Re: 3Discover perfs

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > For starters, I took a look at the 3Discover and verified that it uses
> > > regular 35 mm film with same perforations, etc.  I don't know how
> > > Marvin concluded that this is a special film.  It appears to be simple
> > > 35 mm film.
> > 
> > I bow to your experience. I was merely repeating what a company
representative
> > told me, that the viewer used specially perforated film in order to line up
the
> > images properly.
> 
> Perhaps the truth is somewhere between: the film is regular 35mm but
> the images have to be in a specific position relative to the sprocket
> holes.
> 
That wouldn't make sense, because if it's a 8-perf image, it would have 7
chances in 8 of being out of register. I was told by a 3Discover rep in L.A.
that the sprockets were unique to the system; if, as George reports from
personal experience, they are standard sprockets, then the rep was probably
giving me a "dumbed down" explanation. But it DOES seem logical to me that there
is something about the film that allows the cartridge to "know" when the
pictures are in register.


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