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Steve Matz
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 672
From: Billings, Montana, USA
Registered: Sep 2003

posted 08-15-2014 05:24 PM

At DELUXE's Auction they had 7 older B&H Model C Dry Gate and 3 Model C's with Schmitzer Wet Gate head. If they were doing Release Prints with these models- The Dryhead was 180FPM and with the Wet Gate System 300FPM. Maybe for some Custom Order where only a few hundred prints were needed. The Speed(or lack of Printing speed)wouldn't be cost effective for them to print
Studio Orders for thousands of Prints.

Both Deluxe & Technicolor
had a lot of Older Equipment; Probably why they also had a Cinncinati Metal Lathe and Vertical Mill(Deluxe) up for Sale also.Break an Obsolete Part;just make a new replacement one inhouse.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 08-15-2014 05:53 PM

Ha? You need to learn how a big lab works Steve! First off release prints haven't been produced in the States for well over 5 years, and it's closer to ten years for many studios. They have all been made in Toronto for a very long time and that is a highly automated process that operates at ~1800 fpm and faster. The small printers are for small jobs like dailies and one up print orders, restoration work and so on. The only stuff regularly printed here was 70mm release printing mainly for Imax and done at Technicolor. The majority of the biz the last 5 to 10 years here was negative processing and dailies if required. Not many shows bother with dailies any more though... When they were doing lots of dailies a certain printer would actually be assigned to a show to maintain best consistency.

Mark

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Steve Matz
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Billings, Montana, USA
Registered: Sep 2003

posted 08-15-2014 07:32 PM

It must be wonderful Mark to know about everything in the World!

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 08-15-2014 08:57 PM

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
Ha? You need to learn how a big lab works Steve! First off release prints haven't been produced in the States for well over 5 years, and it's closer to ten years for many studios. They have all been made in Toronto for a very long time and that is a highly automated process that operates at ~1800 fpm and faster. The small printers are for small jobs like dailies and one up print orders, restoration work and so on.

Mark you are dead wrong.

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