The Canon does an equally good job with lower projected framerates as well. Something about that 24F mode.
On Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 12:32 PM Sean Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > As mentioned above, the Canon XH-A1 set in 24f mode does excellent shot > off screen transfers. One thing I found was that I got better overall > contrast with some low ambient light near the screen. Total darkness in the > room caused whites to be blown out. If you go to YouTube and search > McDonald's Setmakers 1972 that's one I did with a Pageant and the Canon in > my living room. (Yes it's a Kodachrome print hence the nice color). > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 12:10 PM Dave Tetzlaff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jimmy: >> >> Rather than filming off a wall, you might have better luck projecting >> onto a bright white piece of foam core mounting board, either the typical >> full sheet size (20x30) or half that (15x20). The smaller image will be >> much brighter, reducing any effects of the "screen" or ambient light spill, >> and if you have something to hold it in position separate from the table >> holding the projector you cam adjust the whole projector/screen/camera >> relationships for the most pleasing results. I used to do this with 16mm >> footage shot by my students with a setup in my basement, where I could >> create total darkness. The closest you can get to that helps, of course. >> Anyway, the results I got were surprisingly good, though at the time I was >> using a 5-blade projector and an NTSC (SD) camcorder. Later, I created an >> HD version, using a standard Pageant projector and a Canon XH-A1 camcorder. >> The results of that were clean enough to submit successfully to film >> festivals. >> >> The NLE we were using during this period was the pre-X version of FCP, >> and I always found its speed change results just fine. I don't know how >> well current softwares do this, but you might check other web forums to >> find one that both does well and you have access to. >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> >
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