Hi (too many questions for me today)
Where everybody gets those Velvia and Provia super 8 catriges? How do they compare in terms of resolution? As far as I know from this forum, most people keep them in... deep freeze. Anyone who has any conclusions?
VELVIA & PROVIA ON SUPER 8
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No one is too excited about these carts because the two people who've had them processed (myself and BlackAngus) have had problems with the results.
Problem #1 - I dropped off a roll of the Velvia several months ago to Pro 8mm in Burbank -- the place where they cut down the stock to use in the 50' carts (according to a deal BlackAngus Barry made with them). Now, you'd think they'd pay special attention to custom loads. Not so. The idiot in charge of processing, though informed by my written instructions (and the stock type was even labeled on the cart ) processed this film as black and white reversal! When I projected it I wanted to cry -- HOURS of painstaking stop-motion work destroyed by this careless fucker.
Problem #2 - Roger (Moviestuff) reported that the roll of (was it Provia?) that he telecined with his WorkPrinter jumped constantly. Apparently the Fuji base is too dissimilar from the regular Kodak stocks so registration is going to be a problem (I might not be getting what he said quite right -- feel free to correct me on this).
Anyway, I have two or three rolls of Velvia left plus one unfinished roll. I'm not too enthusiastic about getting these processed but since I paid over $30.00 per roll I'll get around to it one of these days.
Problem #1 - I dropped off a roll of the Velvia several months ago to Pro 8mm in Burbank -- the place where they cut down the stock to use in the 50' carts (according to a deal BlackAngus Barry made with them). Now, you'd think they'd pay special attention to custom loads. Not so. The idiot in charge of processing, though informed by my written instructions (and the stock type was even labeled on the cart ) processed this film as black and white reversal! When I projected it I wanted to cry -- HOURS of painstaking stop-motion work destroyed by this careless fucker.
Problem #2 - Roger (Moviestuff) reported that the roll of (was it Provia?) that he telecined with his WorkPrinter jumped constantly. Apparently the Fuji base is too dissimilar from the regular Kodak stocks so registration is going to be a problem (I might not be getting what he said quite right -- feel free to correct me on this).
Anyway, I have two or three rolls of Velvia left plus one unfinished roll. I'm not too enthusiastic about getting these processed but since I paid over $30.00 per roll I'll get around to it one of these days.