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<div>I can upload some iPhone-rezz pics, tonight. I've never seen this stuff on film, first-hand----only on 1" videotape (several different stocks, but mainly (surprisingly, as I heard Fuji was among the better 1" stocks) on Fuji H621). Good to know it's a filmic matter, too, Ted.</div>
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<div>Again, I will upload a photo later, but it looks like a concentrated (ie. does not blow off/around too easily) and hardened baking soda, formed in singular pea-sized chunks. (And, no, I don't think Marion Barry has ever been in the archive...)</div>
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<div>One of my colleagues, formerly of a now-defunct NYC video transfer house, said that I should not jump to the easy conclusion that it was mold, and seemed rather convinced it was "plasticizer" from the tape binder. It's not a loose-lying kind of thing, but rather seems anchored to the tape (presumably from whence it emerged) like a scab. </div>
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<div>The best way to figure out what it is would be to send it out for chemical analysis, but I wanted to get a sense of the Group's possible testimonies beforehand. </div>
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<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Ted Langdell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>If I'm correctly interpreting what Walter's describing here... </div>
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<div>When dealing with film, it appears as a dandruff-like stuff. </div>
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<div>We see a lot of that on telecine's Particle Transfer Rollers when transferring older material.</div>
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<div>Walter: is this what you're referring to?</div>
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<div>On Mar 17, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Trevor Brown wrote:</div><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">What brand are the tapes in particular the 2” ie Memorex Chroma 90 ?</span></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif"><span> </span><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><span> </span>[<a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of</b>Walter Forsberg<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>17 March 2010 15:15<br><b>To:</b><span> </span><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>[QuadList] Plasticizer</span></div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">I'm looking for info / documentation / personal experiences any of you may have had with white plasticizer, offering itself up from the winds/packs of 2" and 1" videotape.</div>
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