Filmshooting

How is the stability (film weave, judder) with the universal? I'm interested in that you are doing both 8 and 16. Most of the demos I saw online of the retro were of 8mm. We have a Retro 8 and 16 that we bought just before the universal was announced.
Thanks!

Has anyone had experience adjusting the torque motor the Canon 518SV. I've got about 20 of these, some of them have no problem but several just don't want to pull the film sometimes. Disassembling them, I can see the drive axle slipping in it's little brass gear, but can't figure out how to give it ...

Tscan, have you used the previous retro scan pro units? I'm wondering if this combined unit also improves on those, especially with regard to frame stability and film grain. Im wondering how the 16mm scans are working out for you in particular. I've never seen a Retro16 scan from any machine other ...

After posting that, which I had submitted while waiting for a Retro Pro 16 I had sent in to be serviced, the unit came back and now the unit is much more stable, to the point where it's hard to tell if the resulting weave is from the camera or from the scan.

is the Flycap software better than the alternaware software recommended by Moviestuff? I've been trying to get a stable transfer on a Retro16 Pro for a few months now, of new negative shot on Arriflexes and Aatons, with not much success. This transfer in the YT link is also not nearly as grainy, I ...