Talking, collecting and preserving classic film.
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A fine grain master positive (or in the UK, a duping pos, or many years ago, a protection lavender) is a lower contrast film element used to generate duplicating negatives. The FGMP would be generated from a negative, ideally a camera negative.drednm wrote:OK so what does this mean?
"The film has not been restored. We only hold film elements. The safety copy is a fine grain master positive. "
I am lost as you are. English is my second language, but your post does not make sense.drednm wrote:OK so what does this mean?
"The film has not been restored. We only hold film elements. The safety copy is a fine grain master positive. "
David Pierce wrote:A fine grain master positive (or in the UK, a duping pos, or many years ago, a protection lavender) is a lower contrast film element used to generate duplicating negatives. The FGMP would be generated from a negative, ideally a camera negative.drednm wrote:OK so what does this mean?
"The film has not been restored. We only hold film elements. The safety copy is a fine grain master positive. "
A fine grain master positive is a preservation element, not suitable for projection or Steenbeck viewing. However, it is an excellent element if your goal is to create a digital copy.
If an archive's best original element is a print, then the preservation workflow would create a dupe negative and print. If they acquire a negative, then the preservation element is a FGMP. If the archive's goal is a timed (graded) safety fine grain master positive, then after the timer chooses the lights (exposure in the printer), the lab might make a print to test the timing, then make the FGMP.
Thank you David for the clarification.
David Pierce
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Are we talking about THE HUMMING BIRD here, or something else?