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Topic: Prints winding smoother than others.
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Thomas Procyk
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From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-02-2004 09:26 AM
Okay, this has been bothering me for some time now, so I figured I'd ask here. I'm running Cinemeccanica V5's (and one V8) with AW3 platters and Irwin Citation seats with GCC/Pepsi cupholders.
I noticed that, while all prints wind "smooth" in the sense that they lay flat on the platter evenly and there are no edges higher than the others, some prints wind incredibly smooth.
For example, with the typical print sitting on the platter if you were to run your hand along the top it would feel smooth, but still a little bit "groovy" like those formica countertops or the surface of an old (78) record. If you were to curve your fingers and run the tips along the top, you'd hear that "weeeeek" sound like scratching a record.
However, a few prins that we had recently were winding incredibly smooth. Running your hand along these would feel like glass. Completely flat with no groovyness. (this happens on all platters, all decks. The "problem" follows the print) If you do the curved finger trick, there's no scratching sound. It's as if the entire print was a single solid circular mass and not a roll of film.
Now, the titles: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Butterfly Effect and Lord of the Rings --- all New Line, all FUJI stock! The only other one that did this was Monster from NewMarket, and I'm not sure what stock that was on but I don't recall it being Kodak.
So what's the story? Is fujifilm thinner than Kodak or other stocks? I think it would be hard to believe that film is cut within a few micrometers difference... (this stuff has to be exact, no?) Anyone else having this same anomaly? I never had it happen on other equipment, prints just wind normally, but these AW3's sure do wind them smooooth! Unless it's a change in film stocks.
Just curious.
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