Re: [Frameworks] Converting digital video to VHS using Premiere or something else

2013-08-17 Thread Jeff Kreines
the mistakes, why not fix the mistakes rather than make it all look like mush? Of course if you want it all to look mushy, why work in HD in the first place? A generation of VHS will do many things, some of which you may like and others you may not. Choice of format is important. Jeff Kreines

Re: [Frameworks] New Uses for Steenbeck 901 Editing Table?

2013-08-13 Thread Jeff Kreines @ Kinetta
Beware that the Steenbeck may scratch your negative. Also Steenbecks (which I love, we have 3) are very hard on shrunken film given the long wrap around the picture sprocket. Use it to edit (newer) film. It's a terrible telecine! Jeff Kreines Kinetta j...@kinetta.com kinetta.com On Aug 13

Re: [Frameworks] Q for the list: digitize 16mm mag stock reels

2013-08-10 Thread Jeff Kreines
an encoder input. Jeff Kreines Kinetta j...@kinetta.com kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] Reversal as Negative Hand-Processing?

2013-08-01 Thread Jeff Kreines
and prevented colds if you hand-processed, or so I was told. Jeff Kreines Kinetta j...@kinetta.com kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] The $3, 000 open source multi-format 8/16/35 scanner project called Kinograph

2013-07-17 Thread Jeff Kreines
tracks -- very well. Plus, no added wow-and-flutter from analog reproduction. Kudos to the father of AEo-Sound, Greg Wilsbacher at the University of South Carolina, who scans a lot of 35mm newsreel negative with AEO-Light negative VD tracks on his Kinetta. Jeff Kreines Kinetta j...@kinetta.com

Re: [Frameworks] de-dusting scanned film footage

2013-05-26 Thread Jeff Kreines - Kinetta
luck! Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com On May 25, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Marco Poloni mar.pol...@gmail.com wrote: Dear frameworkers, I have another question. This one is specific to de-dusting scanned film footage (e.g. S-8mm) in a digital workflow (e.g. final cut pro

Re: [Frameworks] a question about negative film stock for s-8mm

2013-05-22 Thread Jeff Kreines - Kinetta
On May 22, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Buck Bito - Movette b...@movettefilm.com wrote: Even on the most serious Super-8 scanner I know of in the U.S. at Cinelicious I An old Spirit that only does interlace? Not so much. Ever hear of Kinetta? :-) ___

[Frameworks] Kinetta Scanning in NYC

2013-03-10 Thread Jeff Kreines
film! Hurry, it's the last few days. Email me at j...@kinetta.com. Info and sample images at kinetta.com. Any format from 8mm to 35mm. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https

[Frameworks] Kinetta Scanning in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Jeff Kreines
or positive or print, damaged or shrunken, no problem. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] Film Scanning in NYC

2013-03-02 Thread Jeff Kreines
/New Directors festival at the end of March. Thank you Owen for your kind offer of a place to scan. So of you have film of any format and want the highest quality digital files, email me at j...@kinetta.com. And if you are in Paris or San Francisco, there are Kinettas there, too. Jeff Kreines

Re: [Frameworks] Film Scanning in NYC

2013-03-02 Thread Jeff Kreines
The Kinetta in SF is at Movette Film Transfer (formerly VTC) run by Buck Bito and Jennifer Miko. They recently moved to a new location in the Mission. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com On Mar 2, 2013, at 5:57 PM, eric stewart e.l.j.stew...@gmail.com wrote: Where

[Frameworks] Film Scanning in NYC

2013-02-27 Thread Jeff Kreines
). Kinetta's Hypergamma technology makes it possible to scan the most contrasty prints or reversal original without sacrificing highlights or shadow detail. Special rates for Frameworks subscribers. Email me offlist at j...@kinetta.com if you have any questions. Best, Jeff Jeff Kreines

Re: [Frameworks] Film Scanning in Boston

2013-02-27 Thread Jeff Kreines
I should mention I am still in Boston doing some scans, and could do others early next week if anyone is interested. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Jeff Kreines jeffkrei...@mindspring.com wrote: I will be in NYC next week (and possibly beyond

Re: [Frameworks] historically informed experimental films

2013-02-23 Thread Jeff Kreines
Bruce Conner's Report Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com On Feb 23, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Shelly Silver silver...@earthlink.net wrote: small lies, Big Truth (the starr report) On Feb 23, 2013, at 12:19 PM, matt's frameworks address wrote: Hello Frameworkers, After

Re: [Frameworks] voyeurism / street photography in exp cinema

2013-01-27 Thread Jeff Kreines
On Jan 27, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Joel Wanek wrote: Chuck, Helen Levitt's still camera was nothing specially design to trick people. She used an eyepiece that is not unlike many of the optical viewfinders that folks attach to DSLRs today. But, it did allow her to point her body in a different

Re: [Frameworks] voyeurism / street photography in exp cinema

2013-01-27 Thread Jeff Kreines
Joel: These finders are different from the later right angle finders -- they usually were designed for Leica rangefinder cameras and were fixed in orientation, so you looked into the side of the camera. They didn't use the camera's finder. There was also a waist level finder called the

Re: [Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture

2012-12-14 Thread Jeff Kreines
Obvious, but two films made right before their directors ruined Hollywood filmmaking: Sugarland Express American Graffiti Of course Kustom Kar Kommandos, too. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks

Re: [Frameworks] What film out/film recorder services are available in the Toronto area?

2012-12-02 Thread Jeff Kreines
Nicholas: The resolution and bit depth of your files are a bit low, IMHO. The higher resolution the scan, the better the output, whatever res it is. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com On Dec 2, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Nicholas Kovats nkov...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Scott, Thank you

Re: [Frameworks] super 8 splices / transfers

2012-11-15 Thread Jeff Kreines
when you crop the image back to its normal size. Kinetta scans at 3296 x 2472, so there's plenty of latitude for reframing. You might want to download this for more information: http://db.tt/5SlAVkbT I am offering scans at a discount to Frameworks folks this month. Best, Jeff Kreines Kinetta

Re: [Frameworks] Exposure question

2012-11-01 Thread Jeff Kreines
If you are shooting color film, note that monitors are usually balanced at about 6500 degrees kelvin, which is essentially daylight -- so use a daylight-balanced film. Also I would use a shutter speed of 1/30th in case there are any field-issues depending on the video source (interlaced or

[Frameworks] Film Scanning

2012-10-24 Thread Jeff Kreines
...@kinetta.com. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] Nixon White House Home Movies at MoMA October 28th

2012-10-08 Thread Jeff Kreines
. Brian and Penny will be showing excerpts from their film, as well as raw camera rolls, at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC on October 28th. It's a good chance to see this unseen footage, and to see 3.3K scans of Super-8 (made with a Kinetta Archival Scanner) on the big screen. Jeff Kreines

Re: [Frameworks] Hi-8 deck/repair

2012-10-03 Thread Jeff Kreines
any analog decks, according to tests by Wilson Chao, who had to do this for some broadcast stuff a while back. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com

Re: [Frameworks] Two reviews on experimental film

2012-09-28 Thread Jeff Kreines
On Sep 28, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Chuck Kleinhans chuck...@northwestern.edu wrote: So, given that he's several years into a PhD program, I'm sure he has a high tolerance for pendants like me. He's wearing one now. Jeff Kreines Kinetta kinetta.com j...@kinetta.com

Re: [Frameworks] SD film transfer

2012-07-09 Thread Jeff Kreines
Buck and Jennifer do excellent work, and now have a shiny new Kinetta Archival Scanner. They are moving (a few blocks away) and changing their name soon: http://movettesf.com/ Highly recommended. Jeff Kreines *disclaimer -- I make Kinetta scanners On Jul 9, 2012, at 2:28 PM, charles chadwick

Re: [Frameworks] Interesting (?) Question

2012-07-03 Thread Jeff Kreines
On Jul 3, 2012, at 12:03 AM, David Tetzlaff wrote: With that equipment list, the premise just doesn't work very well. The heyday of value for 16mm post stuff probably starts to poop out circa 1975, so it wasn't that expensive by 1980, and some of it is still used by people who deal with

Re: [Frameworks] homemade video copies of 16mm

2012-06-23 Thread Jeff Kreines
, and 35mm. Disclosure: they have a shiny new Kinetta Archival Scanner, which I make. Jeff Kreines Kinetta On Jun 23, 2012, at 8:18 AM, David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com wrote: They're called telecine projectors. There were some made as 5 blade versions originally, others converted after the fact

Re: [Frameworks] humorous experimental films

2012-05-28 Thread Jeff Kreines
Tom Palazzolo's films are hilarious -- my favorites being early ones like America's in Real Trouble, The Bride Stripped Bare, Your Astronauts, etc. Framerworkers! I'd love to pick your brains. I'm interested to watch more ( learn more about) experimental films that are humorous. Either

Re: [Frameworks] Oxbery Animation Stand Expert Needed

2012-04-07 Thread Jeff Kreines
George Fardy at The Design Shop in Newton Mass is very good. On Apr 7, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Jay Hudson jkh30...@gmail.com wrote: Hello: The Millennium film Workshop has an Oxberry Animation stand that needs repair. Would anyone know of people familiar with this? Preferable someone in

Re: [Frameworks] digitizing 8mm and S8 mm

2012-03-04 Thread Jeff Kreines
converted to 23.976 or 25 or 29.97 fps. Film chains are typically a video camera and projector wedded in an unholy alliance. OK, the old note, with links to frames at various resolutions, follows. Jeff Kreines Kinetta jeff@kinetta Disclaimer: I designed and build Kinetta scanners

Re: [Frameworks] Full Coat Mag Reader?

2012-03-02 Thread Jeff Kreines
encoder to slave them to your transfer device if you are going to a video format (vs. files from a scanner). Otherwise you will have sync drift. Best, Jeff Kreines ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5

Re: [Frameworks] Negative Cutter

2012-02-06 Thread Jeff Kreines
While I have always felt you should cut your own negative, since you are on the east coast, Noelle Penraat is very good. She still does projects, but now works at home since there is a lot less negative cutting being done. She's in NYC, probably in the phone book. On Feb 6, 2012, at 3:43

Re: [Frameworks] push processing advice needed

2012-01-08 Thread Jeff Kreines
(some have been known to push everything 1.5 stops for convenience) and then see what you have. If there was really no light at all you may not have anything useful on the film. If you are lucky, there might be an image that can be recovered to some degree. But sadly, it ain't magic! Jeff Kreines

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm stills in LA

2012-01-03 Thread Jeff Kreines
The Cinelarger and Duplikin are total pieces of junk. Don't waste your time. On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Myron Ort z...@sonic.net wrote: http://www.ebay.com/sch/? _nkw=cinelargerclk_rvr_id=304125622581mfe=search On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:02 AM, mariah garnett wrote: Hey guys does

Re: [Frameworks] Perfs

2011-10-21 Thread Jeff Kreines
Wouldn't it be easier to modify the device that requires double-perf film -- assume it is an optical printer or projector -- to accept single perf film? Far less traumatic to the film.? It would be difficult to design a reperforator because film shrinks at different rates, as does the size of

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak to license laser projection patents to Imax

2011-10-16 Thread Jeff Kreines
A typically foolish Kodak move -- licensing patents that might be significant (in terms of digital projection) to a small company without deep pockets. A larger company who manufactures digital projectors might have turned this into something significant for Kodak in terms of royalties --

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