Good bye Seven; we had fun, didn’t we?

[Nick Meyers]

oops sorry, that should be

nickm (at) bigpond (dot) net (dot) au

so “net” not “new”

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[Nick Meyers]

thanks Michael, i think i was the last one on a Steenbeck too!
(in Sydney at least)

[Michael Gissing]

I love the fact that Gerry Hambling was still cutting on a Moviola until 2003. He’s set the bar high for you Nick.

https://alanparker.com/essay/gerry-hambling-obituary/ . I loved the chance to talk to Gerry about his craft at the wedding of his son Robert to my cousin Adrienne.

[Nick Meyers]

indeed he did! i can’t beat that ☺
you’re lucky you got to meet him.

[Philip Howe]

When was that Nick?
I had an 8 plate Steenbeck that I shipped with me to cut feature dramas and docos – last was either Constance in NZ or Boundaries in Sydney. Mid 80s?
The sadness of losing them was equal to losing FCP7.
I have a full system – MacPro 2012 14Tbs esata with Sony and Panasonic feed machines. As well as a part completed film I had to put aside while fighting the Reaper.
350 hrs shot! Various versions of cuts in 7.
I didn’t want to move OS or FCP in case those awful change gremlins popped up.
I’m intrigued to find you all talking about this.
I was going to move to Resolve, I didn’t enjoy X when I tried it but the past 5 years have changed my thoughts.
All the best

philip