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Topic: Projector overload... help needed.
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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted February 12, 2011 05:31 PM
Tanya, welcome here.
First of all, congratulations on such a treasure trove of family memories!
Way too many films have been discarded along the way, so I think you have something great to look forward to when they are transferred.
To address some of your specifics:
You said the films have sound. Have you found this out by looking at the edge of the films? 8mm soundtracks are brown magnetic stripes on the edge of the film. I am just checking.
I have no experience with that particular transfer box, but I can address the camcorder issue:
You will find that setting the camcorder in such a way that gives you a flicker-free image is going to be a major challenge.
Projectors used for film transfers have, among other things, variable speed to help give you a flicker-free image in transfer.
If you also have live sound (people speaking on-camera) on the film, it will then affect the pitch of the sound if you vary the projector speed (either squeaky voices or too low.)
The box you bought just passes through whatever the projector shows, and the camera tapes it off the little screen.
As for audio, you can connect the projector's output to the camera, but not directly. You will need a device in-between. The reason for this is that the camera "mic" input is very sensitive and it will overload and sound bad if it gets the projector output without a "padding down" in-between.
There are a couple of ways around it, not "officially correct" ways, but they can work if needed, so if/when you get to that, we can talk.
You need to find a way to hear the sound on your films, if it is live sound or if it was added afterwards (like music) because that, in itself, will make it more or less critical to run the film at its set speed when trying to transfer.
So, first, look at your projector to see if it has an issue, or if your grandma doesn't know how to work the sound. Then run the films and see if they have "live" sync sound.
Many considerations, but let's hear more about this; feel free to ask as many questions as you want. We will do what we can to help you.
Claus.
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"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'.)
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