what is a reflex camera?

[learjet76]

Whats a good beginner 16mm camera that does not have so much "flicker" , I know its a stupid question ,but is it called a reflex camera that does not have the flicker?

[Rob van Gelder]

Reflex camera´s are based on the same principle that is used in the 35mm still camera´s with mirror and pentaprism on top.

It means that you can see the picture but at the same time the film can not and the other way around.

This introduces the flicker.

With stills cameras it is a short black-out when the mirror is raised to free the light path to the shutter and film-plane.

With film camera´s you will have this 24/25/30 times per econd normally. Thats why this kind of camera´s always have flicker.

 

There is another possibility: when the light for the viewfinder is taken from the lens, via a semi transparent mirror reflected outside the normal path and than via a mirror and lens system towards the viewfinder.

In this case you have no flicker, but you will have a light loss , a lower sensitivity of your lens as not all the light is directed to the film

 

 

Rob van Gelder

[John Pytlak RIP]

16mm Cameras:

 

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/16mm/cam...d=0.1.4.9&lc=en