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Projecting Super Eight on wall
Hey everybody,
I am projecting old Super-Eight, Eight, and Sixteen reels onto a wall and video-taping… it works
fairly well…The projector is a GAF 1388. The video cam is a Canon Vixia HV30.
The projection surface is a bright white sheet of 13 X 19 heavyweight matte print paper.
I have adjusted and tweaked all surfaces and normals to eliminate “perspective”.
The phenomenon I am getting is that the super-sensitive Canon is registering the flutter of the three-bladed GAF shutter wheel and creating a “fan-like” visual effect of dark-light fluttering. You can’t really see it on the pure projected movie on the wall, but the super-sensitive Canon registers this flutter and totally exaggerates it so that it’s pretty distracting.
Anyone have a work-around on this effect?
Many thanks!!
Richard
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4 Replies
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Have you tried adjusting the shutter speed on the HV30?
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Jason, et al,
Thank you for responding. Yes, I was able to make the speed on the Canon “TV 60” and it
reduced the flutter appearance dramatically… Thanks!I think the key is that the speed of Projector (not adjustable on mine) should evenly divide
into the speed of the Canon, so they are somewhat in sync… I think…I found this interesting site on how-to procedure for this:
https://www.dvdhomevideoeditor.com/ARTICLES/TUTORIAL_howto_trans_8mmfilm.htm
Best regards,
Richard
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It’s really worth it to get a Variable speed projector. They’re around. I paid about $75 for mine off ebay about 8 years ago. Of course a five bladed projector is even better, but you can get decent results with a variable speed that you can trim to just the right speed to go into the sixty fields a second.
I also had much better luck projecting onto a matte GRAY surface (not textured) then onto a white surface. It helps control the contrast build, making it easier to control over exposure and clipping in the white areas.
Steven Bradford
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Great tips Steve… Thank you!!
Richard
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