Re: Super 8 to HD film scan?

From: Cari Machet (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Oct 27 2006 - 09:28:24 PDT


my friend owns flying spot
he's amazing and an artist
can't recommend him enough
he goes out of his way to accommodate s8

c

On 10/26/06, Sam Wells <email suppressed> wrote:
> Flying Spot in Seattle has an S8 gate on their Thomson Shadow
> (similar to a Spirit) they've been recommended here before.
>
> DuArt has an S8 gate for their ITK Y-front (modified Cintel URSA,
> forget which) but it's in their catalog as being Standard def
> transfers... don't know about HD then (I looked into it for some 16mm
> where I wanted a "Cintel look" but did not pursue)
>
> I think I'd be inclined to go with the Shadow really... I'm partial
> to some later Cintel machines but grain wise I think Shadow, probably
> has the advantage...
>
> Technicolor in NYC had an S8 gate for _their_ Spirit but I don't
> know, I'm not sure who owned it --- not sure where it is
>
> (I don't shoot S8, just pass along tech gossip which I get way too
> much of ;-)
>
> -Sam
>
>
> > Sam,
> > Sorry, I mean transfer to High Definition video format.
> > Cheers,
> > Patrick
>
>
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