Screenshots ...

[Osi Osgood]

I thought that it would be a good idea to start a topic on screenshots. I used to think that I had a really good eye for good screenshots and what I call "deep fake" screenshots. There was an auction for a print of Gorky Park, super 8 optical sound, that had what appeared to be very good color. When I received the print, it turned out to be a faded red mess. But then, I have seen more and more screenshots in which the sellers use some form of cyan background for the shots, which, obviously makes existing color look far better. I used to think that blowing up the screenshots, and checking out the light color in the sprocket area, would give a better indication, but that has even turned out to be false at times. It could be that the sellers have a good print, take shots of that, and use them to sell a faded print. Of course, the best way to ensure good color, is to visually inspect the print in person. There was even a time in which a print was advertised as lpp, even showing a shot of the leader being lpp. I bought the print, and sure enough, the leader was in fact lpp, but the actual print beyond the leader, was a faded Kodak SP. You're thoughts, folks?

[Brian Fretwell]

With digital photos as screenshots you can alter the colours a lot before posting, so are they really much help I wonder?

[Michael O’Regan]

I’ve never seen the difficulty with screenshots. I haven’t sold anything in a while but when I did,I pointed my iPhone at the screen, took several pictures at different points in the film, and there are my screenshots.

[David Baker]

In reply to this thread , and not in a critical sense , for me anyway , taking screen shots from a print being projected can be a tedious job - especially when you MISS that scene you so wanted to include !
BUT taking screen shots is some of the FUN of creating a listing on eBay . And it gives me the chance to view a film I haven't watched in a while ( and it may be the LAST time ) .
And posting a pic of the movie poster is attractive , but I always include shots from the film and the reels too .

Here's an example of what I'm talking about - www.ebay.com/itm/294927158072

Doing all this can help sell / or not sell a film . Anyway that's my take .
Dave

[Osi Osgood]

The ones that buffalo me ar the ones that are not projected, but strips of the film, with a light colored background, usually white but more recently, cyan colored. To the untrained eye, it doesn't matter, but for those who know the use of color, a colored background enhances the existing color. It can be so subtle.

[David Baker]

Or better yet , take a look here -

www.ebay.com/itm/294926851908

[Osi Osgood]

It looks like.most of it has decent color, but I thought these digests came out before LPP. Without shots showing the sprocket area, we can only take the seller at they're word about the film stock. Perhaps they think so due to the color still being there. I personally think that they might be agfa, with that last section, with the skeletons, being on fading Eastman. Just my opinion.