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    WTB jk optical printer

    in Cine Marketplace

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    Thanks so much Webster! 

    We've found a great home for his old JK at Stanford Documentary Film. The students will put it to good use and it will eventually live with our last Steenbeck in the basement of the Art Gallery Building (pictured right). 

    Thanks for all your help with the setup and operation, we'll kit it out with some upgrades and post later this summer. 

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    Thoughts on Max 8mm Format?

    in Super-8

    Posted

    +1 to Perry's Post above

     

    As someone who has used a few max 8 cams with anamorphic adaptors you are better off shooting super 16 and doing some kind of extreme cropping if you really want a 2.4 ratio or shoot 16 anamorphic. I'd say only got like 50% of my footage actually came out sharp using anamorphic adaptors, they are tough to use on a small camera and on lenses that don't really want restrictions that an adaptor would work best with.

     

    Plus sound is going to kill you, I've had used a 1014XL, 4008, and even the new Logmar is almost too loud without a barney to capture sound.

     

    And the price difference isn't really that much different to save a couple hundred on an important project like this.

    2-perf Super8 Anamorphic

    in Super-8

    Posted

    Sounds cool Lasse,

     

    I'd be interested but probably shy away from using it in a real project unless we could use some 200ft mags with it. I know you guys had mentioned the Logmar S-8 is adaptable to an unreleased larger magazine as well. Would be nice to have something available that works with both.

     

    What kind of glass are you thinking? There isn't a whole lot of anamorphic options for c-mount that I've seen other than adaptors. Also, would using 2 perf of the super 8 frame and then an anamorphic adaptor kind of defeat itself for wide screen? You would be un-squeezing a pretty tall image back into a more standard ratio? Maybe I'm not really understanding what you mean.

     

    Otherwise you guys have my interest if accessories can be interchangeable.

    Logmar, Nikon R10, Leicina Special owners in the NY area?

    in Super-8

    Posted

    @looper. Then didn't the eBay seller get his beta-camera at half price? He will thus be making a profit of $2500 should he manage to sell.

    And can he sell it while the program is still on? It seems past ethics to me and must be past contract rules too.

     

    Nope, all in all I'm about $4300 with lens(es) & Collimation fees so it's at an optimistic $4500 because of ebay/paypal fees. Honestly I've considered some lower offers on it though. Both Pro8 & Logmar know that I'm selling it and even gave them a heads up, not breaking any contract rules.

     

    tl:dr - ebay seller isn't making a profit, everyone is cool with it.

    Selling Retro8 Scanner

    in Super-8

    Posted · Edited by Joel Rakowski

    I also am trying to sell my Retro 8 Scanner 1st gen 2fps unit. Still works great, My software key will be included in the sale.

     

    Thought I'd post here before I listed on Ebay.

     

    Seems like moviestuff has taken most info down about these except for http://www.moviestuff.tv/about_retro_units.html

    footage scanned with the scanner for sale ->

     

    PM me if you are interested...

     

    Also going to be listing my Logmar Camera package with a Rainbow f/1.0 8-48mm zoom ->

     

     

    Hit me up about that before I get around to putting it up on ebay.

    Best Super 8 footage you have ever seen (I bet)

    in Super-8

    Posted · Edited by Joel Rakowski

    Here's some 500T I shot with my Logmar trying only to use available light and a Rainbow f1.0 Lens.

     

     

    I was getting anywhere from 5-20fc and let the Lab (Gamma Ray) do a best light 2K. Was using a monopod for about half of it so most of the shaking is from that on a few shots.

    Any Logmar News?

    in Super-8

    Posted

    Hey Anthony,

     

    I'm in the US Beta through Pro8mm and this was sent last week;

     

    We are very excited that your new LOGMAR Camera will be shipped to us shortly! The design team is finishing assembly, and each camera is going to be tested prior to shipment. We expect to get the test footage here no later than Jan 19th. If the footage is acceptable to us, the cameras will have passed the test and will be shipped to Pro8mm.

     

    I'm not sure on Euro dudes but most of us in US are getting a lens collimation with those nice Angenieux zooms that came with nicer Beaulieus (although I've got a bunch of old Bolex C Mount primes I'm gonna test too). Hopefully that won't take too long at pro8mm for them to test everything again and ship. Optimistically in hands date to me in Michigan would be first week of February if everything goes according to plan at the Logmar HQ.

    Issues with Camera Power

    in Super-8

    Posted

    Sometimes after I clean a battery compartment I spin the batteries around inside the holder hoping it might catch a connection...could just be good luck but I've had two come back to life just by doing that and pressing the trigger in between.

     

    If it leaked deeper like Josh said, it probably won't come back for you.

     

    good luck

    Stabilize Jumps?

    in Super-8

    Posted

    I love the Warp Stabilizer. The most natural effect I have found through experimentation, is to set the effect to 1%, choose Smooth Motion and select position, scale and rotation. This seems to leave all actual movement of the camera behind, while removing all the film jitter and weave. It also removes subtle lens breathing when focusing.

     

    It does have problems with scenes like big face closeups where someone turns their head, causing the entire frame to shift too much. Then the manual Motion Tracker needs to be used. I wish you could use something like a lasso tool to select one or more "anchors" in the frame and still use the automated WS effect.

     

    I pretty much do this but only let it scale and turn on max scale to like 105% or around there. Depends on the shot though, sometimes I get it trying to track the motion of people instead of just stabilizing the frame. I've found that cutting the length down for clips increases the success rate, i.e. don't take a 10 minute single clip and try to stabilize it, cut it down into shots and apply the effect individually.

     

    I recently watched a friend of mine do some stabilization in Resolve and it looked so simple to put exact points to stabilize and eliminate false points of motion you don't want it tracked to. I really keep meaning to do a tutorial or something of the like just pertaining to super 8 jitter.

     

    Looks like you are on the right track though

    Dual Eyepiece for Beaulieu 4008?

    in Super-8

    Posted

    Hey all,

     

    So I contacted Pro8mm about the picture below featuring a dual eyepiece from a 4008. They said it was a custom customer accessory and they didn't have or know how to find these. Anyone out there know where to get one of these things?

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    Best Super 8 processor/scanner

    in Super-8

    Posted

    Please Explain? I was considering going with them for my feature, and Robert posts here, so please inform us of what went wrong.

     

    It's not that they are bad, just VFS and (hopefully) Gamma Ray are a better quality for about the same (or lesser) price. They also have transfer costs that neither of the previous do, so for small runs it adds a chunk. Honestly I haven't tried their 2K scans but I've gotten things back from them and sent elsewhere and was much happier with the image. I still love Cinelab for processing but their turnaround compared to VFS (3 days) & GR (1 day) is always a variable.

     

    This is just personal experience, poster asked for the highest quality so I told the truth from my perspective.

     

    TLDR - Cinelab isn't bad, they just aren't the best

    Logmar S8 photo's

    in Super-8

    Posted

    Looking good Lasse! Can't wait

     

     

    I mentioned this in another thread but does anyone know if this camera will be deliverable by Summer? (Around June or July?)

     

    I emailed them a while ago hoping to get one by late July and they said probably not. Doesn't mean it couldn't happen, they just aren't promising these will be ready for those mid summer shoots.

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