CINE SCANNER ON THE BLINK AGAIN FRUSTRATING

The cine scanner decided to go on the blink again after successfully copying a couple of films but from what I read it could be the drive belt which is probably not much better than an elastic band but also it could a little tension pulling the film throw from the feed for which I've used a passive projector. I may make a very simple jig with a box and dowel to feed free of friction which will take pressure off the drive, I can still use the projector as a quick re-winder.

While I've been struggling with this I've also been making slow progress on the bus spot ultra Sheffield, I've got all the pre video era stuff on I may edit that and then address the video era, I had to get rid of some files which were filling the memory of the computer, its hard finding the stuff which is dragging it down as there are so many areas it is stored in, I'm loathe to delete the main editing file as there are so many files used in common with all the productions. In the process I did lose the link to files I'd downloaded , it was easy enough putting them back but now I'll get cracking with proper editing then I can just add the video era files from the master copies rather than the edited DVDs as this can take up so much memory. I have a wealth of material covering well over a century of public transport tram and bus in the city.

I need to decide where I'm filming tomorrow, a simple excursion is to Wrexham and or Chester or Stoke. Others include Corby, Kettering, Nuneaton which don't get covered as much as other locations I visit annually. I've also managed to put the grout sealant on the tiles grout in the bathroom, we can't use the shower for 48 hours which means lasting until Friday evening but no probs with sinks etc. So day day of great length, not the perfect New Years celebration really but some nice footage used which had shots on the 1966 RTL trip to Spain and France. There are others covering Portugal and Spain if I can overcome the glitches. I did manage to get some screen shots which I think came out well.