Ole Henrik Bach Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hey. I've recently shot my first 16mm film, and to our greatest luck, there's a nice big blue artifact in one of the rolls. html5 video http://gfycat.com/ElatedBountifulCowrie better quality stills https://www.dropbox.com/s/ze40zp4554ysb90/artifact_1.1.2.jpg?dl=0 There is actually information under the blue artifact (If you cannot tell by the low quality animation) which makes me wonder how this could happen? (And who's head should roll?)As this is a film school project, I don't have any contact with the lab myself, but they told the teachers it was because the camera wasn't clean. Anybody have any clue or experienced this before? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk DeJonghe Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 It looks like an emulsion scratch (the top layer is the blue layer). Could be the loop in the camera being way too large, or a problem in a processing machine (only if sprocket drive). Did you hear any unusual noise during the shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny N Suleimanagich Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Looks like a scratch to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted November 17, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted November 17, 2014 It looks like an emulsion scratch (the top layer is the blue layer). Could be the loop in the camera being way too large, or a problem in a processing machine (only if sprocket drive). Did you hear any unusual noise during the shoot? And what camera was being used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 It could also have been done during processing... but definitely looks like a scratch. About the only thing in a camera that could cause it is a just barely too big but not way too big loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole Henrik Bach Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks for all your answers. We had a decent blimp on the camera, an Arri sr3, so we didn't hear anything funky from the camera. Though the previous roll jammed at 97 meters. There were 6 other groups before ours and one group after without any problems, so I don't think it's the camera. A too long loop is also what I might think could've happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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