wonderful, thank you all for the advice! On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 3:37 PM Sean Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>> >> -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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