> 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 [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
