Patricia Dauder Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hello, I just received my first camera tests from my new Eclair ACL II converted to S16mm by Les Bosher, and the image is upside down, the floor is up and the ceiling is down. The camera was serviced just recently I'm still getting acquainted with the camera since previously I owned a R16 Beaulieu Could someone tell me what could be the cause for this? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Aapo Lettinen Posted November 18, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted November 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, Patricia Dauder said: Could someone tell me what could be the cause for this? sounds like the film was just telecined backwards and it was upside down for that reason. Probably they received the developed roll from the lab and just transferred it right away without checking how it was winded. Easy to fix in the editing software. If doing photochemical finish, just ask them to make a new print which is properly aligned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted November 18, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted November 18, 2020 Are you looking at your film scan on a computer monitor? If so, it seems that whomever did the scan skipped a step. It’s normal for the image to be upside down, the lens always flips the image so the bottom of the film gate is the top of the image. This will become obvious when you are dealing with hairs in the gate. But this is usually corrected in film scan (or in the film projector with the projector lens). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Dauder Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 32 minutes ago, aapo lettinen said: sounds like the film was just telecined backwards and it was upside down for that reason. Probably they received the developed roll from the lab and just transferred it right away without checking how it was winded. Easy to fix in the editing software. If doing photochemical finish, just ask them to make a new print which is properly aligned thank you Aapo. That sounds logical. I will contact the lab tomorrow. They do the processing and telecine at the same place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Dauder Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 37 minutes ago, Satsuki Murashige said: Are you looking at your film scan on a computer monitor? If so, it seems that whomever did the scan skipped a step. It’s normal for the image to be upside down, the lens always flips the image so the bottom of the film gate is the top of the image. This will become obvious when you are dealing with hairs in the gate. But this is usually corrected in film scan (or in the film projector with the projector lens). Yes, I'm looking at it on a computer monitor. The lab sent me a Quicktime Mov file by email Thank you for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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