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Were synchronizers for regular 8mm ever made? I wonder if it's worth my time checking eBay for one

Thanks to eBay, I recently acquired a Super-8 3-gang synchronizer for my 8mm/Super-8 bench. Basically, I'm using it to measure feet/frames of large reels of Super8 (300ft to 600ft).

For measuring ...

I have a RetroScan Universal Mark I with the 2K camera, and a 'Windows-10' computer with an i7 processor and a 4GB RAID-0 for capture of scans.

I post on an iMac with Davinci Resolve.

I'm frustrated with trying to 'nail' a good exposure when scanning.

I've had to redo sections of a reel where the ...

I remember a discussion in Anton Wilson's Cinema Workshop book about 'flashing' filmstock to improve the capture of dark detail of the captured image.

'Flashing' consists of exposing the film to a very weak level of light in addition to the image being exposed. The flashing light can be 'white ...

Thank you, Roger 👏

I can now make the capture window big enough by stacking my monitors over/under, then filling the top screen width-wise with the RetroScan software, and dragging the bottom of that window onto the lower screen until the capture window just touches the bottom of upper monitor ...

For 8mm and 16mm films, is the 2K upgrade really worth it? They are kinna low quality films. 2K is more for 35mm films. Any video showing the vast improvements over the old camera?


I'm also waiting for example videos of the 2K camera in action, but until then...

The lower noise/higher dynamic ...

Wittner may be open again. Their page no longer says [temporarily closed] on it.

=Karen

Hi Karen send van eck a email maybe able to help

https://shop.van-eck.net/PP-0012.html?_globalsearch=pp-0012


Thank you for the advice. However, I sent van Eck an email on September 11th. Haven't heard back from them yet.

On another note, Wittner-Cinetec may be finally back open for business ...

Any thoughts on Filmrenew?

I'm looking for a replacement belt for an Elmo 912/S Super-8 sound editor. The belt goes from the motor shaft to a larger pulley attached to ( I think) the flywheel.

http://www.filmkorn.org/super8data/database/viewers_list/viewers_image/elmo_912s.jpg

I've heard that the Elmo 912/S was made by ...

(...)people on a budget looking at a future 2K upgrade will often start with the UltraLite kit. Then later they can simply purchase the 2K camera kit when the need/budget allows.


I'm one of those who must stage their purchases. Probably the RetroSync first, then the light, then the camera.

I ...

Can it be installed over the older V3.2.3 software, or do I need to uninstall the older version first?

Does the BIN key I purchased for 3.2.3 key work on the new version?

Those who have never had to manually sync several thousand feet of audio think the price is too high. Those who have had to sync even a few hundred feet see it as a bargain because they know it will pay for itself the first week they use it.


I'm sitting on about 4,000-feet of magnetic-striped ...

This post is based on the Roger Evans' announcement of the impending 2K conversion kit for the Moviestuff Retroscan Universal. Here's a link to the post:

http://www.filmshooting.com/scripts/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27278&p=219136&hilit=moviestuff&sid=313d81123958adddd994a3b431fc4f8f#p219136

I'm ...