David Cunningham

Thanks Jose! Again, means a lot coming from you!

That's Vision3 500T 7219 and just a simple on camera LED light.

Thanks Tyler, It's a great outlet for me to shoot super 8 without bankrupting myself on boring home movies or short films. LOL. In fact, the revenue helps me pay for my own habit... I mean hobby. :) I think the best part of wedding films is it's rewarding. Brides and grooms are almost always happy with the results and it just such a positive experience almost all the time. It's far better than daily corporate life. And no doubt... the retro thing these days helps my sales. I compare it to wrist watches. People my age and older hate wrist watches for the most part because they had them growing up and were so happy to discard them for the iPhone. Todays 20 somethings didn't have watches as necessities. So, they are cool, retro and stylish now. :) The same is true with Super 8. You cannot believe how many parents of the bride or groom have said "why the hell would you want to do that? Super 8 was horrible and we only used it because that's all we had or could afford." LOL But the kids think it's cool because they never dealt with the stress of "did that come out" or "why is that out of focus" or "why is that scene blown out!?" :) Ha! One roll!? Of course not. Looks clean though doesn't it? The power of deception. LOL. What I did have was a quick jam during rings. I quickly removed and reseated the cartridge and got back to business then edited in some nice clips to smooth it out. :) It really is a lot of fun while also stressful because I always want to get it perfect for them. They only get this experience once. Even in divorce and remarriage it's never the same. Dave

Hello. Is the sr16 regular, ultra or super 16mm?

Great work Jose! On a related note. Here is my latest Super 8 wedding film. This was a 5K scan down sampled to 2K on the ScanStation at Gamma Ray Video. All the outdoor stuff is 7203 50D. The outdoor light was shifting all over, thus the occasional funky colors. Be sure to hit the HD button and select 2K for optimum film grain reproduction.

Hello All, I am currently using the old and now unsupported/developed Adobe Encore from Create Cloud CS6 for Blu-Ray creation for wedding films. I am looking to replace this. I need the best solution for a MAC that also includes a good variety of menus and art. I am canceling my CC subscription and just going with Final Cut Pro X for my editing, but need a Blu-Ray creation solution. Thanks for your time! Dave

1 stop is disastrous? Seems a bit extreme. One stop under would be perfect but very hard to get good detail out of in a scan. If there was a multiflash HDR system out there that did Super 8, that could be fixed. But, unfortunately there isn't that I am ware of. Only 16mm and larger. Even correctly exposed Velvia 50D is very hard to get all the shadow detail out of on any scanner I know of.

So it will either read at 25 or 100 daylight, neither of which would be bad. It uses the little tabs system of reading the cartridge notch. Since the notch is either 40 or 64 I believe it will not be wide enough to read as 100 so it will likely read as 25. You will over expose by a stop which isn't all that bad. Your image will be less vibrant and highlights slightly washed out but it will be easier to scan than slightly under exposing. When I have Velvia I plan to project I like to be spot on or under to get that nice colorful and contrasty image. But when I have to scan, being slightly over and washed out which can be corrected in post makes it easier to scan all the detail. Does that help? Dave

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For weddings a camera failure can mean missed moments of a lifetime. If one camera fails I cannot say "hold on, camera issue, ok... Now do that again". I of course carry spares but a badly timed failure would be bad.

I am certainly going to go see it when it comes to Boston... In their case, they might generate more interest with this whole 35mm release thing than a general release as it has no big name actors and they likely don't have the publicity machine of a major studio to get the word out to come see the movie. We will never know for sure though.

They do open them all up... how much servicing they actually do though is the next question. The buy them up and broken ones they either set aside or mine for parts. This is true for all their refurbbed cameras. Do they completely disassemble and put all the cameras back together, likely not. But, that's probably not necessary either. I would imagine they open them all up, look for obvious gear wear, lube them, look for loose wires, corrosion and/or fungus. Then they button them back up, film test them and sell them. I have a Pro814 that I love. It's a work horse. I used it for a few years and the motor got week so I got jamming and flickering. I sent it back to them and for a pretty hefty fee they replaced the motor. But, since then it's been a work horse again. It's nice to know I have a generally dependable camera that if I do have an issue with they will be able to fix. If you're just shooting home movies, that's not all that important. Just buy something on eBay and if it breaks after time, throw it away and get the next one. For myself, I need dependability out in the field for weddings and other events. I tried the eBay camera for a while at the beginning and it caused me all types of headaches and panic attacks. When the new Kodak camera comes out, I will likely buy one and make it my new wedding camera again anticipating that it will be dependable at least for the first few years... although the Pro814 will still come with me as a backup.

Primarily, I am looking for a body (preferably Super16 but not required) as a backup for my primary camera. I also need 400ft mags, preferably the French version and again preferably Super16, but not a requirement. I am in the great Boston, MA area and prefer no international transactions right now. Thanks for any responses or offers! Dave

Pro8mm doesn't modify these cameras to Max8 anymore as they had to many issues and they couldn't do it properly. They were never able to recenter the optics or reframe the viewfinder like they do with the other cameras they modify. It was always just a widened gate and nothing more. They stopped doing it all together a few years ago. As much as I wish these old cameras could run forever, parts availability and knowledge of their assembly are major issues. In fact, once Pro8mm is gone (some day) who is there out there that can completely dissemble and put back together all the major Canons like this 814, the 1014, the XL-s models and the 514 (their Rhonda Cam). Having nice new hardware with renewable parts will be a godsend.

HAHA! Why did you get Rob, quick and cheap daillies? Ever seen how those old Spirit's deal with any frame instability or film warpage/imperfections? Crazy artifacts and warping. They were great for their time, and are/can be fast. But there are just so many draw backs to those old line sensors. Ooooh... upgrades! :) What is your current flat scan Super 16 rate in 5K sampled out to 4K Prores 4444? Dave

Where did you hear that The Force Awakens was DI'd in 2K? I heard 4K.

Pro8mm modified Pro814 Canon 814 AZ.

I know you asked for what is different... but most importantly... what is the same is they are both very old. Try the Director at MetroPost in NYC or the Xena at Cinelab. Both are excellent machines that can do HDR (multiflash) using a monochrome sensor and 3 separate flashes for each color. The results are far better.

And 35mm prints made from a 4K digital master will retain all that detail since they are a direct latter 4K print from the master. Well... The inter negative is anyhow. A 35mm print of a 4K master digital movie should look significantly "better" than a 2K digital projection, especially up close.

Are you suggesting that either (or both) 35mm camera negative or 35mm print film are only 2K of information? If so, I would very very very much beg to differ. Even most not on the film origination/projection bandwagon will give 35mm film at least 3K, but most at or near 4K. In camera negative, there begins to be noise in the form of film grain that may distract from the image resolution or quality... But surely it resolves more lines than 2K. Print films are even better as the grain is super-super fine and the film super-super low speed. If you take a 4K noise-free digital source and correctly print it to 35mm print film you will not loose any information and likely will add very little if any "noise" from grain structure.

Agreed with perry

Time for the 3D printer perry?

Ditto