Originally posted by: Dunedain
Puggo: Sorry for any confusion.
When you posted the stuff quoted below from a couple pages back, I thought you were initially referring to the capacity of a 16mm scanner you had (the WorkPrinter I thought was a completely separate piece of hardware you also had). I now see you were talking about how long 16mm *reels* themselves normally are. Oops. But apparently the Star Wars 16mm reels that Laserman has seen are often 1200-1600ft. long each. Two of those quotes were not even from me. To wit:
I think he can only take 400ft reels and not many people would be happy having their 1200ft or larger reels cut up. That one was by Laserman.
The 400ft limitation was for super-8. I'll have to check on the limit for 16mm, but it's gotta be more than that..." That was by me.
"16mm reels are only 400 feet, translating to roughly 10 minutes of footage."
I think that was Laserman too.Puggo: Sorry for any confusion.
When you posted the stuff quoted below from a couple pages back, I thought you were initially referring to the capacity of a 16mm scanner you had (the WorkPrinter I thought was a completely separate piece of hardware you also had). I now see you were talking about how long 16mm *reels* themselves normally are. Oops. But apparently the Star Wars 16mm reels that Laserman has seen are often 1200-1600ft. long each. Two of those quotes were not even from me. To wit:I think he can only take 400ft reels and not many people would be happy having their 1200ft or larger reels cut up. That one was by Laserman.
The 400ft limitation was for super-8. I'll have to check on the limit for 16mm, but it's gotta be more than that..."
"16mm reels are only 400 feet, translating to roughly 10 minutes of footage."
I do have two pieces of equipment, but neither of them is a scanner. Both are Workprinters, one for 16mm and one for 8mm. The 8mm has a 400 ft limitation, the 16mm has a 2000 ft limitation.
The 400 foot confusion must have come from a separate thread, where someone said it was possible to buy 1200ft super-8 reels in widescreen of ANH. I was asked if my 8mm WorkPrinter could handle them, and I said they'd need to be cut into 400 ft reels. But there is no such limitation on the 16mm WorkPrinter. Man, we're WAY off topic...!