martin dimitrov

Thank you Bernhard the films were transferred on equipment that does a "frame-by-frame" transfer so all the issues about synchronization and different frame rates are avoided automatically If I transfer the AVI files onto a DV tape and play it on my TV, it looks the same way What tools can I use to reveal how these AVIs were created? Any ideas on how I can perform the pull-down myself (I have the original AVIs) Thanks much

To all cinematographic gurus out there, I would appreciate some guidance is there a way that a regular 8mm film shot at 16 fps can NOT look choppy when transferred to DV, NTSC 29.97 fps? I have already read a few posts on this forum where folks inquire about the "smoothness" of a video when an 8mm film is transferred into NTSC 29.97 fps. The responses as I read them are favourable but I guess this is a matter of perception. I recently had regular 8mm films from 1980 transferred to DV and when I play them on a computer, they seem choppy to me I can describe one of the symptoms like this: There is the inevitable slight shaking when the camera is held by hand. When I preview these video files on a computer, that shaking seems like is doubled when compared to the films as projected on the wall and is very annoying. Is this a result of the process known as "pull down" and is there more than one way to perform the pull down i.e. one way would result in a choppy picture whereas another way would be smoother Thanks much Martin

To all cinematographic gurus out there, I would appreciate some guidance is there a way that a regular 8mm film shot at 16 fps can NOT look choppy when transferred to DV, NTSC 29.97 fps? I have already read a few posts on this forum where folks inquire about the "smoothness" of a video when an 8mm film is transferred into NTSC 29.97 fps. The responses as I read them are favourable but I guess this is a matter of perception. I recently had regular 8mm films from 1980 transferred to DV and when I play them on a computer, they seem choppy to me I can describe one of the symptoms like this: There is the inevitable slight shaking when the camera is held by hand. When I preview these video files on a computer, that shaking seems like is doubled when compared to the films as projected on the wall and is very annoying. Is this a result of the process known as "pull down" and is there more than one way to perform the pull down i.e. one way would result in a choppy picture whereas another way would be smoother Thanks much Martin