8O I cannot believe what I just red... This is the most insultive post I ever saw here. 8O
What you only did in this post is playing with my integrity without even give me any argument why I could be wrong. I think we technicians have to do with scientific facts. Noticed I said we because it's now clearly relevant that you're from this facility and, by reading the rest of the post, you clearly did faulty commercial by trying to look like a customers. It's really ashame from you. In this forum, we like Super8 and integrity.
Hi guys, first off, let me correct myself, I had my names switched around. As mentioned directly from the source, Flying Spot does not have a Spirit they have a Shadow.
Yes, and at the beginning, when I first noticed you about the difference between Spirit and Shadow, I thought the facility got a Spirit. So it was kind of a compliment.
With that out of the way, I just have to say that the comments from Basstruc are really, really hilarious. Absurdly pathetic, but hilarious none the less. I see from your profile that you are an, uh, "Assistant Colorist" and "Assistant Telecine" in Paris. This makes your comments all the more comical, mainly because to have someone who supposedly is in the business make completely unprofessional, shoot from the hip remarks like "the shadow is a cheap version of the spirit" and in an international forum no less, shows really low class on your part. I probably shouldn't even reply to all the "my dad can beat up your dad" comments when comparing telecine machines but since you feel some need to be the alpha male telecine guru and piss in everyones sandbox I figured I would post a few thoughts.
My dad would be really pleased to beat yours.
Since you don't want to get arguments, here is what the highest international, and Thomson himself, say about the Shadow :
"Spirit-style line array CCD without some of the most expensive bits from a Spirit. There may be less resolution in the (non Kodak designed) optical pickup. I believe there is a data scanning option for this machine. Ask the facility that has one for their summary on the differences between it and the Spirit. "
http://tig.colorist.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/TkT_Shadow
"Philips, which made significant headway with the Spirit DataCine scanner/telecine, has now announced Shadow, a telecine that makes key Spirit capabilities affordable for the mid- to lower-end markets."
http://www.postmagazine.com/
"Philips also introduced a relatively low-cost SD digital telecine called Shadow with a new 1332-pixel array. Meant to supplant the aging Quadra line and provide a less-costly alternative for TV stations and archives"
http://millimeter.com/ar/video_mass_convergence_report/
" I have been working on a Shadow for about 6 months, sometimes it will go
out of per for no reason while you are in play and it had a jitter problem,
Phillips sent us some new softwhere that fixed the jitter but not the perf
problem,, as for quality of picture its pretty comparable to a spirit (we
have one next door) the shadow is just not as sharp
.. well what do you expect for half the price
Greg White
colorist
Hollywood Digital"
http://tig.alegria.com/pipermail/tig/20 ... 00149.html
"The Shadow Telecine uses the signa processing concept of the Spirit DataCine and the leverages technology of this flagship products. This is combined with a CCD scanner witch fulfils the requirements for both economical as well as picture fidelity. The result is a very high performance product all the features required for today's digital application but at a greatly reduced cost"
Thomson Grass Valey Shadow Brochure
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/docs/ ... dow_br.pdf
I could give you thousands more exemples.
Its funny that all this is coming from a guy who started out by saying that the clips posted on this forum were quite nice and of good quality, (this is of course right before he decided that there was some secret film world illuminati that decided to infiltrate the forum with 16mm clips that were masquerading as Super8).
Where the hell did I said it ???!?
Wow, so much for the grand idea of having a forum where everyone can come together globally to post ideas and exchange information so that people can actually SHARE something.
What are you sharing here ? Hate, Spam and ignorance ? Keep it for you.
All I can say is that if you really are in the business as you claim, then I guess you are destined to stay an "assistant" for eternity, (I like my coffee black, no sugar and grab me a croissant while your at it), I can only guess as to what your skills in front of a ANY telecine are.
If you're stupid enough to pay an assistant at 2k€ per month only to get him buy your croissant, that your way of life, moron.
Now get the fuck out with your facility. Keep on shooting your dog. I poo on your face.
Matt
best telecine I have ever seen but I WANT to see the full size format too. 
