Hi Marco, I've never been happy with Super-8 neg. and the loss of Ekta 100D spells the end of color Super-8 for me. Even on the most serious Super-8 scanner I know of in the U.S. at Cinelicious I see what you are complaining about when it comes to the skies and other areas that should be 'fluid'. I love reversal grain in 8 and Super-8, but the grain from Vision when blown up from Super-8 looks mostly like dust or sensor/video noise to me. Here is a piece on Vimeo that was scanned at Cinelicious using Vision3 200T and 500T and the skies in particular look terrible to me... http://vimeo.com/55509028
Perhaps Vision3 50D 5203 would be worth a try... To my knowledge I haven't had any clients bring us this stock on Super-8 yet and it is supposed to be the finest grain for Vision3. http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Products/Production/Color_Negative_Films/5203.htm R.I.P. Ekta 100D... Here's a search return from Vimeo for Super-8 100D that looks a lot better in the skies although I've seen even much nicer 100D footage: http://vimeo.com/4530359 -Sorry I don't have better solutions for you, but I'll wish you good luck with your project! --Sincerely, ---Buck Bito Lawrence "Buck" Bito Movette Film Transfer *NEW LOCATION* 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Wed, May 22, 2013 10:38 am, Marco Poloni wrote: > Dear Frameworkers, > > I have a question about film stock for Super-8mm. > > I am back from a scouting trip for a 16mm film project. I did all the > location filming in Super-8mm because I wanted to use the material in > the film as well. I worked with my Leicina Special with a Schneider > Optivaron 6-66mm zoom, which had just been revised, and with Kodak > Vision 3 200T and 500T, a stock that I well know and love when used in > 16mm. The material was scanned in AppleProRes422 on an Ursa Diamond in > a laboratory in Turin, Italy: Nova Rolfilm. People who were > recommended to me and do very good work. > > The result is very disappointing. The footage is super grainy, looking > kind of OK when I'm filming objects but terrible on skies: exploded, > saturated, not fluid. I know the problem is neither the camera nor the > lens. I have shot excellent b&w footage with this camera. > > <...SNIP...> > > Best, > Marco > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
