neil ferguson

Hi Dominic, So right you are! , but the "show must go on" and sometimes everybody is cagey with the info they impart, in case they implicate their employer..... It wasn't the first time, and probably not the last time that the answer won't be found....... But I would back your theory too! thanks again!

Hello Thank you guys for the response!, After the camera crew shot a " rough handling" test and reported that the results were similar to the " problem" they, ( and the lab ) have reviewed their procedures and along with the production insisting they change camera bodies, the problem has dissappeared. whether the camera bodies switch has given a convenient out for someone else ,no one involved is stepping forward ! Cheers!

Thanks for the response! Yes, Chance, the loader is one constant and I have already advised them to review their procedures, although its happening at just one spot ( usually) thats a little weird! the crew is going to do a rough handling test to see if it is related. And Yes, Andy, I've seen some weird stuff with srs, but all the lights in a sr are red to my knowledge, please correct me if i"m wrong, but this fogging seems to be a white light. Cheers!

Hello Gentlefolks! I am a technician at a small rental house and we have been experiencing a strange problem with a shoot we are servicing. I am hoping someone has seen something similar and arrived at an explanation. The show has been shooting with a pair of sr3s in super 16 using 3 of the new vision2 stocks. On approx. 30% of the rolls, shots they have a fog in one frame or sometimes a slightly less dense "ghost" of the same fog in the frame next to it during the last take of the roll. it is always in the last 20 feet of the roll ( ie. 7 feet left or 11 feet ) it usually occurs once per roll, but it has happened that there was two. The fogging is a plus density that travels through the frame horizontally from edge to edge of the film and covers approx 40% of the image, it is slightly more dense at perf side and is soft at the edges. along with this there is 6 or 7 perfs along the edge ( behind ) that have the fogging along side the outside of each perf ( like a shadow of the perf) the light appears neutral suggesting white light, but the lab has informed me that in some of the manifestations there is a magenta hue. It has usually been on 400' rolls but apparently on a couple of instances the roll was cut part way through and the fogging was there too ( again in the last 20'!) the problem happens during a take and there is no other problem with the image, ie no focus change/exposure etc. this has occured on both cameras and multiple mags and on three stocks and two different labs. We are awaiting results of analysis of the neg from kodak, rochester but in the meantime there is more than a few people pulling there hair out! If anybody has seen anything like this.......help! Thanks!! :huh: :(