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16mm Spirit 2K Telecine - Part of image unsharp


Alexander Boyd

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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!

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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.

 

 

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