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Topic: Advice for a beginner
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Joel Whybrow
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 100
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted May 17, 2010 06:58 AM
Hi all,
I've been a member here for a while and played with various formats but have decided for my situation and requirements, 8mm is a good route to go down.
I do have a few questions though which will clinch this and I'm hoping someone can help out:
I see there are a few projectors out there which can handle stereo sound, but how many prints actually included stereo and more importantly, do any of them carry dolby stereo? I am very interested in a few of the Derann prints and I'd snap them up, but sound may be a factor in my decision making, they are not cheap.
I'm also wondering what sort of throw distance some of the better projectors can handle with the right lenses, my throw for general use would be very limited (about 2.5 meters) though I'd like to use it in the garden in the summer (doubt I'll have many issues there).
And lastly where do you guys aquire prints from and what do you pay generally? I'm an 80s child so probably the earliest prints I'd want to grab would be early-mid 70s onward. Two movies I really want are Back to the Future and Ghostbusters, but I've not seen them around, are they available does anyone know?
Sorry to barrage with questions but I want to make sure I'm not making a mistake diving in here.
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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1171
From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 17, 2010 09:26 AM
Hey Joel,
Super 8 doesn't have much to offer where DOLBY is concerned. You may want to try to get an ELMO that can record stereo sound onto the magnetic track and use an already DOLBY-mastered audio source. The 80s titles you mentioned were not issued (as far as I can tell) in Super 8. Unless Derann released something I missed. Derann's contract(s) I believe were exclusively with Hammer, Fox, Disney, MGM and a very limited amount of Universal (mostly pre-1960 stuff). I don't believe they got the rights to any of the 80s Universal or Columbia titles and by the time "Ghostbusters" or "BTTF" were released 8mm/16mm were pretty much a thing of the past. You're best bet is trying to get them in 16mm. However, there's probably not alot of DOLBY 16mm being that 16mm was primarily intended for non-theatrical use (ie: School Assemblies, Libraries, Club Functions, etc.).
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