Did lots of stuff the past two days:
- finished raw capture of reel #1. Cleaning didn't provide any noticeable improvement, it's still got lots of scratches, splotches, and noise.
- did a temporary pulldown to 24fps so as to sync audio. Synced the mono mix from the Swedish print - that took a few hours because of all the minor discrepancies in the two prints.
The new gate is a big improvement, pun intented. To answer Mothr's question, the entire frame is full of image - no bars at all, barely even a border between frames. So even with the new gate, this is a real bear to capture. I have some little yellow corners that I'll have to fix in post, that were unavaoidable.
White a black levels will be rough, as before. I tried to lean slightly more to the black, but there's just not enough contrast to avoid greyish whites and blacks.
It's still not the gout, and may never be, but it's a heck of a lot more fun!