Yes, but just to be clear I was talking adjusting shutter speed, not fps, on the camera, to eliminate flicker.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 9:20 PM Dave Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There are probably very few projectors that run at 24fps or 18fps even. > > Actually 16mm projectors are pretty tight at 24fps. I did lots of 100’ > roll transfers with a standard Pageant into a Canon XH-A1, and never had to > fiddle with the A1’s “Clear Scan” setting. After all, old-school telecine > projectors were only different from standard models by virtue of the > 5-blade shutter, and they ran steady enough to work with NTSC cameras that > had no fine tune adjustments whatsoever. > > My point is that a camera that has a setting for 24fps, but doesn’t have > any fine tune option, MIGHT work OK with a projector running at 24fps… > especially if it’s a fairly short tranfer run… Or it might not work. I just > wouldn’t run out and try acquire a camera with a fine tune adjustment > without testing some less expensive alternative that might be closer at > hand… > > As I noted, I’d be more worried that the S8 projector wouldn’t run steady > enough. That was the issue when I tried some S8 with a little Chinon > projector I had with a variable speed knob. I thought I’d be able to adjust > the projector speed to sync with the video, but I couldn’t get it to sit on > the sweet aspot, and even if I got close, it drifted in both directions. I > figured a more hefty projector designed for sounfd film would probably not > drift so much, at least, but i never had occasion to try that out. > > I’m guessing that for most folks a DIY transfer is only practical if you > can do it with available gear, and not if you have to go out and buy a > different projector and different video camera… > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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