tape vs. glue

[hockeyguy00]

Is film glue better than tape strips? I just bought an Agfa film splicer and I'm not sure which way to go.

Also, on my Canon Auto Zoom 518 SV, there's a slit in the top of my camera with a black rubber stopper in it. I'm pretty sure it's the outdoor filter, but is the filter on when the stopper is in or out?

Thanks
hockeyguy

[Mike Buckles]

Check this website, see if your camera model is listed and download the manual: Canon manuals Hope your camera is listed...I looked thru 2 different manuals, both of the Canon 518's listed seem to have a separate switch for the filter. Maybe your's is an older model, but you may want to check that website to see if your camera's manual is there. Hope this helps!

[Matt Pacini]

It depends on a few things.
if you're sure about that cut, then glue is the way to go.
It's strong, there is not any tape covering your frame, trapping dirt & hair, and even if there's no dirt & hair, it IS something you can see.

However, if you think you may change your mind about a cut, with a tape splice, you can put together the old part you cut out without losing any frames, which is what would happen with glue splices.

Matt Pacini

[Matt Pacini]

Oh, I almost forgot another thing about tape splices, and this is something that I had NEVER heard before transfering my movie on a Rank telecine:

Tape splices cause a noticable jump in the image, when the splice goes through.
It's about a second before the cut, the image jumps a bit.
It wasn't super noticable, but it's definitely there, and it's one of the many things that makes me cringe while watching my film!
Matt

[tfunch24]

Matt,

Were you able to correct this somehow, or is it still noticeable in the copy of the movie? that I have (I bought it back in January)?

Tom

[lightfeat]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by hockeyguy00:
....Also, on my Canon Auto Zoom 518 SV, there's a slit in the top of my camera with a black rubber stopper in it. I'm pretty sure it's the outdoor filter, but is the filter on when the stopper is in or out?

Thanks
hockeyguy</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hi Hockeyguy,

that slot is for a filter key, which pushes out , on insertion, the daylight filter. The filter is a rectangular aluminium shape with a large circle cut in it and a small slot at the other end. If you want to shoot in tungsten (indoor) light, you will need to find a key from somewhere (they are hard to find and can be made up easily)

Good luck

Lucas

[Matt Pacini]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by tfunch24:
Matt,

Were you able to correct this somehow, or is it still noticeable in the copy of the movie? that I have (I bought it back in January)?

Tom</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

Some of it is still there.
My original transfer was right from my camera original which I did an entire first cut on film (don't do this!).
My second cut was after I digitized into the computer from the master video tape, and I tried whenever possible, to get rid of these, but of course, it didn't always work out that my preferred edit was near a jump.
If you look for it, you will find it!
Since virtually nobody that I showed the film to noticed it, I didn't kill myself trying to get it out, but it's something to be aware of.
Actually, once you know it's there, you will see it without trying, and it's amazing that nobody notices.
It's not a tiny little jump, it's pretty significant.
I guess we're used to seeing a lot of weave & crawl, eh?
It's like about a second before the cut...

Matt Pacini