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Topic: I don't think they've got it quite right.
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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-15-2002 01:45 PM
You guys missed the first paragraph on the front page of the website. quote:
To not mess around, with the old saying "Film is made out of silver, video is made out of rust", and just get down to facts. Honest, checked in reputable books like Oldham's and Haliwells, and this site HAS been checked by the BBC, and is 100% accurate.
See, it IS accurate! By the way, for anyone reading this thread or especially that website that is confused, we are joking about that website being accurate and having good information! (You never know when someone won't get the joke and start glue-splicing their films.)
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Stephen Furley
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 06-15-2002 02:16 PM
Or try this classic from the Film Vs Television section:"What is film's resolution. Infinite. The only breakdown with film is the grain. 16mm film, copied 6 times (The average amount for a 16mm production), on a economy stock is accepted to have a resolution of 1 333 333x1 000 000 (1.3 Million x 1 million). A high quality stock (Kodachrome 25) on the first print is accepted to have a minimum quality of 2.6 billion x 2 billion pixels! That is only with 16mm! The only problem with film is that for every copy, it is accepted the quality halves! That is why you can see grain if you sit close to the screen." I had only seen one page when I made the first post, I hadn't realised there was more. I never knew that film had infinate resolution, this is essential reading for all film handlers.
It's a pity that the new Star Wars film wasn't shot om 16mm Kodachrome 25! 5.2*10^18 pixels, (assuming he's using American billions).
Sure beats the Sony camera. Where does he get this nonsense from? And someone please tell him that film doesn't have pixels.
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Stephen Furley
Film God
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 06-15-2002 02:32 PM
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To not mess around, with the old saying "Film is made out of silver, video is made out of rust", and just get down to facts. Honest, checked in reputable books like Oldham's and Haliwells, and this site HAS been checked by the BBC, and is 100% accurate.
----------------------------------------------------------------------So it is a joke, well that's a relief. I must admit, the sound page had me fooled, I wasn't quite sure when I read the 'Film Vs Television' bit. I hadn't seen the film splicing tips.
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John Moriarty
Film Handler
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From: Cambridge, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-15-2002 04:45 PM
from the http://www.supersam.co.uk/cine/backissue.htm pagereferring to nitrate film (though he doesn't actually call it that):
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You will be able to tell that they are non - saftey films because by now they will smell strongly of vinegar. They also, by now, will be EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE. Do not move them, because they may just "blow up". They are extremely flammable, because they ARE the same formula as smokeless gunpowder. The only difference is that the gunpowder is cured for several weeks in quite high heats (500 degrees C) However, the time will cure the film, so it reaches it's "prime". This means that you have about 10kg of gunpowder on your hands. An average cannon uses about 50g of gunpowder, so you have enough gunpowder to fire a cannon 200 times (Or 200 cannons once!). You should be able to see why it is dangerous. If you are in the belief it goes past its prime, you are wrong. It doesn't. In fact, it becomes so volatile that anything like a fly landing on the tin will trigger it. (This has been known to happen).
Now, I know that ntirate film isn't the safest material in the world, and I am not an expert in balistics chemistry, but..... this does seem just a little over the top. It almost sounds as if picking up the tin is enough to kill you. I dread to think what the fire officer would say if he saw this  . John
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