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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 04-15-2000 11:29 PM

On another topic, Scott Norwood admitted that he enjoys inspecting film.

I do too.

Last night, I finished inspecting a 135 minute movie from 1972. It took nearly 5 hours to completely check. Some reels had very few problems, others had lots of old cement splices that pop when flexed even slightly. Using my Marble splicer, I taped over all of the cement splices, and remade ones that were crooked, which, I must say, there were many.
Hopefully, all this work will hold on this print for a long time. It ran just fine when I ran it last night on the Holmes.

I used to inspect 16mm for TV in the 80's, too. I love it!

The Sweedish archive print mentioned on another topic would be a prime candidate for my magic fingers.

Bruce

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Chris Erwin
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 195
From: Olive Hill,KY
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 04-16-2000 09:15 AM

It's people like you that should be inspecting film at the depot!

--Chris

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Martin Frandsen
Master Film Handler

Posts: 270
From: Denmark, Europe
Registered: Jun 99

posted 04-16-2000 09:48 AM

It's also a great joy for me to build up a collector print, after all you will have it for a long time. My opinion is you might as well do it proberly first time.

I also like to get rid of those 'lab' splices once and for all ( those in the middel of the frame )

Of cause the biggest joy is to give that print the first 'layer' of Filmguard

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It's the new small talk. You do it so awfully well! - My Fair Lady

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1865
From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 04-16-2000 04:12 PM

I also like inspecting film. Problem is it takes too much time and there is too little reward (we get all new prints).

Take last week for example. We built 4 prints and tore down 10. We barely got it all down the way it was, much less with inspection time.

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