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Doctor Evil wrote:
The biggest problem is nothing to do with resolution but fps speed,
standard / super 8 home cine film does not have a 'kind' fps rate that
allows easy transfer to a PAL video system, un-like 35mm 16mm film -
this is why many transfers suffer from frame flicker.

Flying spot scanning gets rid of flicker

No it doesn't. Film - and many other video processes - are a series of
single frames projected in succession to give the impression of movement.
And it's generally accepted that about 25 fps is the minimum for decent
results. Of course if you're transferring a film of a static object with a
static camera, then the type of telecine machine makes a difference. But
only vast computer processing could attempt to fill in the missing detail
between adjacent frames with movement in them.

Super-8 is still better quality than video. Much as people in the
professional video industry try to deny this, super-8 (when shot and
projected with decent lenses) has about 1000 lines of resolution,
compared with about 300 from your average 8mm video camera or about 450
for a broadcast-standard 1" C-type machine.

Err, which ancient website did you get this from? C format machines were
obsolescent about 20 years ago when component recording became the norm.

When flying spot scanned to DVD the quality is bang on. If you want
cheap quality, go to Ebay and buy a top quality second hand Super 8
camera, with some having microprocessor control. Most are like new and
over 20 years old. The film and processing is expensive, but the
quality is the business, even when scanned onto videotape or onto DVD.
If you only use you camera for special occasions then Super * is the way
to go, cheap to buy the equipment. Many small TV stations in the US
used Super 8 for film reports and transferred onto video for broadcast,
the quality was that good.

I take it you're blind? This would explain a lot...

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