http://www.sacramentofilmfestival.com/news.php

Hey,

I sent you guys info a couple weeks ago re. the Sac Film Festival....Never heard anything back. Just checking.

>From: Erick Lorenz <ewlorenz@...> >Reply-To: SAMM@yahoogroups.com >To: SAMM@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [SAMM] Film Care >Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:18:21 -0800 > >At the last meeting I mentioned that I had acquired a Goko telecine >projector. This is a projector that is designed to aim the beam >directly into the video camera thus bypassing the need for external >mirrors, lenses, and screens. It uses a 24 sided prism instead of a >shutter. This makes for a very silent operation and reduces flicker to >almost undetectable. I have been anxious to convert my library of >Super 8 films to video using this device but in reading up on the >process I came across articles that make a case for cleaning and >lubricating the film before each operation. I found some suppliers of >products for this purpose on the web but none are very local. The >quantities that are sold are for professional projectionists and >editors with miles of 35mm film to service not for people like me who >have maybe 10-12 Super 8 films tops. > >So I thought I would ask the club. Is there anyone in the group that >used to make films that has a supply of film cleaner and/or lubricant. >I understand that some products serve both purposes. If anyone does >have some of this stuff let me know if I can beg or buy some of it from >you. > >I will be bringing the machine to the next meeting so you can see what >it looks like and how it works. > >Erick >