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thanks for the reply but far too technical for me im afraid.....hahaha....I dont see any flicker when I look through the viewfinder of my Aaton...I don't use a monitor....plus I cant adjust anything on the Aaton either.....it's 25fps at 180 degree shutter and thats it.....it's a modern LED light strip on the ceiling and overhead thats im asking about.....

The shutter of your camera must be in synch with the pulsating light. Therefore you use a synchronous motor run off the same grid sector as the lamps or a crystal controlled motor plus a phase shifting unit. You can also observe the light in the reflex viewfinder, it should be at a minimum while adjusting the motor. Then the maximum happens during exposure. No need of adjusting anything with LEDs on DC or well smoothed-out AC.

....so there I was happy as a clam as they say and I was shooting my Aaton with Vision3 500T 16mm film inside in a room that was lit with a couple of overhead LED tube lights.....plus one light that I brought along.....so day two of shooting and the person I'm shooting tells me......when I record video with the mobile the light flickers, no problem with your camera right........so I went blank and carried on......but with that doubt in my mind hahahah.......I know MY light won't show flicker......but the two overheads????? we're in Europe obviously..... Can anyone share wisdom on this with me without any of the deep science......

As I understand it, ORWO's perf-pitch problems arose from that fact that they pitched their camera negatives to "long-pitch" which is meant for print stock and 35mm still film? I don't know how the perf-pitch machines work but I wonder if they can set it to "short-pitch" for stock meant for camera negatives, run those batches and then switch back to long-pitch for still camera/ print stock film?

Beautiful lens still available at extremely good price.

I think this is the same Fries Ultra65 that Richard Bennett down at Cinemagear talked about restoring in his blog last year. https://cinemagear.com/blog/tag/imax/ I think there were only three made, this one is s/n 003. I think that Arnie Peterson did the electronics upgrade.

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Made a mistake. Movie with Cinemascope special is not 'Summer Stock' it is 'The Girl Can't Help It.' (1956)

Huh I thought the Aatons had more clearance than the SRs. Does that mean the 20mm won’t fit on the SRs?

Hello everyone! I'm DPing a short film that will be shot on a hybrid digital (Alexa mini LF) and super 16mm format in 3 weeks time. The 16mm will be shot on a 16SR(1) that a dear friend of mine recently bought and got modulated to super 16. The camera, however, does not have a video tap to allow us to use a video assist. And we really need one. My friend has bought a video tap, but removing the camera's exposure meter and soldering that in will be too complicated / time-consuming a task to complete in time for this shoot in 3 weeks' time. Instead, our current plan to bypass this problem is to 3D print a makeshift attachment that we can put onto the viewfinder eyepiece, that will allow us to attach a small CCTV camera through which we can get a feed for our video assist. However, time is running short and there may not be time to try out and troubleshoot this idea. In the meantime, I was wondering if any hero here might already have made such a mechanism and could help me out? I'd hugely appreciate it if so. Any other ideas if anyone has them would also be warmly welcomed 🙂 Thanks all in advance, Chaa.

I finished up 20-month test from 9.1.22 to 5.1.24 and SDD worked fine. Next test is early 2025.

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They’ve got a lot of stock at Black Hanger. That’s where I shot the tests. I have to say UN54 was my favorite of the stocks I tested.

Any recommendations for purchasing Kodak 16mm 100' rolls in/near Amsterdam? Traveling for a doc this summer and would rather not fly with film/stress about the Xray machines. Also interested in developing there. I've seen https://haghefilm.nl/ mentioned for developing Any recommendations for video/photo equipment stores as well? Would love to be able to pick up loose odds and ends out there - grip/lighting especially. It's a 2 month shoot so I'm not as keen on renting. Thanks in advance

Good! I would take a 50 ISO stock that has a different (but acceptable) look to Kodak, as long as the stock was cut and perforated properly. We're about to test the NC400, which I've seen acceptable results for in the past. Hopefully later this year, they'll manufacture some NC200 in 16mm and we can wrap up our OWRO testing and final thoughts. It's been a journey thus far and I'm hoping they get their act together.

I just got some NC400 to test for an outrageously high price directly from OWRO and it's shipping from Black Hanger Studios in Hampshire UK.. The last batch I got to test which would have been last year, actually shipped from the US, but it was a 3 month delay from placing the order to shipping. Right now I ordered the NC400 on Monday and it shipped Tuesday. I would the UN54 stock would ship from the same place?

Especially since Kodak has been blowing out non conforming (over 6 month old) sealed stock for half price. Where you'd never be able to get enough for a feature film, the vast majority of low budget shows can actually get 35mm for less than 16mm. Hopefully someday they'll have some 16mm for a similar deal, but generally we've found that they don't make enough. They keep 16mm production on a tight leash and only ramp up based on demand. Since the majority of major production is on 35mm, they can have a lot of left over stock. I'm very happy Kodak is selling the non conforming instead of melting it down for the silver like they have in the past. So yes, it's clear that OWRO doesn't want to sell 35mm stock, which is why the price is crazy. I just got some NC400 16mm, which for the first time showed up on the site and the pricing was the same as Kodak. I only got some to test, but nobody else is going to risk buying the stock vs buying new from Kodak.

I did not. I looks like the rear, whilst clear of the mirror comes into contact with the ground–glass block on the prod

did you try removing/unscrewing the rear cone on the lens?

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Even if it was priced the same as V3, and that is still asking a lot. It would guarantee more success if it was cheaper than Kodak for sales volume. They should aim at selling more film by pricing it lower than Kodak. Otherwise, why would anyone want to pay the same money as V3, which is awesome and battle tested, let alone double the price of it. To put it in perspective, with these prices, you could shoot on Kodak 65mm.

I've just come across your post months late. If it's still useful, you need one DR-70 and two DR-83 belts. If you don't need sepmag drive at all, you only need one DR-83.

For those interested the 20mm PL does not fit the Aaton XTR Prod or LTR.

The perf troubles will likely not change as their machines are all from the previous companies, and unless a major investment happens they wont upgrade them. The delivery issues partly come from the fact that the films are produced in batches. Also the films are not distributed in any reasonable way, meaning we in Europe cant get UN54 right now (it would get shipped from the USA), and maybe you guys cant get nc500 in the states?

I would suggest the price has to come done first, otherwise more people won't take it up.