Super8 on Youtube

On Oct 20, 5:51 pm, "William W Western" <wwesterngl... RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote:
> I have attempted digital transfers in the past with limited success. Here is
> one from last week using a high end camera owned by a friend in the video
> business. Though I suspect there are still perplexing holes in our technique
> I am pleased enough with the results.

hey, WWW, wassup ?

I just got a few S8 cameras myself, and am going to try the format,
with and without sound

can you recommend a projector w/sound ?
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On Oct 20, 5:52 pm, "William W Western" <wwesterngl....DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote:
> oops:http://www.youtube.com/user/super8film


that looks like the Bigfoot walking away in the old 8mm movie at the
end, only in snow instead...

what year is the footage ?
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> can you recommend a projector w/sound ?
I have just purchased whatever I found over the years, so no
recommendations.
That super8 footage on Youtube was shot in 1979.
FWIW...this newsgroup used to be very active years ago but has fallen on
hard times. This site has plenty of info and an active forum though:
http://www.filmshooting.com/
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On Oct 21, 3:53 pm, "William W Western" <wwesterngl....TakeThisOut@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > can you recommend a projector w/sound ?
>
> I have just purchased whatever I found over the years, so no
> recommendations.
> That super8 footage on Youtube was shot in 1979.
> FWIW...this newsgroup used to be very active years ago but has fallen on
> hard times. This site has plenty of info and an active forum though:http://www.filmshooting.com/'

well thanks, triple W...

Shot my first 2 rolls of S8 film today on a sound-capable camera- one
silent cart, one sound cart. Figured the outdoor fall foliage would be
a good backdrop.

This format certainly has a personality all its own- and I thought 8-
track tapes were arcane ! I'm getting some funny remarks, like "does
that thing work ?". I like the whirring sound while the film is
going.

This is great !

what sound-ready projector do you use now ?
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> Shot my first 2 rolls of S8 film today on a sound-capable camera- one
> silent cart, one sound cart. Figured the outdoor fall foliage would be
> a good backdrop.
Interesting to see how the sound one works out. What was the
date on it?
> This format certainly has a personality all its own- and I thought 8-
> track tapes were arcane ! I'm getting some funny remarks, like "does
> that thing work ?". I like the whirring sound while the film is
> going.
About 8 years ago I filmed my son's wedding with silent
super 8 (but noisy cameras). I had two cameras going, one close in by me and
one farther back by a friend. People were a little startled by the noisiness
after being used to the digital age equipment. I felt a little worried that
I was disrupting things but got some nice footage.
> This is great !
Super8! SuperGreat!
> what sound-ready projector do you use now ?
It's a B&H. Can't remember the series and it is squished
against a bunch of banker's boxes (years 2005 and 2006) so I can't read what
is on the carton. For silent I use a Eumig Mark 510D. I have four hardly
used Sankyo Dualux 2000H stockpiled as well. These are quite small and handy
for when people ask me to bring a projector and a film to some event. Must
have been a popular model around here for some reason. Once I was showing a
film at the lake that I have a cassette tape made to accompany it. The
cassette player did not work so I put a cassette adapter into an 8 track
player I had lying around and played the cassette through that. Talk about a
roomful of antiquated formats.
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William W Western wrote:
> I have attempted digital transfers in the past with limited success. Here is
> one from last week using a high end camera owned by a friend in the video
> business. Though I suspect there are still perplexing holes in our technique
> I am pleased enough with the results.
>
>
>
It looks like the "basement" transfer it is. You might try zooming the
camera so the film fills the entire frame. The film speed seems very
slow as well.

The best advice I can give you is (if you value these films), pay
someone with the proper equipment to transfer it correctly.

Derek
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> It looks like the "basement" transfer it is. You might try zooming the
> camera so the film fills the entire frame. The film speed seems very slow
> as well.
Thanks for the input, Derek. It was projected at Sankyo
dualex high speed and to me seemed kind of fast. I was actually wondering
how to slow the video down. I was not working the video camera so have no
idea what went on there. He is in the video business so I assumed he had the
whole frame in his viewer. We will continue to experiment.
> The best advice I can give you is (if you value these films), pay someone
> with the proper equipment to transfer it correctly.
I do have several projects waiting for just that. The
current high value of the Canadian dollar makes it a possibility.
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good points, but...

it's only a hobby, he's not trying to transfer the Zapruder film here...



"Derek Gee" <dgeeSPAMSUCKS.TakeThisOut@twmi.INVALID.rr.com> wrote in message
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> William W Western wrote:
> > I have attempted digital transfers in the past with limited success.
Here is
> > one from last week using a high end camera owned by a friend in the
video
> > business. Though I suspect there are still perplexing holes in our
technique
> > I am pleased enough with the results.
> >
> >
> >
> It looks like the "basement" transfer it is. You might try zooming the
> camera so the film fills the entire frame. The film speed seems very
> slow as well.
>
> The best advice I can give you is (if you value these films), pay
> someone with the proper equipment to transfer it correctly.
>
> Derek
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> it's only a hobby, he's not trying to transfer the Zapruder film here...
Also a good point. I use super8 to project it. The only reason
to attempt to transfer to digital is to be able to share over the Internet
with friends and family. With more experimentation I think I can come up
with something satisfactory for that purpose.
I do have a 14 minute b&w "short" film I want to do a commercial
transfer on. Probably the next time I go to Toronto.
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Wow! Looks great to me. How did you do it?

Ken

William W Western wrote:
> oops:
> http://www.youtube.com/user/super8film
>
>
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