Linda Kallerus

Well, I was the one originally posting the porblem and I figured it out. It was a transfer issue after all. Just like I thought. At Paclab they transfer by projecting the film and taping the projection. So if their projector is bad the transfer will be bad. I had it retransfered at Duall and it was steady. AND it looks great. Also their projector only runs 22fps. Duall's as well. Any ideas on a good and cheap transfer place that does a super 8 24fps transfer? Our movie is called Buster, check out the progress at busterfilm.com.

We ran 11 cartridges thr the camera. The problem is very inconsistent. It seems worse when the sync is playing but is there without it aswell. I called the film group and of course they told me they never have any problems with it. Found out about taking up the loop today which I will certainly do. We're shooting kodak tri-x and plus-x and we got it from kodak. Batteries are a good point I was going to make a point of putting a fresh 9 volt in the sync box every day but will do the same with the camera even if my levels look good. Does anyone think this could be a transfer issue? Pac lab wouldn't let me look at the footage projected but they said it was there aswell as in the transfer. they also thought it was operator error which is not the case, it's there in static mounted shots and handheld. Thinking about creating a small wedge under the cartridge. Thanks for all the feedback!

Starting a feature soon with the Canon 814XL-S and we did a test day this week to check our crystal sync and other things. The crystal sync box we are using comes from the Film Group. We had the footage transferred to mini DV and DVD and everything looks HOT except for this weird vertical shift that keeps happening. It looks like a classic registration issue and first I thought it was the transfer but apparently it's there in the projection aswell. The image basically "bounces" up and down. A friend told me that you can get a pressure plate for this camera, but I would have to have it shipped from Europe (I'm in NYC) and wouldn't get it in time for shooting. Is this a problem known to anyone else? I would love any feedback I can get!