Hey folks
I've been running into some problems getting a spliced super 8 film
transferred; the frameline fluctuates wildly after the splices (in one case
shifting upwards for the duration of the shot) - has anyone else encountered
this? Any tips?
cheers all round
Moira
moiratierney.net
Moira:
Super-8 framelines vary a lot, and splices will jump because they are never
perfect.
The best and simplest way to deal with this is to scan more than the frame
itself -- to overscan the image enough that any jump doesn't cause you to lose
any of the image.
Then it's a simple matter to
Was this a film chain transfer or was it done on a scanner?
--scott
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Hi Moira,
We have been doing film-chain and then FlashscanHD scanning of R8 and S8
for many years. When we are up against tightly spliced super-8 with
presstape splices - that is the only time I wish we were still doing chain
transfers!
The image quality is so much better with the FlashscanHD, but
