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Pasquale DAlessio
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 - posted February 18, 2011 12:05 PM      Profile for Pasquale DAlessio     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm sure many of my fellow collectors have this dilema....should I put all 3 200' reels on 1 600' reel? For example. I have The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1-2-3. Do I put these on a 600' reel to make a better digest? Also making it better to watch becuase it's longer? Of course, if I did that I would keep the original boxes because of the box art. Also I would make my own box art for the 600' reel. So, what do you guys do?

Thanks

Pat DAlessio

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Winbert Hutahaean
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 - posted February 18, 2011 03:23 PM      Profile for Winbert Hutahaean     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Pasq,...in the case of 200' reelers, yes I will splice them together.

It is to hassle for me to change the reels every 7 minutes.

However, if it is 400', I will keep it as it is, especially if it has OB like Marketing.

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Winbert

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Luis Caramelo
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 - posted February 18, 2011 03:38 PM      Profile for Luis Caramelo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
hi! friend pasquale,go forward make the edit,all small footage
it,s better for list in my opinion put together in the same reel
because gives better for the audience and for the lamp of the
projector switch off every seven minutes,and safe storage place
also...
regards

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Douglas Meltzer
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 - posted February 18, 2011 03:46 PM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Pat,

Hold off till you get the 4th part. That's my favorite one!

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Doug

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I think there's room for just one more film.....

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Luis Caramelo
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 - posted February 18, 2011 04:17 PM      Profile for Luis Caramelo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
hi! pasquale,if you wish to get the 4part of it,when you get it
you just have to change for a 800ft reel,if ofcourse if your
projector allows

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Dan Lail
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 - posted February 18, 2011 05:20 PM      Profile for Dan Lail   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Pat, when I combine several reels on a larger one, I keep the lab leaders and original reels in the OBs.

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Joe Taffis
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 - posted February 18, 2011 05:25 PM      Profile for Joe Taffis   Email Joe Taffis   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I had all four parts edited together that I bought off a used list a few years ago; and it was a nice edit with good color. But I'm sure it was all on one 600' reel. I sold it when I got the feature.

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Joe Taffis

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Brian Hendel
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 - posted February 18, 2011 06:07 PM      Profile for Brian Hendel     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Pat - I have an extra copy of #4 if you want it. It has great color but there is a scratch. I'd let it go for $10 plus shipping.

PS: I can never decide whether to edit reels together or not - I usually leave them on their original reels in the boxes because that's how they came...

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Claus Harding
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 - posted February 18, 2011 06:31 PM      Profile for Claus Harding   Email Claus Harding   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I mostly do features and they all go on big reels (1600 feet and up) for hassle-free viewing. I keep leaders on a little reel.

It's how I did it before I got the long-play unit; with the ST-1200 I would always put features on 1200 foot spools.
I don't like interruptions in a film if it can at all be avoided...when I watch, I want to watch [Smile]

Claus.

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Pasquale DAlessio
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 - posted February 18, 2011 07:56 PM      Profile for Pasquale DAlessio     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Brian

SOLD! Check your email. Dan, that's the way I was thinking of doing it.

Thanks

Pat DAlessio

PS Thanks to all for the replies!

PSS Doug thanks for the box art!

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John Hourigan
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 - posted February 18, 2011 08:50 PM      Profile for John Hourigan   Email John Hourigan       Edit/Delete Post 
I will only edit together reels if it only requires a splice or two, such as combining the 200' and 400' FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN digests. It's not worth it to me if there has to be multiple splices intra-reel. There's nothing worse than a "splicy" digest for the sake of intercutting scenes out of a 200' digest into a 400' digest. You usually wind up with something that you wouldn't show to an audience, particularly given the wide variances of print quality that plagues Super 8.

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Bill Phelps
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 - posted February 19, 2011 04:26 PM      Profile for Bill Phelps     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
When I do splice shorts together...for instance I have a 600' reel of Herbie: The Love Bug/Love Bug #53/Monte Carlo that I spliced together....I do leave the original leaders and reels in the original boxes.

But I do have some digests like STAR WARS, SUPERMAN, and BLACK SUNDAY that have been taken from different sources (I bought them this way) and they do suffer from high/low audio and grain/color differences. So I would agree with John about that. I won't show them to an audience.

I do like keeping things "original" so it is a struggle wanting to splice things together.

Bill [Smile]

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Yanis Tzortzis
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 - posted February 20, 2011 06:05 AM      Profile for Yanis Tzortzis   Author's Homepage   Email Yanis Tzortzis   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
...I always mount shorter films onto big reels-not only 200's on 600's but also 400's on 1200's-provided they're not in original boxes....

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