[Konvas] question

[H. W. Stone]

 BEFORE you do anything else look at the actual negative stock, see how the neg looks.

More than once I have seen a video transfer that was way off, the neg being fine, and it happens more with B&W than color because the guys doing the transfer just don't see that much B&W.


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ole Dost <Ole.Dost at t-online.de>
To: 'Konvas Discussion List' <cinema at konvas.org>
Sent: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 5:51 pm
Subject: Re: [Konvas] question










Underexposed... I did not expect that. Thank you! I will make one more try
in the way you recommended.
The jpeg is a still out of the avi-file I got from the transfer company.
They are using a BTS FDL 90 transfer machine that has a quiet good
reputation.
This company provided me with very good scans, but also with more
overexposed seeming scenes like this one than any other company. Only the
BW-scenes! All coloured scenes are well exposed. I really never experienced
so badly exposed footage before. I felt very firm in exposing -until I got
these BW results...

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: cinema-bounces at konvas.org [mailto:cinema-bounces at konvas.org] Im Auftrag
von t byrne
Gesendet: Sonntag, 31. August 2008 23:23
An: Konvas Discussion List
Betreff: Re: [Konvas] question

You should probably re-shoot. But even so, you need to find out what 
caused this effect so as to avoid it. How was the jpeg image made? Was 
it printed at a "normal" light or not? I agree with Dan--go back to the 
negative and see if
 there are any clues there. If it's fresh stock and 
it's that grainy, underexposure would be a likely cause.

Ole Dost wrote:

>It´s fresh! I ordered it directly from Kodak Köln several days before I
shot
>this footage. The film stayed some days inside the mag and of course, the
>camera was not in the fridge. But I don´t think that some few days in a
>normal room should harm the film... The loaded mag was not stored inside
the
>car or any other place that uses to become very hot...
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: cinema-bounces at konvas.org [mailto:cinema-bounces at konvas.org] Im
Auftrag
>von t byrne
>Gesendet: Sonntag, 31. August 2008 22:46
>An: Konvas Discussion List
>Betreff: Re: [Konvas] question
>
>And how old is it? It looks very grainy--like film that's way past its 
>expiration date. Other than than, it might be possible to rescue some 
>detail in the transfer or printing process.
>
>Daniel Weber wrote:
>
>  
>
>>What filmstock is this?
>>
>>    ----- Original Message -----
>>    *From:* Ole Dost <mailto:Ole.Dost at t-online.de>
>>    *To:* 'Konvas Discussion List' <mailto:cinema at konvas.org>
>>    *Sent:* Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:18 PM
>>    *Subject:* [Konvas] question
>>
>>    Dear Konvas-friends,
>>
>>    I have an unusual question…
>>
>>    One of the takes for a shortfilm project turned out like this… I
>>    chose the aperture according to what the incident lightmeter told
>>    me to do. Do you think the result is ac
ceptable or would you film
>>    the scene again? It really looks overexposed –but is it really?
>>    Both the houses and some people in the background seem to be
>>    exposed in the right way. But there´s lots of flare in the sky…
>>
>>    Tomorrow would be the last possibility to film these scenes again
>>    on the same location.
>>
>>    What do you mean?
>>
>>    Thanks for your patience with me!
>>
>>    Best regards,
>>
>>    Ole
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>C
>



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