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Posted by Blake Hernandez (Member # 5206) on 07-14-2009, 07:29 PM:

The third reel of HP6 is shaking laterally on more than one projector. I've run my two prints on more than 3 projectors, and they all behave the same way. It isn't a steady shake; it only happens for a few seconds every few minutes. Is this an effect edited into the film that I missed, or do you think I was given bad reels? The fact that it only happens on reel 3 makes me think bad reels...

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-14-2009, 07:56 PM:

Could have been a bad reel that they were printed from.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-14-2009, 08:26 PM:

Our two prints didn't have any problems with Reel #3 on the shaking issue.

Must be a batch issue then with certain print numbers.

Posted by John Hawkinson (Member # 1135) on 07-14-2009, 10:26 PM:

Typically the leaders are marked with an internegative number (like IN3) on them; that indicates the internegative it was printed from. Could you check and post that info for R3?

--jhawk

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-15-2009, 12:06 AM:

Pull the apperture and look at the perfs to determin if it is a printer or a lubrication issue

Posted by Matt Skilton (Member # 5288) on 07-15-2009, 06:45 AM:

We got all our three prints rehearsed last night and I didn't see any shaking in mine, and the other two prints were given the all clear. Sounds like a dodgy reel to me so I'd get it replaced if need be.