Moth3r said:
Also noticed, interestingly, the image gets marginally brighter towards the right hand side of the image. Could that be a slight misalignment of the camera?

Regarding the camera, is that the optimal focus you can get? It looks a little blurred, just wondered if that could be improved, or if it's a limitation of the workprinter method.

And what are you doing spending money on a swanky new plasma display? You need to be getting a new HDV cam for this project... ;-)

The slight brightness towards the right side of the image is a byproduct of the WorkPrinter. I was waiting for someone to notice that. It's more pronounced in the 8mm WorkPrinter, and I did my best to correct it in post for the Puggo 8mm edition (it corrected well except for the very beginning). Roger claims that the upgrade to an LED bulb corrects the problem in the 8mm device, but I'm skeptical (he also claims it was never a problem in the 16mm devices, but it clearly is). Luckily, it's minor enough in the 16mm that I'm confident it will be easily compensated in post, and will then be undetectable. Very good eyes you have.

As far as the focus, that's either the film or my ability to focus the camera. I'll just have to try my best for the final capture. I expect it to improve slightly when the larger gate allows me to shrink the image. I've also found that the 16mm captures tend to look sharper when played through a television, so I'm a bit reluctant to do any sharpening.

Unfortunately, the telecine capture software would not be able to run fast enough for HD, so rather than spend the money on a camera, I spent it on a REALLY nice monitor :)