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John Rizzo

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  1. Hello all

     

    I have a POE Switar Lens and the aperture is not working properly. I reached out to PROCAM Dieter Schaefer in Arizona who I know can fix this but he is (temporarily closed) hopefully.

    Does anyone know who else can fix this?

     

    regards

     

     

     

  2. Films shot in Negative would have to be timed on a Hazeltine to get to the first answer print, once the first answer print was done lab timer would use CC filters on a lite box,then enter the new RGB values (either write them down or enter them into a computer) so a new timing tape would be made to feed the printing machine for the corrected print.

    For Film shot in Reversal Film the lab timers most lab timers viewed the cut reversal on a lite box and time by eye to make the changes.  

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  3. Hello Richard

    Tommy from color lab is your best bet as he wrote new software to run the electronic light valves..

     

    you can also reach out to Jonathan Banks as his previous company owned BHP and still has many parts and his warehouse. 

     jbanks@mmtfilm.com 

     

    and you can also try Janice Allen from cinema arts, she purchased tons of spare parts at the RTI/BHP Auction.

    msjallen@gmail.com 

     

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  4. The whole ORWO story has been very shady since the new owner took over. In the past ORWO made great BW Films for motion Picture use they made 2 different Camera Negative Films,  2 different Intermediate Films, Sound track recording films and positive films for release prints all of these films were available in 16 and 35mm formats  and reasonably priced. 

      Attached is their 2020 price and product sheet 

    So what the word is from reliable sources, is that the new owner fired all of the ORWO technicians who worked and knew how to make these fine b/w film stocks so none of the stock on the pdf I attached here are no longer available. So now their only focus is on some Color negative film that is designed for stills and to be processed in C41 Bath. This Film has no REMJET backing which is important if it is going to be used as a motion picture film  so why would any producer risk shooting a feature on this film? 

    2020 ORWO Price Sheet - Sheet1.pdf

  5. I would say this is more of a scanner issue than a camera issue.

    What brand film scanner was used to scan this film? We call this sprocket flare and I have seen this happen on different scanners. Did you shoot this footage in 35mm academy aperture? If you did that is why you see the sprocket flare  mostly on the right side because the picture is exposed right up to the right edge of the film (next to the sprockets) on left side (if you shot in academy aperture) there would be unexposed space between the left side sprockets and the picture (sound track area for 35mm) that is why  they don't show up on the left side.

    Also if you used expired stock and it has some built in base fog that makes the base darker than  normal, the darker the base is, it will make the scanner light source reflect and make the sprocket flare more pronounced.   

     

     

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  6. Not sure if anyone heard about this yet,

     

    Columbia Collage in Chicago which is one on the top schools for Motion Picture Film Courses is phasing out film and going totally digital, not only that but word from the camera cage is hat all of the film camera s are to be junked.

    here is a excellent podcast from last week in response to this:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gOGQeCkS7U&fbclid=IwAR3qm-JYQhsLr-5ry3e2bq3K6-HDi5JtLS9sXfwpPgmceR88ddElWVrKCQg  

     

  7. Lasergraphics is already testing this new 6.5k sensor in the scanstation and are expected to have one up and running at IBC next month.

    in the meantime in our scan station we got rid of the5k sensor (due to high noise levels) and replaced it with the Flir 4k sensor (which is a Sony Pregius and delivers far superior images over the 5k sensor. We will be upgrading to the 6k as soon as it is available.

     

    Lasergraphics also plans to put the mono chrome version of the 6.2 k camera in the Director as soon as it become available.  

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