NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/misc/consumer/14396

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Subject: Super-8 to Video Transfer: My Experience
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:26:19 GMT
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I recently had an unpleasant experience with a firm that converts super-8 film
to vidocasette. Shot with a very sharp Bolex macrozoom, the film was very
natural (color) and clean. What I received was a vcr (fast speed, of course) in
which flesh colors often were yellow or even green. When I objected, the
manager of the firm claimed that it was the fault of the film. I then took the
film and tapes to another firm which told me that the first one had not done
proper color correction. They did the job all over, much improved. The first
firm when confronted with this stonewalled again, claimed their own equipment
was better(!) and that the 2nd firm cheated by devoting too much time or effort
to the job (!). After enough of this, I put a stop order on the check and have
written to the Better Business Bureau (because of the refusal of the first firm
to do anything). I wonder if others have had similar experiences in the
transfer process.--