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.
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