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Author Topic: Running 3-D without selsyn motors Paul Cassidy Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 549 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-26-2004 05:43 AM                        Warren I remember seeing the Roadshow of "This Is New Zealand" at the Embassy Theatre in Auckland and although this was a 70mm cinema they set up the screens in front of the existing one and as I remember this was very impressive presentation at this time ,having 3 separate images to watch and then joining to 1 Huge screen image at times ....... the audience used to stand and clap after each performance  |  IP: Logged Warren Smyth Expert Film Handler Posts: 158 From: Auckland ,New Zealand Registered: Aug 2003 posted 04-26-2004 08:13 AM                     That's the one Paul. It's cost for twenty minutes of screen presentation was $60,000 in 1969. It was never intended to make money as the purpose was to promote the country at the Expo. When the Minister of Trade Jack Marshal saw it in Japan, he insisted that it be shown back here. At a nominal charge it covered it's production costs at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington in six weeks. It then toured and I was one of the projectionists who ran it at Auckland. In each centre, an additional projection room was built - in our case, in Auckland, in front of the existing one in the circle. The three projectors were located along the front wall of the new projection room so that they sat laterally centred to the optical axis. I think the flat screen was about sixty feet wide. The academy standard aspect ratio was used for each strip with amazing results when the images cut from split screen to a single image across the whole width. In terms of working, it wasn't unlike three strip Cinerama except all the equipment was housed in the one projection room. With sessions repeated on the hour, we worked much harder though. There was also a fourth projector, an Ernemann which was used to run a twenty minute short on the centre portion of the screen prior to changing over to the three strip presentation. This showed the Expo and some of the technical aspects of the main three strip programme. It was my first introduction to Xenons. The only technical hitch I remember was a change-over solenoid burning out on one of the Toshiba projectors. As I said, all three projectors and sep mag sound reproducer held in perfect sync with just a start up help from the selsyns.  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-26-2004 10:24 AM                        Out of phase shutters with a 3-D presentation is very annoying. Movement does not look natural, and you get a strobing effect when there is any action. Even lip movement looks wrong.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-26-2004 11:16 AM                     It's easy to run 3-D without selsyns... ...just run over/under! ((runs and hides)) =TMP=  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-26-2004 11:43 AM                        quote: Thomas Procyk ((runs and hides)) You can TRY to hide, Thomas, but we'll find you!  |  IP: Logged

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