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Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on February 20, 2015, 12:07 PM:

Here's the last one of the lot, at least for this time. Someone was asking for a video from VERA CRUZ, so I thought I'd do it, as I don't go back to work until tomorrow.

I decided to make this a fun experiment ...

1. I plugged the CHINON 9500 mag/opt into the PC and recorded the optical track right off of the film, eliminating projector noise entire. I decided not do any noise reduction, so there is a lot of hiss.

2. The image was another whole thing altogether. If a film has a reddish hue to it, even a little bit, this little FLIP digital camera brings the reds out X10!! I had to do a lot of color correction on the video footage just to get it close to the actual color of the film itself. For instance, the lady with the yellow dress is bright yellow and very saturated. In order to get the other colors to look pretty good, her dress had been lessened to a weak yellow. Overall, it looks OK. It wasn't easy.

3. I should also add that when projecting this, I put up a non reflective white surface, instead of what I used on the other super 8 "shoots". This cut down some of the glare that was evident on the earlier ones. I actually used an old Derann 600ft plain white box! Derann comes to the rescue yet again!

Here's the link ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVxiAuTUZsQ

The color on the actual print is a little better. The fellow playing the harmonica is none other than a very young Charles Bronson, and if you look quickly, you'll see a young, slim jack Elam.

Enjoy

[ February 20, 2015, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: Osi Osgood ]

Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on February 23, 2015, 05:34 AM:

Great Osi!! Thanks!! I will make a Video clip from my full lengh Vera Cruz Print in Scope too!!

Ciao Andi

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on February 25, 2015, 12:59 PM:

I look forward to that Andi. If it's in scope, it ought to be interesting to see what the sharpness of the image is like.

VERA CRUZ was made in the "Suprascope" presentation, (I believe that was the name), but what was done was blowing up the original 35MM and cropping it for a widescreen presentation, which means that the overall image would be a little more grainy than other scope films.

Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on February 26, 2015, 05:20 AM:

Hi Osi,

i have a lot of rare Scope and other full lengh Prints from Germany: The Sand Pepples (CS)/Easy Rider/The Wild Bunch (CS)/Tell them Billie Boy is here(CS)/The Big Country (CS)Big Micky, Great Mouse/ Asterix and Cleopatra and more

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on February 26, 2015, 12:27 PM:

WOW!!! I totally admire that "Wild Bunch" print! A total classic! You are to be envied!! [Smile]

Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on February 27, 2015, 05:19 AM:

Here in Germany gives a lot rare titles in Scope and with german magnetic soundtrack

One of this Prints in Scope is Octopussy oder Moonraker, or Police Academy One, Dirty Harry, The Birds and Evil Dead....all in full lengh and full screen (no Scope)...but is very hard to find it!!

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on February 27, 2015, 05:50 AM:

I would love each and every one of those, so long as they were printed on decent stock!

I have Police Academy 2, but I have never seen P.A.1 advertised anywhere on Super 8mm.

Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on February 27, 2015, 08:46 AM:

It gives, but only in Germany. And it gives only 4 pieces from this title

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