Pro8/01 stills

Post by **Rachel Oliver** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:50 am

Hi;

I would have put these up here but it seems uploading stills is a little tricky so heres a link, hope no one minds.... http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004 ... opic=19789
Scroll down to see some recent stills and reaction to this stock from Pro8/Wittner...
Regards

Olly

Post by **cubdukat** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:12 pm

Incredible.

This stuff's as sharp as 16mm. It's a shame it's so slow; I'd use it as my everyday shooting stock.

And the best thing is that not being in the US, you're not saddled with Pro8mm's processing--although we can use Spectra...

Post by **ccortez** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:14 pm

Very, very nice. Thanks for posting.

Post by **reflex** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:11 pm

Here are Olly's stills, to save everyone from having to visit "the other board." Absolutely beautiful.

Post by **Rachel Oliver** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:34 am

Hi;

Glad you posted them Reflex and also about the positive reactions, you guys should see the rushes, now that is sharp :lol: I'm so happy this stock is around and Wittner picked up on it, it's really something else...

Olly

Post by **mattias** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:32 am

i think they're wonderful, but i still think the grading is dull, as i mentioned on the other board. any comments on that?

/matt

Post by **T-Scan** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:56 am

mattias wrote:i think they're wonderful, but i still think the grading is dull, as i mentioned on the other board. any comments on that?

/matt

I was thinking the same. The grain is really fine, but no indication of it's saturation potential. If I can get color like I do with 200T, but with that grain structure then I'll be pretty happy. The few rolls I shot in 16mm had good colors, but I'm going to try for more saturation with the S8. I think the S8 aesthetic and performace workability will be some interesting new territory. Thanks for sharing.

Post by **Rachel Oliver** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:15 am

Hi;

I believe the "dull" colour has alot to do with the type of day and landscape which was all rather pastel, I had no control as it was an unatended grading via best light, these shots were more of a basic test than anything else. As far as saturation is concerned I have a sequence of some kids playing with a red toy tractor in the grass in full mid day sun and it's amazingly punchy so either that's natural or the colourist pushed it but either way it can certainly look more punchy it seems... what I like is it has the ability to look quite natural and modern compared to the hyper looks of the reversal stocks. It's pretty amazing stuff in super 8.

Olly

Post by **mattias** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:56 pm

Rachel Oliver wrote:I believe the "dull" colour has alot to do with the type of day and landscape which was all rather pastel, I had no control as it was an unatended grading via best light

yes, this grading may well be the best look for these sceneries, but skin tones do suffer, and i don't think we see the true performance of the stock. not a big deal though, still great work, i was just curious.

/matt

Post by **steve hyde** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:04 pm

Thanks for posting these Rachel. I used 7201 on 16mm for a project recently and have loved the results. Most of the slow films I have used in the past have been color reversal so I was amazed at the exposure latitude of this 50ASA color negative film stock..

a great 8mm to video transfer film to be sure...

Steve

Post by ad » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:34 pm

the stills look amazing - congrats.