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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 03-07-2001 03:01 PM

The March 2001 issue of Kodak's "Cinema Notes" features an article about Film-Tech:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/notes/spring2001/filmtech.shtml

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays

Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 03-08-2001 02:06 PM

Congratulations! Good man!

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Better Projection Pays!

Randy Loy
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 156

Registered: Aug 1999

posted 03-19-2001 07:17 AM

Wow! Great article!

Congratulations Brad on such a great story in such a well respected industry publication. Also congratulations to Ken Layton and Scott Norwood for the well deserved mentions. Good job guys!

Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 03-19-2001 03:14 PM

Hey what about me? I was mentioned twice in the European version of "Film Notes"! That makes me kind of cool, I guess. Maybe not as cool as Scott and Ken, but at least they may still let me hang around with them without snubbing me. Maybe.

Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 03-19-2001 03:22 PM

Joe, I will personally contact Scott and Ken and see if they would be willing to let you buy their drinks that next time you all get together. I think they will most likely say yes. AND guess what I will buy yours. I don't care what they say....I think you are a good man.

Scott Norwood
Film God

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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-19-2001 11:46 PM

Bob -- I like the way you think!

To the Kodak people -- if you ever need to have a digital beard added to a photo for Cinema Notes, call Joe!

Jason Burroughs
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 654
From: Allen, TX
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-19-2001 11:46 PM

Its great to see this site, and Brad's efforts recognized. He has truly poured quite a bit into making this site. As so have Scott, Ken, John, and many others.

I wish more companies would recognize that the participation on this site is an asset and not a liability.

John Walsh
Film God

Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 03-20-2001 12:19 PM

It is a cool article! I remember when Brad posted a simple message on rec.arts.movies.tech saying 'check it out' only a few years ago. Now, between the forums and those handy manual download (no more hauling stacks of manuals around, thank you, thank you!!) Film-Tech is hard to live without.

There was one error, though: A poor product review is not called "Bad News"
I think it's real name is much better!

Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 03-20-2001 05:06 PM

I think that was an intentional error. Remember, Kodak Cinema Notes is G-rated. I don't think they are going to print something like "This Blows" in their publication. Hmmm... maybe we should review Kodak Cinema Notes? I don't think it blows.

Scott Norwood
Film God

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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-20-2001 08:31 PM

Joe -- you may be onto something. Maybe someone here should review some of these publications. We know about Cinema Notes, since it's free, but I'd like to (for example) see something about the new SMPTE projectionist book. It's horribly expensive, but it is apparently quite good. There are other publications, too (Kodak and others have some freebies and some non-freebies on film care in general, for example), which might be useful to theatre owners/managers/employees, some of which are obscure enough or expensive enough that most of us would never see them unless they got a positive enough review here (or somewhere) to convince us to go out of our way to get them.

There are also some publications which might be of tangential interest to theatre employees. For example, Kodak also puts out a production-oriented thing called "In Camera," which is usually pretty interesting.

Gordon McLeod
Film God

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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-20-2001 08:36 PM

The SMPTE BKSTS manual is not expensive
I just picked up my latest IC master handbook and it was 200.00
For technical publications SMPTE is cheap

John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 03-20-2001 10:14 PM

Many Kodak publications are available on-line for free:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/index.shtml
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/index.shtml
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/forum/index.shtml

Kodak also has some pretty neat on-line tutorials, such as the "Digital Learning Center":
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/

Karen Hultgren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 492
From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 03-22-2001 04:17 PM

I just read the article and was disappointed that DTS was not mentioned as participating in this forum. I saw that Dolby was. I've never seen a Dolby rep here, is there one?

Karen at DTS

Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 03-22-2001 05:15 PM

Hmmm... maybe a public list should be kept of all the companies who participate on the Film-Tech forums. That way people can see at a glance who is here, and other companies won't feel so risky about joining in.

I think there has been about 3 posts by Dolby. I personally don't remember who the rep was, though. I could be way off on this one.

John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 03-22-2001 09:10 PM

Karen: Please don't feel slighted. I think Jamie Powell's interview with Brad was done over the phone, so DTS may have inadvertently not been transcribed. We all appreciate you being here to help people achieve the best possible performance from DTS.

I recall that several Dolby people continue to participate, as well as several folks from Lucasfilm THX.

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