Alexander Boyd Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hi everyone, I recently had a Spirit 2K Telecine done of 400ft of S16mm. Oddly enough, about a quarter of the image is quite unsharp to the degree that there‘s a noticeable difference between a person standing in said area, and another person who‘s not. Both people are standing along the same plane, eg. they both should be sharp. I‘m wondering what might have caused said unsharpness. The film maybe not being completely flat while being scanned? The camera not pulling the film through evenly? We shot on an Aaton XTR, and I think we would have noticed if the film wasn‘t going through smoothly. The lens possibly being dirty/smeared on? I‘ll upload a still shortly, and obviously will also double-check with the lab. Just thought maybe some of you have an idea/experiences. thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 29, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted March 29, 2020 Try a different machine first. The Spirit auto calibrates, so it should be fine. I'd love to see the scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted March 30, 2020 Site Sponsor Share Posted March 30, 2020 It is pretty difficult to mess up threading the Spirit-2K/4K film path but it can be done. Could be that the pressure mechanism in the gate was gummed up or not seated right. Send the negative back for a rescan or check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Mosness Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I've had this happen before. About 20% was blurred on the right. It was on a Spirit 2K. They did another pass and it was fine. I don't remember what the issue was but it was resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ericson Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Can you post some frames? I recently had a piece scanned with the Spirit 4K. I think 50d looks great, but the 250d and 500t didn't look quite as good as the Scan Station in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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