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Alan Gouger
Master Film Handler

Posts: 451
From: Florida
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 12, 2018 01:50 AM

Id like to build up some features for uninterrupted viewing on one large reel.
What is the best way to see the tiny frame to make accurate splices?
I tried a flashlight behind the film but the dark scene makes it impossible to see where to make the cut.
Very easy with 35mm, not so easy with S8 and my aging eyes:(

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted March 12, 2018 03:19 AM

Hi Alan

I always use a magnifying glass for all film work even 35mm [Smile]

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted March 12, 2018 04:33 AM

Alan
This is the sort of thing I use.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carson-MagniLoupe-Loupe-Rubber-Cushion/dp/B0012H4XWG/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1520847132&sr=8-16&keywords=eye+loupes

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Alan Gouger
Master Film Handler

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From: Florida
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 12, 2018 12:34 PM

Thank you, Graham & Maurice. I just ordered the Magni-Loupe from Amazon.
The eyes are not what they use to be due to the aging process:(

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 12, 2018 12:37 PM

I was active in Super-8 from about ages 16 to 29 and then from 40 on up.

-something happened in those years away: it's like they made the frame smaller! I can't see a thing now!

(The films still fit the machines so they must have sneaked in and played around with those too!)

I do much better working with an editor-viewer these days.

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Alan Gouger
Master Film Handler

Posts: 451
From: Florida
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 12, 2018 01:20 PM

That's it in a Nutshell Steve:)

I've never considered an editor, maybe its time I look into one.
They must be for us older folks:)

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 12, 2018 01:23 PM

Lately it's like all the staircases have two more steps!

-and everybody's mumbling!

The saddest thing: years ago I had a film I wanted to finish to show our company Christmas night. The film took an extra week at the lab and the deadline was tight.

All day on the 24th I was fighting my editor, it was dim and it wouldn't focus anymore. I stuck to it and finished up just around dinner time.

-opened up our presents the next morning: my wife bought me a new editor! [Roll Eyes]

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Alan Gouger
Master Film Handler

Posts: 451
From: Florida
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 13, 2018 05:17 PM

Maurice, my MagniLoupe Eye Loupe arrived today. Wow I should have had one of these years ago. I now have a bionic eye, thank you!

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted March 14, 2018 04:05 AM

It's my pleasure. No more squinting. [Smile]

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Luigi Castellitto
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 715
From: Campobasso, Italy
Registered: Jun 2013

posted March 19, 2018 04:25 AM

Fujica produced a "Deluxe" version of tape splicer, with light and a magnifying glass integrate.
A jewel!
http://www.filmkorn.org/super8data/database/splicers_list/splicers_image/fuji_deluxe.j pg
But I have the other two versions produced by Fujica, the normal one (excellent) and the one for leave space for both magnetic stripes (also balancing), which is a pleasure to see in operation.

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