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Nice. Congrats. Looks like an interesting catalog. Right on!

...Thanks for the encouraging words Rick. I'm off to Palm Springs this weekend for the Short Fest and then off to South America for the month of September to shoot some new films..

Last time I went through Toronto. This time Huston Texas. I like Toronto.


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Plus -X, Canon 1014 xls, 1.33:1 transfer was done at www.fsft.com

http://www.fsft.com
http://www.moderndigital.com

are the local places for me in Seattle.

What about ToddAO in London?







www.shikashika.com

...by the sounds of it I think Beta is probably your format (SP or Digi) both are great for digital projection. Since you are working in black and white you don't need the color space of HD. It sounds like you need a high quality scene to scene SD transfer and that will cost you between 250.00 + 350...

...no luck with the needle nose. I'm going to see if the local camera tech can remove it tomorrow..

..I'll try the needle nose pliers. RE: how did I break it? The dial is attached by two little metal pegs (aluminum). It's a 40 year old camera and I suspect the metal has become brittle over the years and just snapped. I shot about 40 rolls of film with it before it broke so I'm still in love with t...

...There are two turning dials on the Filmo DR for opening and closing the film compartment. One of the dials snapped off leaving me with only one. The mechanism requires both to turn to remove the door. Now I cannot get the door off. Good news is I actually have a second door for the camera. Proble...

http://shikashika.com/shikashika.jpg We got a little bit of press in the Kodak In Camera magazine this month . Also please know that we have some August screenings coming up in Seattle, the Bay Area and also Palm Springs: San Francisco International Short Film Festival August 6 - 9th SF Short Fest ...

...also Rooftop films tonight in Brooklyn.
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/
you can catch Jesse Epstein's super 8 movie 34x25x36. It's a good one.

....check this out

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/scien ... movie.html

...no Seattle is the constipated latte city. I wouldn't stay here were it not for the Cascades and the University of Washington. What is not to like about San Francisco though? They want to rename their sewer The George W. Bush Sewage Treatment Plant. source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/25/a...

Matt,

You are lucky to find a swell in Baja this time of year. Smart move bringing juggling balls for entertaining the military police. I'm sure that works like a charm. hilarious!


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Giles, Glad to hear "The Ferryman" is getting play and screening some big venues. I was lucky to have my project screened at some bigger venues as well on bright HD projectors and like you I was very encouraged to see how good super 8 can look projected digitally. I've seen some S16 origin...