RecordCouncil | LED Backlights rewired/Two point tracking test @RecordCouncil | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
I know everyone is sick of these scanning tests and keen for the first reel of Dead End and that is the very next thing I will be scanning. I have not done a full 2000 foot reel before and I want to make sure everything is working correctly on the scanner so I don't have to redo it. I also think these uploads are important to document the refinement process of the design. This is a test after I have rewired the LED backlight which has been a constant issue flickering during scans since I built the scanner and what I believe has been causing the inconsistent lighting of my uploads. This has now been fixed and I can already notice much more consistent lighting not only frame to frame but also across the area of each frame. There was a distinct darkness to the non-soundtrack side which now seems to be lessened.
This is also a test of a two point tracking on DaVinci which as you can see here is locked on dead to the sprocket holes if you follow them. It really highlights how poor the printing registration is on this countdown.
I know everyone is sick of these scanning tests and keen for the first reel of Dead End and that is the very next thing I will be scanning. I have not done a full 2000 foot reel before and I want to make sure everything is working correctly on the scanner so I don't have to redo it. I also think these uploads are important to document the refinement process of the design. This is a test after I have rewired the LED backlight which has been a constant issue flickering during scans since I built the scanner and what I believe has been causing the inconsistent lighting of my uploads. This has now been fixed and I can already notice much more consistent lighting not only frame to frame but also across the area of each frame. There was a distinct darkness to the non-soundtrack side which now seems to be lessened.
This is also a test of a two point tracking on DaVinci which as you can see here is locked on dead to the sprocket holes if you follow them. It really highlights how poor the printing registration is on this countdown.
![Nitrate R4C: Conquest trailer fragment - Lab fault (1937) [35mm Overscan]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KdlCly6s83w/hqdefault.jpg "Nitrate R4C: Conquest trailer fragment - Lab fault (1937) [35mm Overscan]
Early version using the films original title of Marie Walewska
Faulty lab print, audio was offset by double the SMPTE standard at 42 frames, this would never have had properly synchronised audio when run through a projector.")
![Kenneys Burgers, Adamsville, AL - Vintage Cine AD [35mm]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ks0mqufO0fE/hqdefault.jpg "Kenneys Burgers, Adamsville, AL - Vintage Cine AD [35mm]
Or Kinney Burger?
Another fragment only.")
![Dolby Mancini [35mm 1.85:1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L54FyCIKiMA/hqdefault.jpg "Dolby Mancini [35mm 1.85:1]
An almost brand new print, when I bought this I didnt have a scope lens yet so opted for the flat version. The sound was taken directly from the analog optical track, this might be the only version uploaded on YouTube so far that uses the actual film soundtrack.")
![Nitrate R4D: The Moon Is Blue Fragment (1953) [35mm 2K Academy]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LwpeVhMFDdQ/hqdefault.jpg "Nitrate R4D: The Moon Is Blue Fragment (1953) [35mm 2K Academy]
The last minute and a bit before the end of reel 3.
Includes changeover cues While Ive never personally referred to them as cigarette burns including the term here may improve search results.")
![Nitrate R4B: The Rocket Man fragment (1954) [35mm Overscan]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MJyhkJRhpOw/hqdefault.jpg "Nitrate R4B: The Rocket Man fragment (1954) [35mm Overscan]
About 10:30 into the film.
Thanks to @TheReturnofNIlbog for identifying.
Safety stock.")
![Cinema Camera Warning [35mm]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MgTeWzrVueo/hqdefault.jpg "Cinema Camera Warning [35mm]
An interesting one, probably from the early 2000s based on poly base and non-cyan soundtrack. Plus this was the era where cam copies of movies were most rampant.
I have no idea where this came from. I think I found it in a junk box in a store room of a cinema I worked at.")
![Nitrate R1C: Herald Newsreel Processing Stunt (ca. 1930s) [35mm 2K Academy]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nayj6T3M8f4/hqdefault.jpg "Nitrate R1C: Herald Newsreel Processing Stunt (ca. 1930s) [35mm 2K Academy]
From what I can gather this clip is theatre patrons arriving for the evening, being interviewed by the Herald Newsreel and being told that the footage they are appearing in was to be rushed through processing and then projected at interval later that same night. Probably a technically impressive novelty at the time.
Although this is an unknown year. Gladys Moncrieff being interviewed at 0:29 looks of a similar age to another clip from 1930 so guessing early/mid 1930s.")
