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Topic: To Lube or not to lube before telecine transfer

John Sadler
Junior
Posts: 6
From: Bedfordshire
Registered: Mar 2008

posted March 13, 2008 05:35 PM

Hello from a new cine novice,
I know... I know.. this lubing/cleaning business has really been done to death and I have spent the last few days before registering here reading all your wealth of information!!! [Eek!]

Needless to say at least I managed to decide on Filmguard as my preferred choice (after reading this forum) and have some on its way with gloves and lint free cloth.
However, my question is this; I'm going to convert the family archive of cine standard 8 to DVD professionally. I have not gone for the cheap option either as I really want the best results I can get for the future generations of the family to see. Therefore I'm sending it off to one of the few companies in the UK that does telecine transfers for the broadcasting companies.

Do you recommend I clean all my film up and lubricate it before sending?

I have projected a few of the reels and found that there is lint and a bit of muck on some of it. I also have one film that by my collection standard is not that old 1956 but shows signs of shrinkage on the sprocket edge (obviously one that has been badly stored) as I have 1946 material in better condition. For the purposes of transfer I'm not too worried with this one as it's a sprocket-less telecine but someone going to tell me I'm gonna get better results on this particular reel with shrinkage with film renew?

I know I have waffled on a bit but all advice welcome.

Kind rgds,
John.

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Robin Cook
Junior
Posts: 2
From: Newark
Registered: Sep 2007

posted March 15, 2008 03:42 PM

Hello John,
This is my first post on this site even though I've been a member since last September! My advice would be to go ahead and lubricate/clean your films with Filmguard before sending them to be transfered. Before I ever used it, I wondered if I would get dust being attracted to the film as it is 'wet' while being projected. I'm pleased to say that in the last few years of using it, I've never had any dust problems and it certainly is the best on the market. Make sure you tell the company you send the films to that you have already cleaned them
(just in case they clean them themselves with something else and possibly charge extra for it). I always go over the film a few times to avoid any streaks, etc.

Best regards, Robin.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted March 16, 2008 05:55 AM

John

I suggest you contact the film transfer company to ask their advice before you do any cleaning or lubricating.

Maurice

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted March 16, 2008 10:13 AM

Also, just as a 'by-the-way', I understand that telecines in general (Rank Cintels and the like) run with some tension on the films, so checking splices is something I have seen recommended as a good precaution, and also something that you should ask about when you inquire. They will fix splices, but of course that would cost extra too.

Good luck with it; I am looking into this myself for my Super-8s.

Claus.

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