RE: Fade restoration, I'm still not convinced

#26 by Vidar Olavesen , Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:06 pm

Paul, where can one buy such glass filters? Sounds like a good option


 
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RE: Fade restoration, I'm still not convinced

#27 by Paul Browning , Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:03 pm

HI Vdar, you will need to google it to look at the options in your part of the world, i'll check around for you.....


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RE: Fade restoration, I'm still not convinced

#28 by Paul Browning , Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:09 pm


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RE: Fade restoration, I'm still not convinced

#29 by Vidar Olavesen , Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:51 pm

Thanks, Appreciate that. 5x5cm is to small I assume, will check out, if I buy the 10x10, hoping it would fit for 35mm lens too, so I could use it on all my projectors. Now to search for something to measure with :-)


 
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RE: Fade restoration, I'm still not convinced

#30 by Thomas Peters , Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:34 pm

Quote: Tom Photiou wrote in post #24
At the end of the day you cant polish a turd.


And that sums up my take on all of this. I'd rather spend my money on films in better condition.



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RE: Fade restoration, I'm still not convinced

#31 by Thomas Peters , Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:10 pm

With all this talk, last night I watched my 600 foot DRACULA (1979) from Universal 8. I've had this since I (actually my parents) bought it in 1980.

It has the black bars at the top and botton, and that part has a reddish hue to it. Any of the dark scenes show reddish hints with no other colors, but the outdoor scenes look better. There is still a lot of color left, but it has defintely faded over the last 43 years. I have bought pre-owned prints of color films that are beet red and are unwatchable.

I suppose a color filter could help this print -- but TBH, this digest ain't that great. Loved it in 1980 after having seen it in the theatres the year before, but now it is a bit boring. Too many dialog scenes, plus the love scene between Kate Nelligan and Frank Langella could have been cut a bit. Not sure why we needed that Maurice Binder stuff (I think, from the Bond films main titles) for this extract in that scene. The last time I saw the full-length film was when it was first televised -- I still have my video tape recording of it that I never watched again. Now that I've seen most of the Christopher Lees, this version of DRACULA pales in comparison.

For some reason, they gave Harker a 70s-style haircut and mustache -- not sure that was the style in the 19th century.



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