Filmshooting

...and your lab is?

dedekind wrote:Long story short: my wife is an independent filmmaker. She always used a DSLR to film.

DSLR? You mean she's an independent videomaker

My advice is to go for the 814 XL-S AND avoid the Beaulieus. Repairing businesses love Beaulieus 8)

...and do never load them with more that 10-12 meters, that what they were designed for

They are not manufacturing the acetate for their films. Instead they will buy it from external sources, which nowadays sounds quite logical from any point of view even more when Kodak is now focusing it's activity on certain areas and leaving others. This would be like asking BMW to manufacture thei...

CHAS wrote:The Reel Image has been around for awhile. But I didn't realize they had a website until now.

Good question regarding the film stocks. Anyone check this out? I wonder who is cutting it down for them/packaging it.

This is the new Wittner filmstocks (Velvia 50, 100, Agfa Aviphot 200D, etc)

The Velvia 50D is traditionally better exposed as 25-33 ASA rather than 50.

Thank you!

I lubricated My B8 some years ago but didn't disasemble the spring. There are youtube videos on how to oil a B8 without doing it although I suppose the spring may need some kind of lube as well.

How did you disasembled the spring? I could not do so :oops:

The costs for producing such a new product include a seperate costly perforating machine for the AGFA PE-film, the costs for the cartridges and to make them ready for a flawless function. Although the film itself is relatively cheap, the several processes to make a cartridge that performs at high s...

This is very good news! Thanks for posting

Most Super8 cameras disengage automatically the internal filter when inserting a "D" type cartridge, no matter what is indicated manually in the external switch. Don't know about the Sankyos

I know the man behind ochoypico.com. Have been a customer for years now and can assure he's a very fair person with no intention of autopromoting his own telecines, which I am recommending in this forum for years now...

BTW give a look at his prices on his website :o The results worth it

Thank you very much indeed! Great photos also. We need more of this for our cameras!

Your Bolex 8 mm cameras are very well designed and proved for 50 years, so don't worry