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On Jul 15, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Ed Inman wrote:
> Super 8, with its tiny sprocket holes. is also the first to become
> problematic due to poor storage, shrinkage, and/or early stages of
> vinegar syndrom. I recently was a projectionist for a "bring in you
> old home movies" day. The 16mm and regular 8mm ran like a charm,
> despite vastly different histories and conditions. Super 8 was a
> major nightmare--some of the (presumably) more poorly stored footage
> would not run at all.
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> Ed
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcy Saude
> Sent: Jul 15, 2008 10:28 PM
> To: email suppressed
> Subject: Regular 8 vs Super 8
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> Another thing about Super 8, of course, is that the pressure plate
> is built into the cartridge and is plastic. With a quality Regular 8
> camera and decent lenses you can get a sharper image (I haven't
> tried those insertable metal Super 8 plate doohickeys, or
> professional Super 8 cameras). The smaller size doesn't matter all
> that much if you are transferring to video.
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> Super 8 has a much wider variety of film stocks available right now,
> though.
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> -Marcy
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