Instructions for 16mm SD Telecine (4:3)rev. 1/30/13

1. TURN ON Computer, Projector lamp and Camera 2. SELECT SOURCE

On AV selector for 16mm

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3. CHECK CAMERA SETTINGSScreen should display the following information:

 MANUAL FOCUS ON

STEADYSHOT OFF

EXPOSURE is arbitrary, set to your preference once image is displayed (the Es will read as A if auto exposure is active)

GAIN (should be at 0 DB)

SHUTTER SPEED (should be set to 1/60th as seen here)

WHITE BALANCE - set to A or B, both are balanced to the projector light (icon--not pictured--is below audio levels)

4. SELECT SD (DV) SIGNAL OUT FROM CAMERA

 

Press camera’s Menu botton, scroll down to IN/OUT REC.

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Select REC FORMAT.

 

Select DV.

4. CONFIGURE CAPTUREMATE & SELECT SD SIGNAL INPUT

 

From Capturemate’s Edit menu, select VIDEO DEVICE SETTINGS and choose Blackmagic NTSC/PAL - 10 bit as shown below.

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From Capturemate’s Edit menu, select PREFERENCES and check the playback frame rate:

Frame rate should be 23.98.

5. LOAD PROJECTOR

FOR 16MM: Turn knob to STOP position and pull out enough leader to thread through the unit. Insert film as shown below:

 

 

 

Turn on motor, advance to first image on film and then stop.

...zoom, focus and aperture to your desired look--use ND filters if the film looks too bright.

If you have a roll with varying exposures, you may either run the film through at multiple f-stop settings or (our recommendation), use Auto Exposure by pressing the EXPOSURE/IRIS button (located next to zoom ring). The f-stop info will disappear form the viewfinder. Press the button again to resume manual exposure.

Next, REWIND to leader or beginning of film (either rewind by hand when in reverse mode or turn on mother while in rewind) and then TURN KNOB TO PROJECT ON THE SUPER8 PROJECTOR.

*If you’re having trouble focusing, check the focus on the projector.

6. ADJUST...

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7. TRANSFER

8. CONVERT TO PRORES

Open Capturemate and press START.Name and save your file--make sure to save your project to the folder called SAVE TO THIS HD. The capture window will open.

Turn off room lights. Flip the SYNC switch on the projector. Flip the MOTOR switch and the transfer will begin.Hit the esc key to stop capturing.Turn off the SYNC switch--the mouse will not work properly otherwise.Run film through to end of reel, then rewind.

The preceding steps will create an uncompressed Quicktime file--you might find the file to be excessively large and difficult to work with. If so, you’ll need to convert it to an Apple ProRes 422 file.

When used with the 16mm transfer unit, Capturemate causes files to be flipped in Final Cut Pro or Quick-time so you’ll need to flip the image to its correct orientation during the conversion to ProRes.

First, launch MPEG Streamclip, then import the uncompressed Quicktime generated by Capturemate.

Choose Export to Quicktime from the File menu.

Select Apple ProRes 422 from the drop-down Compression mcnu.

Move the Quality slider to 100%

Check the Frame Size to make sure it is correct (it should be 1920 x 1080 for HD video).

(16mm only) Select 180 ° and Flip from the Rotation menu.

Click Make Movie.

 

9. WHEN DONE

Turn off camera, computer, projector(s) and room lights.