a beautiful s8 transfer

Post by **steve hyde** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:54 am

The following link will take you to a film to tape transfer outfit here in my home town, Seattle. I've not yet used their services, but plan to. From the site if you select super8 and then scroll to the bottom of that page you will see a sample clip that is quite impressive.

http://www.fsft.com/

The outfit is called Flying Spot. (FYI for those looking for S8 samples)

Post by **coors** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:17 am

Without a doubt, the best Super8 piece that I've ever seen. Man, that was an experience!

Owen

Post by **T-Scan** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:43 am

I just got my transfer back from the Flying Spot today. i've only previewed it once (just got home from wk) but i'm pretty blown away right now as to how good it looks.. the S-8 500T (7218) is truley amazing. i'm going to post some stills in the photo section in a little bit.

Post by **sufian** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:34 pm

Wow that was awesome! 8O

I especially liked the contrast in the black and white scene with the pebbles and the fans. Truely beautiful.

Post by **Lunar07** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:43 pm

steve hyde wrote:The following link will take you to a film to tape transfer outfit here in my home town, Seattle. I've not yet used their services, but plan to. From the site if you select super8 and then scroll to the bottom of that page you will see a sample clip that is quite impressive.

http://www.fsft.com/

The outfit is called Flying Spot. (FYI for those looking for S8 samples)

I played the clip full screen on a 21" flat panel PC monitor. There are couple of scenes in this clip that are so solid in their color with no trace of grain. Is this Super8? Can someone comment on this?

Post by **Basstruc** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:16 pm

Is this Super8? Can someone comment on this?

Not entirely, as noted after the download button :

Frontside Productions "Sanctuary"
Mixed media project, 16mm, DV, Super 8. Super 8 transferred @ FSFT

Post by **Lunar07** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:54 pm

Basstruc wrote:
Is this Super8? Can someone comment on this?
Not entirely, as noted after the download button :
Frontside Productions "Sanctuary"
Mixed media project, 16mm, DV, Super 8. Super 8 transferred @ FSFT

ah I see. Did not notice that.

Post by **coors** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:11 pm

I deleted my post here. It was completely unnecessary!

Owen

Post by **steve hyde** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:34 pm

Coors,

There are actually two samples on the page I posted. "Sanctuary" is a mixed media project to be sure. Just above that link is another that is .....mostly S8..... There is one scene of a helicopter taking off that looks like S16 to me.
I share your frustration. If they are going to call it S8 they should not dazzle us by throwing s16 or 35mm into the mix, especially when they are trying to sell us their services. It would be nice if they would give explicit details regarding these samples.

Post by **S8 Booster** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:12 pm

Something Fishy?

Fish 1?

Fish 2?

Never got any "proofs" as it seems.

R

Post by **ds21z** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:38 pm

Super 8 Militia in San Francisco will do Sound Stripping and telecine for great prices. Have not used them and don't know the quality.

http://www.super8mm.org/

I am now doing sound striping of Super 8 and Regular 8mm film. Please see what will soon be my new website at:
http://www.super8cinema.com
The costs if you find the site from here is only 25 cents a foot for whatever sound striping you need!

I am also selling my telecine tranfer services for $7.50 plus shipping and handling for each 50ft of film. You need to supply your own MiniDV tape. The transfers are done digitally one frame at a time using a pulse-gate technology. More info on this to come.

Ds21z

Post by **Basstruc** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:02 am

Fish 1?

Fish 2?

I love that thread, thanks for remind me of it S8B

Post by **steve hyde** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:04 am

ah, so this is where you guys are hiding all of your works of brilliance:

ftp://ftp.filmshooting.com/upload/video/mov/

I watched two of the films out at this link....Wonderful stuff!!

Thanks for pointing us to it.

Cheers,

Steve

Post by **T-Scan** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:10 pm

Yeah, isn't this Shralp's trip to Mt. hood? i've seen this clip a few times and it's a mixture of S-16, S-8, and MiniDV.. except the MDV parts aren't in this link. i think the helicopter is S-16.. looks like 50D.

Post by **unxetas** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:27 pm

well any and all clips in that clip (huM? hehe) look awesome, but some are definately not S8.. I mean, there's one shot of the rising sun or whatever, can't remember that has no grain whatsoever.. even after blowing up quicktime's window

Some other scenes were probably 16mm too.. any way they seem to have really great service, but they should limit the clip to super8 ;)

Filmshooting

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