Charles Doran

I don't understand why this is your "goal." Are you trying to prove a point to Doug at Spectra to keep selling it without a "package" deal? It would not seem to make sense to offer to sell the Velvia with a "telecine-only" type of package unless, of course, the majority of the Spectra clients are commercial filmmakers in the area who need a quick transfer...From the times I was there they seemed to do a big mailorder business with folks all over the country, if not the world.

Sounds fantastic. When might subscribers expect their copies, Chris?

Pray tell, what were the names of these prestigious events?

I had the exact same problem! I never bothered to get it fixed since it wasn't that big a deal but it's weird that so many people have dealt with the same issue.

Where is your comparison? I'd love to see it. Here is one I did a few weeks ago -- QT file with side-by-side links of velvia and E100d: http://www.westsiderfilm.com/clips2.html Personally I love the Velvia...but the E100D is nothing to be upset over...

Sure! I sure could have used some PAs on our first day of filming. We had a crew of five - director, DP, slate, makeup, gaffer...I was ready to collapse after 12 hours... No - I think I just told the colorist to keep the saturation up and not tone it down. He offered to but I liked the look. Not a bad idea. I've heard some people say that they are happy just using a DV cam and capturing the footage off a white piece of paper but for this film I don't know what I would have done without a real colorist using a Da Vinci color corrector and telecine. Since I wanted to create a certain "look" for the two different locales (L.A.'s "westside" vs. the San Fernando Valley) I needed to sit down with the colorist and explain what I wanted and go over the options. It wasn't cheap by any means but for this project it was essential.

I've posted a short comparison of Velvia and E100D side-by-side. Also some more unedited clips from my film: http://www.westsiderfilm.com/clips2.html Plus on my previous clips page I added some 500T nighttime footage. http://www.westsiderfilm.com/clips.html Enjoy...I tried to make the files shorter so they won't take forever to download...

Spectra in North Hollywood can do it. Spectrafilmandvideo.com I was in the exact same position as you -- bought a camera off of e-bay and a roll came with it. Images looked ok for such a crappy film stock.

Yeah, that's kind of weird. I've seen that with some Kodachrome stuff but not the 200T.

Hey Tony, that looks really good. Great colors. Reminds me of my brother's hood on NE 19th Ave.... I found out that John Schwind is still selling some of the E100D so I ordered a roll...it's supposed to be sunny in LA this weekend and I still have some Velvia left. Might do some side-by-side comparisons...

It really is a fantastic stock. I shot some 100D (on a Canon 814 AZ) I purchased from John Schwind. I'm sure it doesn't have the stability of Tony's DS8 but here is a page with clips from a transfer I did at Spectra: http://www.westsiderfilm.com/clips.html

I hardly ever post here (mainly on filmshooting.com where he caused more disruptions) but I gotta say one thing -- if Santo's filmmaking skills were on par with his claims, he would be a genius and not have to bother anyone on these forums. He submitted a short film to me a couple of years ago to this screening I was putting on in Echo Park. I can't recall the name of the film but I still have it. Something about the niece of the devil being killed and the Devil seeking revenge. It was so bad I couldn't put it in the screening. An unholy mix of mini-DV and Super-8. Completely incoherent trash, badly shot, poorly lit and horribly acted. A disaster. Maybe he's improved since then, who knows?

Hi David, thanks... I was at the telecine session and they didn't do a lot of tweaking...had to de-saturate a bit to keep the colors from popping out too much (esp. the reds). Yeah, on the other forum I usually post at (filmshooting.com) someone else mentioned part of the Velvia looking like DV -- I think the jogging on San Vicente Bl. bit. The sun was just at a perfect angle then -- just the best filming conditions imaginable.

I've got QT files of the Velvia 50 on my website: westsiderfilm.com/ I'll have 64T (Kodak & Fuji) clips within the next few days as well as other stocks.