Thanks all, that certainly gives me plenty to think about. I don't know where to find an optical printer. My primary motivation for doing blow-ups is the fact that super-8 reversal is getting harder to find, and I'd like to find a way to avoid shipping negatives to Andec in Germany to have prints made, as they seem to be the only lab that will make super 8 prints at all.
-JH On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Roger Wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jarrett, > > I have completed numerous Super 8mm to 16mm blow ups using a JK printer in > the past and have had great results. The main thing to take into > consideration is the quality of the Super 8mm footage. Is it recently shot > and processed film or is it older stock that has been sitting around for > some time. You tend to have more problems with registration with shrunken > Super 8mm. With older film I find you get better results if you do not rely > on the digital sequencer to advance the film through the projector and to > advance it yourself, a frame at a time. Its a longer process but the > results are more pleasing. Having a good Super 8mm gate for the JK printer > is also a priority. Its not hard to do this yourself but finding system to > use may be tough. Do you have any film co-ops or film societies in your > area, they may have one or know of where to access one. If you manage to > do it yourself give me a shout and I can give you some info on completing > tests prior to shooting the final blow up, you will need to complete a few > exposure tests, etc. prior to filming. > > Good luck! Stay on film! > > Roger D. Wilson > Film Scientist > 613 324 - 7504 > [email protected] > http://www.rogerdwilson.ca > > Without failure you can never achieve success. I have based my process and > my career as an experimental film artist on this statement; and I welcome > it as it pushes me forward as an artist to try something different, > something new. > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 21:58:57 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Frameworks] super-8 to 16mm blow ups? > > > Hello all, > > Does anyone know if Colorlab in Maryland still does blow-ups from super-8 > to 16mm? Their new website layout seems to omit this information, whereas I > remember reading as much on the old site. If not, are there any labs in the > US that will do 8 to 16 blow-ups? > > Thanks, > > -J. Hayman > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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