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From: Bristol,RI, USA
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posted February 18, 2011 12:05 PM
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?
posted February 18, 2011 03:38 PM
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
posted February 18, 2011 04:17 PM
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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From: United States
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posted February 18, 2011 05:25 PM
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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From: New York, New York
Registered: Jun 2003
posted February 18, 2011 06:07 PM
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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From: Washington DC
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posted February 18, 2011 06:31 PM
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
Claus.
-------------------- "Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
posted February 18, 2011 08:50 PM
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.
posted February 19, 2011 04:26 PM
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.
posted February 20, 2011 06:05 AM
...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....