Super 8mm in the news

[Guest]

http://www.drudgereport.com/dnc8.htm

and here

http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/news/residents_0704.html

no time to sign in...super 8 man

[FilmIs4Ever]

If only Duke knew that home movies are still being made in the twenty-first century, huh Super8Man? Maybe Kerry's still making home movies too :lol: Now some ultra-liberal Democrat is going to chime in and say that Bush is stupid and Kerry is God. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. It makes one wonder though, what kind of a tour of duty Kerry had if he had time to re-enact all of his battles with the enemy. . .

Regards,
~Karl Borowski

[super8man]

I though for sure someone would pick up on the quote:

The films shot by Kerry's own Super 8 millimeter hand-held movie camera have the grainy quality of home movies.

Ouch...Obviously, they have never been transferred with a workprinter.

THough I did just do a transfer job where the super cheap camera streaked the film and not the workprinter...I thought for sure it was me until I looked at the film in the editor...STREAKED original footage (meaning the film moved in the film gate of the original camera!!!).

Cheers,
m

[FilmIs4Ever]

Yeah, I noticed the grainy part, but figured it was either the stupidity of the author (coupled with some poor transfers that formed a basis for the description in the article), the poor metering capabilities of Kerry's cronies, or one of those ESO-X films that had grain the size of cannonballs. I doubt they were shot on K25 It's interesting, I've heard people recently tell me that DV has better resolution than the stuff I shoot on VNF DR8, so perceived graininess caused by TV lines not being in phase with the film grain, coupled with poor poor transfers of the 70s proabably all play a part. I think even VNF looks 10x better than video. Of course, the transfers I use are equal if not worse than film chains of the 70s, so unless I'm actually projecting film, I guess they're right.

Regards,
~Karl

[Alex]

If only Duke knew that home movies are still being made in the twenty-first century, huh Super8Man? Maybe Kerry's still making home movies too :lol: Now some ultra-liberal Democrat is going to chime in and say that Bush is stupid and Kerry is God. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. It makes one wonder though, what kind of a tour of duty Kerry had if he had time to re-enact all of his battles with the enemy. . .

Regards,
~Karl Borowski

As long as Kerry re-enacted what actually happened, that's nowhere near as bad as if it never happened at all. But I wonder if Kerry ever acted with the idea of a re-enactment to follow, now that would be bad.

It seems like some American presidents have an "heroic" moment in their past. George Bush Sr. survived a crash landing, there have been others, makes you wonder if they get embellished as time goes on.

[rick201]

Vote for Kerry as he is a super8 man like the rest of us, as if he saw a memo regarding it being axed he might wage a war on Kodak and all the FBI agents would storm the Kodak HQ.
Perhaps he should mention Super8 on his Manifesto!!
"I have a dream that oneday all people will be filming on super8 yes I have a dream vote for me!!"

[T-Scan]

Not trying to sound biased, but this artlicle is an acusation.. probably put on by the republicans. next they'll say he's lip syncing his speaches like Britney Spears and Mili Vanilli. They'll try anything at this point.

[amwf]

The Drudge article is a little off base.
Super 8 video camera anyone!

http://www.drudgereport.com/dnc8.htm

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Beaching his boat, Kerry jumped off, chased the wounded insurgent behind a thatched hutch, and killed him. Kerry and his crew returned within days, armed with a Super 8 video camera he had purchased at the post exchange at Cam Ranh Bay, and reenacted the skirmish on film."
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