Ryan Fleet Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Im not talking about light flicker - Im talking about film not having what looks like a constant exposure. Ive seen this on transfers from the same model cameras. One looks steady and the other flickers I dont get it. Is this caused by the camera not being in good shape or is it a transferring issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Nyari Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I once had a bad roll that flickered due to uneven x-ray damage. I've also seen footage flickering caused by a faulty camera that couldn't maintain a steady speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 31, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted March 31, 2018 There are lots of variables in your question. Camera, stock, processing, telecine, playback system, I mean it could be a lot of things. Film stock is pretty consistent and any professional lab will be too. So at that point, it's really down to the camera. I'd love to see the samples you discussed, it would be easy to determine the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fleet Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Here is a sample of what Im talking about This shot with the super 16 K-3 on Kodak vision 3 50D that has a flicker https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQ5g2Udk1g Here is another super 16 K-3 short on Kodak vision 3 250D that looks really clean https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qk--YGrMJIQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 To me that looks like ever so slight variations in the film speed in the camera likely caused by tension in the film path somewhere. You can see that the flicker also appears to correlate with some slight frame registration jitter. Those cameras are very cheap and simple cameras with very little registration precision. Something like a Bolex with a trailing arm, a well tuned ACL or a pin registered Arri is not going to have those issues. But they are also $1K,$2K or more cameras. Not $100 cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 To answer the question... camera is probably in need of a tuneup or was loaded wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Another thing about those K-3s. They were infamous for film path issues, especially faulty loop formers. Most rebuilds usual take the loop formers out all together and make the loader manually make the loops... which takes some paying attention to what youre doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Heres one where you can see the plastic loop formers were taken out. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/necro4130/Picture005.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted April 1, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted April 1, 2018 I agree with the film speed idea... very slight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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