Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Hello from Australia

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Posted by Richard Condie (Member # 5277) on 06-10-2009, 12:54 AM:

i have seen in some videos that 70mm is still in use with a optical scanner replacing the mag box i the chaff cutter and is there any other aussies on this forum

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-10-2009, 01:00 AM:

Hi Richard.

I can't answer your question and don't know if there is any other Aussies on this forum (I never pay any attention to where people are from) but you'd better go read the rules page quick-like before the American moderators start to ban you. Start by changing the name of the thread to something that tells what the thread is about.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-10-2009, 01:29 AM:

No, there are no other Aussies...just you and Mike.

(I don't read where people are from either) [Razz]

Posted by Scott Christopher (Member # 834) on 06-10-2009, 02:23 AM:

I've heard a rumour that there maybe some Aussies here

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 06-10-2009, 02:43 AM:

Where?

Posted by John Koutsoumis (Member # 1855) on 06-10-2009, 03:29 AM:

Don't know about aussies but I have seen some 70mm. Not recently enough however, but it's always a pleasure when I do. [Cool]

Posted by Scott Christopher (Member # 834) on 06-10-2009, 03:54 AM:

One day, I saw an Aussie and 70mm.... together!!!!

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 06-10-2009, 04:26 AM:

Where's Australia?....never heard of it.

Posted by Danial Simmonds (Member # 4638) on 06-10-2009, 04:36 AM:

Australia? maybe it's on the world map..

70MM still in use here...

Posted by Scott Christopher (Member # 834) on 06-10-2009, 08:28 AM:

Did someone just say something above. I just see a blank box!!! [Razz]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-10-2009, 08:55 AM:

Richard,

You're thinking of is the new and very recent RCA Photophone Quadraphintic optical sound track that was developed for 70mm. That has very recently relaced the 70mm DTS time code reader system that was introduced just a few years back... it too was optical but only a single track and hence no fall back. The new RCA system is now in widespread use but perhaps not yet in Austrailia because of patent issues. Apparently Ray Derrick has worked out his own Quadraphintic scheme with a much higher Signal To Noise ratio and wider bandwidth of 12 kmhz(kilomegahurts).

I haven't seen any other Aussies on here but there are some damed funny looking people...

I hope this clears thing up for you down under...

Mark

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 06-10-2009, 10:20 AM:

We still have the 70mm kits for our Vic 8's, just waiting on the film!

Posted by Justin Gorka (Member # 3727) on 06-10-2009, 06:06 PM:

Australia.....? Oh, you mean the colony!

Posted by Scott Christopher (Member # 834) on 06-10-2009, 10:58 PM:

Ahhh, but where did we come from? [Smile]

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 06-11-2009, 12:47 AM:

..and you all speak the Queen's English very well...

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 06-11-2009, 01:13 AM:

Yes...definitely change the name of this thread. The current one is a "teaser" title.
*goes off to look for the Bee Gee's CD, maybe Olivia Newton-John. Not sure why I would be thinking of them all of the sudden...*

Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 06-13-2009, 06:23 AM:

quote: Monte L Fullmer
..and you all speak the Queen's English very well...

just like paul hogan.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-15-2009, 07:17 PM:

Come on! Fair shake of the sauce bottle, Phil. [Wink]

Posted by Richard Condie (Member # 5277) on 06-16-2009, 04:45 AM:

go'day mate

i bet kev won't use the other one "fair suck of the sav" generally used at the barbie.

i like the old 6 track mag 70mm on the vic8's
when i was in melbourne we used to call them chafcutter .

the first show i saw was the dirty dozen at the capital. the vic 8s were on the 5th floor and the screen was in the basement. one hell of a tilt.

i will be comming over there soon and hope to see "how the west was won in cinarama" if is still open

have fun everone and hope to see you all soon. [thumbsup]

richard

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-16-2009, 11:47 AM:

quote: Richard Condie
i will be comming over there soon and hope to see "how the west was won in cinarama" if is still open

Well, if it isn't still running when you are here you could hide behind the screen till after closing and go upstairs and run it for yourself!!

Posted by John Koutsoumis (Member # 1855) on 06-16-2009, 05:52 PM:

quote: Richard Condie
the first show i saw was the dirty dozen at the capital. the vic 8s were on the 5th floor and the screen was in the basement. one hell of a tilt.

The Captitol Theatre in Melbourne is now in a sad state thanks to it's current owner RMIT. Too bad they turned the stalls area into a lame shopping arcade.
For the first time in over a decade it will not used as a venue for the Melbourne Film Festival.

At least the Capitol Theatre in NSW is in fine shape unlike it's sister here in Melbourne (The Forum) and it's one piece not split into 2.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-16-2009, 05:59 PM:

What the heck is this doing in the film handler's forum? [uhoh]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-16-2009, 07:04 PM:

Yeah, and it still has the teaser title! The mods must all be busy cranking out the next Studio Digital Movie Cinema Grill Steakhouse.

Posted by Richard Condie (Member # 5277) on 06-19-2009, 03:53 AM:

what's wrongwith the title [Confused]

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 06-19-2009, 07:18 AM:

A teaser title is a title that doesn't clearly state what the subject of the thread is. Unfortunately, some here can't seem to figure out that your thread which is titled "Hello from Australia" isn't about a guy from Australia saying hello to the rest of us.

I, on the other hand knew exactly what this thread was about from its title, so as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with the title. (That's probably because I have an alien mind.) But I'm not a mod here. At worst this thread is in the wrong forum, or it's a duplicate of the "Who the HECK are you???" thread or the " Non-US members report here for a survey of all countries represented on film-tech" thread. Both of which are sticky threads in the Film-Yak forum.

By the way, hello back from Delaware, USA! And welcome to Film-Tech! [Smile]

Let the debate on Teaser Titles once again commence...

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 06-19-2009, 08:05 AM:

A teaser title is similar to a trailer title, however the teaser title usually appears some months beforehand and contains less content.