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Edwin van Eck
Master Film Handler

Posts: 312
From: Tilburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2015

posted December 09, 2015 10:10 AM

Hi all,

Is there a way (e.g. with filters in front of a lens) to improve the color balance of faded 16mm films? E.g. redish films?

(I'm not talking after digitalisation, there are plenty of ways to to that, but during reel projection).

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Edwin van Eck
Van Eck Video Services

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 09, 2015 12:10 PM

Edwin,

This thread may be of interest to you.

Doug

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted December 10, 2015 02:29 AM

A blue/green filter will help reducing a reddish/pinkish hue but will also reduce the overall brightness of the picture.

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Maurice

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Lee Mannering
Film God

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From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted December 10, 2015 07:26 AM

Edwin. Experimented a few years ago and eventually had a Cokin A050 Cyan cut so it just fitted into the front of my Elf proj lens. There was enough left over to have another cut for a spare Eumig 8mm lens, although not perfect the filter was not expensive. [Smile]

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Paul Suchy
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 199
From: Westchester, IL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 11, 2015 06:27 AM

I once purchased some blue/green filters on clearance from a camera store ($1.00 each) and they helped, but I didn't care for the loss of light. The best result I had was buying a large blue/green poster board from an office supply store and projecting the image onto it- no loss of light. One of these days, I may buy a cheap screen and give it a color tint. As everyone agrees, the faded prints will never look the way they used to, but they can look a bit more acceptable.

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Paul Suchy

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Evan Samaras
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 513
From: Queens, NY, USA
Registered: Oct 2015

posted December 11, 2015 11:24 PM

I tried to play around with some of the contrast filters I have for my enlarger. Unfortunately it didn't appear to help so much

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Gerald Santana
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Cottage Grove OR
Registered: Dec 2010

posted December 17, 2015 01:05 PM

I found color improving filters and offered them here over the past year. My supply ran out however, I will soon offer them up again within the next couple of weeks. (Janice, you'll get some too.)

This time, I'll have a set of five to offer, including colored filters to tint black and white films. As soon as they arrive and are ready for sale, I'll let everyone here know.

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

Posts: 3468
From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted December 17, 2015 04:04 PM

Geralds blue and green filters do wonders to fading prints. I've been using his filters in combination with a brighter Osram ELC-HL bulb set to "high" in my Elmo 16-CL and the colors have come back to life on several of my films. Thanks so much Gerald [Smile]

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Janice

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted December 18, 2015 06:48 AM

I also agree with Janice I had very good results using Gerald's filters.

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