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Borehamwood on the brink ... ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 27575
Re: Borehamwood on the brink ... ?
:( Hi Alls, Preamble: Yes, sad when a "club" enters its demise. This happened here at *Stroud this last January but a major contributory factor therein was the sudden upheaval of the baffling silliness, (I could use a more descriptive word - but I'd probably be banned)!!!! of a certain few...
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:04 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: URGENT ---- MARANTZ CASSETTE RECORDER
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5831
Re: URGENT ---- MARANTZ CASSETTE RECORDER
Hi Col, Tom and Chrisk,
Many and grateful thanks for your help and the pointers. I hadn't tried E-bay
etc. I must confess, (obviously I should have done), the reason being that
previously in other directions I once had a bit of a problem so subsequently became wary!
Best wishes......Lee.
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:26 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: URGENT ---- MARANTZ CASSETTE RECORDER
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5831
URGENT ---- MARANTZ CASSETTE RECORDER
:?: Hi Alls, Can anyone help please? ---- (Don't smile)!...... I have a professional cassette tape recorder, (as used to be used by the BBC), it's a Marantz Superscope CD320. It still records and plays back superbly BUT the Fast FWD and the Rewind have become "kaput"! It would appear that ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:11 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: CINE FILM SEARCH
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6756
Re: CINE FILM SEARCH
:? Well, I thought that I'd report back..... I had a browse through Yoootoooob over a couple of sessions and I failed in my quest! Probably 'cos the film has never been digitised or mybe it's lost forever, Amen! The worst one I found involved a number of dust raising bare feet stomping tribesmen / w...
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:16 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: CINE FILM SEARCH
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6756
Re: CINE FILM SEARCH
Hi Tom,
Many thanks for your advice / suggestion. I'll have a look.
Cheers....Lee.
Many thanks for your advice / suggestion. I'll have a look.
Cheers....Lee.
- Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:21 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: CINE FILM SEARCH
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6756
CINE FILM SEARCH
:) 'Lo Alls, Long Shot! In my area, Gloucestershire, a resident in Gloucester now a disabled ex Fireman, has spent a lot of time trying to find an old cine film, probably on Standard 8mm. or maybe 16mm. of some time he spent in "Darkest Africa" many years ago when he and others in his part...
- Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:31 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: COPY BARRING
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10001
Re: COPY BARRING
:twisted: !!!! Hi Tim and All, Just another word / afterthought. The scratches Les put on his DVD disc were eight in number and quite tiny . There were four more or less equally spaced around the centre where the clear bit joins the recording surface. Four more were on the outside edge. It has been ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:56 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: The camera that changed the world
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8290
Re: The camera that changed the world
:o Don't worry John C:....... Oh yeah, Tripods are anathema to cameramen on the run! Stabilisers i.e. Steadicam etc., make one look as if having been rigged for a Free Fall exercise from 40,000 feet. (sorry, 12,308 metres, give or take 3 feet)! Tripods are anathema to aeroplane overhead racks. Today...
- Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:42 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: COPY BARRING
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10001
Re: COPY BARRING
:twisted: In response to Tim's comment. Didn't try the PC, (oddly), however I have just done so and all I got was: "Incompatible DVD decoder", the disc would not even play .. the other methods I have i.e. VLC etc. simply ignored the disc and reported nothing. Also tried Casablanca - that h...
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:14 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: COPY BARRING
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10001
Re: COPY BARRING
8) Further (final) report on the Copy Barring problem: First to answer Tim re Contract: It seems that he did not include any reference since it's the very first one he's done, and arrangements were verbal!!!! (He's learned now)! Second: I got him to scratch the inner (start) and outer (finish) of th...
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:56 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Calling Scotland ... why should we go to Stirling?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25828
Re: Calling Scotland ... why should we go to Stirling?
:D :D Hey Dave, (and All), "An old 'Edinburgher' " that sounds edible....! As most great Scots food is. I guess now that we'll all have to call you "The Duke"! Holyrood House must be well known we've just had Mr.and Mrs. Tindall's after nuptials munching there! Pics. are all over...
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:16 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Calling Scotland ... why should we go to Stirling?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25828
Re: Calling Scotland ... why should we go to Stirling?
Well Dave, maybe no Scotties have responded 'cos they don't
sprechen der Englisch ?
immer wieder versuchen ! Ha!
Cheers.....Lee.
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:59 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Calling Scotland ... why should we go to Stirling?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25828
Re: Calling Scotland ... why should we go to Stirling?
:) Well Mike, when you wander around that distillery ---- The Trip.... now that's likely - to be more likely - Trip I mean....careful of the free samples. and.....don't forget the Toast: = "Slanj", then our intrepid Scots friend Dave might reply "Slanj-uh va".... hope I've got th...
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:49 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Odd format problem on miniDV tape
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7882
Re: Odd format problem on miniDV tape
:roll: Hi Everyone.... Valuable info, that I will now pass on to other affected filmaereos.... Now these vagaries of the Aspect situation is finally explained...Ta! This 4:3 / 16:9 thingy has bothered me just a feeeew times however, I "sorted it" by resetting the Aspect ratio both on the T...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:03 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: COPY BARRING - RESPONSE
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5411
COPY BARRING - RESPONSE
:lol: Hi, This is not a new post - site won't let me in when I go to post reply.....! Anyway, I want to thank Tom, Tim and "fraught"(?) for replies to my question re Copy Barring. Most grateful and I'll pass your comments on to our member. Tim: I'm afraid that I don't know what, (if any), ...