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What compression software? Mac or PC?

Why would that make a difference? The issue is about whether the active grain of the film means a larger file size because preserving the grain from frame to frame would mean a higher bit rate. If I had footage of a white wall on video and a white wall on ...

I have an Elmo ST1200 HD. It has a sync socket. The socket is indeed a 1/F switch. The pulse is in the shape of a square wave. Although its not a clean signal because the contacts are opening and closing so fast. Had Elmo only used a Hall effect sensor instead it would have been a lot cleaner. I can ...

I just dropped off some K40 and some tri-X B&W at Wally World (Wal-Mart). According to the photo lab people, they process it all for just $4.88 a roll. I am not really shure though if they process B&W or not so I will keep all posted. I have usually bought and have had my films processed at Prep ...

I filled out the survey last week. I am thrilled that Kodak seems so interrested in the format. They have super 8 on the front page of the cinimatography products section!! Under the things they need to fix, I suggested more advertising. In the last 6 months, I got three people to use the format ...

I would definatly like to go to the course in Detroit, since I'm located right outside of the city. Unfortunatly I don't feel like making more payments to my already large debt!!

If anybody goes to any of them, please let us know how it went.

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Welcome back to the world of super8!! I am not sure of the difference in models or where you can find a manual, but you can get belts from a company called Projector Recorder Belt Company (PRB). There phone number is 414-473-2151. They will ask you what the circumference of the belt is and ...

That was awsome!!! Great work!!

Overall, I am very happy with this forum. Generally, everyone here thinks about film in about the same way I do. I am not a professional filmmaker by any strech of amagination, but there are very good techincal answers to technical problems and with some of the answers, it gets quite impressive!

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If the batteries are almost dead, I would suspect a short circuit, not a bad connection. I have the same model camera too, although haven't had any trouble with it, sorry to hear. I would definatly check where the hand grip pivots and probably the insulation of the wires might be stripped and ...

I agree with everybody so far. I still shoot all of my home movies with Super8. I was filming a drag race that a friend of mine was in using K-40 and a lady came up to me with the biggest look of shock I ever saw on someones face! She absolutly did not believe that they still made Super8 film. I had ...

I like to look for a good sound camera because they typically run quieter, with the extra sound deading inside them anyway.

It does make sense that a sound camera would have a stronger motor because it would now have to turn a capstan to pull the film through across the sound head.

You bet I do!!


I once tried to copy some of my grandmothers S8 films to video and was appalled by the results. The greens were darker and more black in nature, the reds were more orange, and the blues were more turquise in nature at least in comparison to the Ektachrome 160 originals. After ...