Re: follow up on sonic splicing of acetate base film.

From: Freya (email suppressed)
Date: Fri May 26 2006 - 10:14:56 PDT

Ah glad to clear that one up!

So what will happen with acetate film, will it just
melt right through the film? Could it damage the
splicer perhaps?

I probably shouldn't even be interested as I'm
unlikely to ever even see one, but you know, I get
curious! ;)

love

Freya

--- Bill Brand <email suppressed> wrote:

> No. This is not correct. You cannot splice acetate
> film with an
> ultrasonic splicer. An Ultrasonic splicer works by
> melting the
> polyester base (right through the emulsion - no
> scraping necessary!)
> but it simply does not work with acetate. For
> polyester film, its a
> nice devise and makes archival strength splices but
> they are more
> visible than one made by a conventional cement
> splicer. You cannot
> use an ultrasonic splicer for A&B roll editing. The
> splice overlaps
> two frames and does not line up with the frameline.
>
> Bill
>
> >I think it should be fine. It's more the other way
> >round that polyester based film can't be spliced by
> >conventional means and needs an ultrasonic splicer.
> >
> >--- Adrian Tagmenveca <email suppressed> wrote:
> >
> >> If anyone cares to know, I tried the sonic
> splicer
> >> out on some acetate based film and it worked
> like a
> >> charm. Perhaps there are consequences I'm not
> aware
> >> of (archival, probably) - but it seems like it
> works
> >> just fine.
> >>
> >> A.T.
> >>
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