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Topic: last 35mm release?
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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
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posted 06-18-2015 06:52 PM
It's certainly possible to laser or CRT film recorder straight out to release print stock. The last time I knew the figures involved (late '00s), it was totally uneconomic to do that, because the cost in machine time was such that even for 2 or 3 prints, it was cheaper to burn an interneg and contact print from that. The recorders themselves cost a quarter of a million, and 4K burning took about a week to do one 2,000 foot reel. Given the cost in machine time that a post house had to charge, therefore, it made sense to spend that time burning an interneg, from which you could then make as many prints as you like on a high speed, one light panel printer.
I'm guessing that burning speeds have increased since then (in other words, that the cost of filming out per foot has decreased), as has the cost of release print stock and processing, such that it might now make economic sense to burn one or two prints directly if that's all you're going to need.
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