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Posted by Pierre Beuzat (Member # 5139) on October 21, 2016, 04:59 AM:

Hello everyone !

Those who know me already know, I have the project to capture (at least trying to) the essence of the main capital cities through the authenticity of our beloved Super 8 format... with one cartridge for each city.
And I just finished the last one I did : in the wonderful Vienna [Smile]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QoGRUwrSI

Vienna filmed in Super 8

As always, I'm really looking forward to have your feedback and advices : they're really helpful every time ! (Especially taking into account that I'm still a beginner in Super 8). I wonder why this one is trembling more than the one I did before... Anyway once again : please feel free to give advices, and have a very good day friends [Smile]

Pierre

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on October 21, 2016, 05:34 AM:

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I wonder why this one is trembling more than the one I did before

Why didn't you use deshake software to make it look more stable?

Posted by Pierre Beuzat (Member # 5139) on October 22, 2016, 06:11 PM:

Hi Wimbert [Smile]

The thing is that, having recently change my computer, I have problems with installing Premiere Pro (that I usually use).
But even if I still had the software, I'm actually wondering : wouldn't the crop due to the stabilization effect increase the size of the picture grains in an excessive way ?

Thank you, and have a good day !

Pierre

Posted by Paul Browning (Member # 2715) on October 22, 2016, 06:54 PM:

Hi Pierre, I don't know what camera you are using but maybe the drive belt is slipping on the main motor, perhaps the new cartridges you have are wound tightly and this may be a cause of this "trembling" as you call it, I interpret this as "judder". Next cartridge you use, before inserting into the camera just tap the cartridge on a solid surface a couple of times, this will loosen up the film slightly inside, it may just remedy your problem. Just remember these cameras are 30-40 years old and may have lay around without use for sometime, all manner of things could of happened in that time, and the rubber style belts that drive the camera mechanism will have perished or stretched at least, good luck any way with your quest, you already have some great youtube footage.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 22, 2016, 07:28 PM:

Thanks for the update, Pierre, I was recently wondering what your project was becoming :-)
Difficult to know why the picture is trembling on this film if you used your camera the same way you did before. The only way to make sure the camera is not faulty is to shoot Something with the camera put on a tripod and look at the result. Otherwise, remember that the more the zoom is used to take close up, the more the less the picture is steady. But I think you didn't use the zoom for all your scènes. I noticed that there are two scènes out of focus (pas nettes). When there is few light, the focus has to be more acurate. In order words, when you shoot with an aperture of 1.8 or 2.8, the deep field (la profondeur de champ, sorry I'm not sure it is the proper word in English) is lower than if you shoot at 16 or 22. I love your project.

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on October 23, 2016, 04:11 AM:

quote:
The thing is that, having recently change my computer, I have problems with installing Premiere Pro (that I usually use).

Youtube has a built in deshake program. You can try it and see if it is good or otherwise.

Posted by Pierre Beuzat (Member # 5139) on October 25, 2016, 02:19 PM:

Thank you Paul and Winbert, I'll try both of your advices !

And of course, loads of thanks as well Dominique ! That's so nice to see that real Super 8 experts as you are keep supporting and enjoying the project [Smile]

Have a good day/night all of you,

Pierre

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