The Fuji Velvia looks quite nice as Super 8. If you want to see what it looks like, watch some of Paul Clipson's films. I am pretty sure he said that Another Void was mostly shot on Velvia... I've personally shot very little of it on Super 8 but shoot a good deal of Velvia for 35mm slides...
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Buck Bito - Movette <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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