Brand new Film Camera?

[Tyler Purcell]

On 5/4/2022 at 1:01 PM, aapo lettinen said:

the point being, you don't necessarily need a "high end lab facility" to build complicated drive electronics for niche products like film cameras.

I agree, the only components that really need serious tolerances are the movement (shutter/ground glass included), gate, pressure plate and lens spacing/mount. 

[David Mullen ASC]

2 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said:

I agree, the only components that really need serious tolerances are the movement (shutter/ground glass included), gate, pressure plate and lens spacing/mount. 

“OK, other than the — and the — and the — and the —

…what have the Romans really ever done for us?”

[David Peterson]

On 8/17/2021 at 10:33 PM, Dom Jaeger said:

All the major manufacturers - Arri, Aaton and Panavision - had stopped making film cameras by 2011. Interest in new cameras plummeted around 2009, especially with so many second hand cameras flooding the market.

A lot of people don’t realise how expensive new film cameras were back then. In 2006 an SR3 Advanced body alone was US$40,000, mags were over $5000 each, an IVS over $10,000, each ground glass was $1000. A full SR3 kit with 3 mags, IVS, extension viewfinder, on-board batteries and charger, travel case and accessories could easily set you back $100K.  An Arricam ST body without even the viewfinder was US$140,000, a full kit with mags and all the accessories and maybe a 3 perf movement kit would cost a rental house half a million dollars.

Exactly, it is insane to think there is any kind of profitable volume in selling professional film cameras in the modern era. 

Most people won't ever shoot on film. 

And those that do, won't buy a new film camera kit for $100K when you can get it secondhand (AND a spare body too! As a back up) for a fraction of that cost.