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Steven Wyatt

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  1. Hello all,

    I took a chance on a Nalcom Super 8 camera from ebay a few weeks back. Costmetically the unit looks to be in a really good condition, the only thing is its missing the removal battery compartment that allows the camera to be powered. The seller didn't really define this as a the problem, it was only until further inspection did I find it out. To be honest I picked it up for cheap and am wanting to see if any one else had a similar problem and found a workaround to getting the camera operational.

    Any help would be amazing.

    Many Thanks

    Steve

  2. Hello all, 

    I hope your well, im currently on the look out for any 35mm short end preferable exposed/gash stock that I can use for loading practise. Does any one have any or know of a source where I can track this down?

    Any steering would be greatly appreciated. UK based, happy to pay for shipping also.

    Many thank

    Steve

  3. Hello all,

    I was wondering if any one could shed any light on what lenses & film stock was used on Wong Kar Wai's film 'Chungking Express' (1994). IMDB unfortunatly provides very little technical information regarding the production process. I'd love to hear any bits of information on how it was shot (what lenses in particularly) and any other nuggets of information.

    If anyone knows of any articles or interviews that can provide any steer here, i'd be very appreciative. 

    Thank you for your time.

    Many Thanks

    Steve Wyatt

  4. Hello all,

    Its been a while since I last posted on the cinematography.com website - its great to be back on here!

    I've bought an original Red One and would like to make use of the CF slot, I wanted to ask if third party CF cards work on this camera or would I need to use the red certified CF cards.

    Any suggestions welcome!

    Many Thanks

    Steve

  5. Hi Rob,

     

    Long time no speak it's Steve! Hope your well.

     

    Regarding your question, I dunno, that sounds very strange to me, but it's possible to do that. In terms of going from 4k to 2k, the resolution does crop down, so I suppose in essence you can alter your composition changing your resolution.

     

    I'd just stick to either one of the resolutions depending on what your project doing, so for example if you have 35mm pl lenses, just stick to 4k but if you got s16mm lenses go 2k, as i'm sure your aware.

     

    Hope this helps

    Steve

  6. Thanks man, it was great to do, I forgot to mention the transfer was to Digibeta and then converted to uncompressed SD quicktimes for editing. Deluxe Soho did a great jobs with the telecine, for a 500T stock its wasn't as grainy as I expected as the last stock I had used was the 7219 Kodak, which I absolutely adored, but then again we didn't have a budget to test tocks and I was quite up for the idea of taking advantage of the Complete 16 package, which is absolutely amazing!

     

    All interiors and night exteriors were shot at T2.8. Daylight exteriors varied between T2.8 to T8. At on point I rated the stock to 250 and had 85ND9 + ND9 in the mattebox! I ended up wearing some blackout over my head when I was shooting in sunny conditions. :)

  7. Hi everyone,

     

    I just wanted to post some screengrabs of my recent short film I shot in Cumbria, UK. I was very fortunate to be able shoot this one on 16mm, having always shot on this format during my time at film school I absolutely loved it and in the wake of Red's & DSLR's I found myself doing more low budget shorts on these systems.

     

    But thankfully the Complete 16 package offered by Fuji Film came along, and being quite excited about it I jumped at the opportunity. Thank fully, the Director to was very up for the idea of shooting on 16mm, but more importantly the story we were telling suited the format aesthetics.

     

    The short is set in cumbria during the foot and mouth crisis of 2001, where sheep and a variety of farm animals were suffering from a contagious diesease, which resulted in the Goverment issuing orders to cull most of the infected and uninfected livestock in an attempt at containment.

     

    My camera and lighting package came from Provision in Leeds and consisted of:

     

    Aaton XTR Prod

    Carl Zeiss MK3 Superspeeds (9.5mm,12mm, 16mm, 25mm, 50mm and 85mm - (35mm format MK3)

    F4 Ronford Baker

    Handgrips

    Filters: Pola, 85ND.3,.6,.9 & a set of clean ND's

     

    1 x 2.5 HMI

    1 x 1.2 HMI

    2 x 44 Kino Flos

    2 x 2ks

    2 x 1ks

    2 x 650ws

     

    Shot on Fuji 500T Vivid Eterna - rated at 320 asa.

     

    I don't think I can upload anymore pictures here but please have a look at the frame grabs on my flickr account : Overwintering Frame Grabs

     

    Let me know what you think and thanks for looking!post-10079-0-09462000-1306153243.jpg

  8. Hi everyone

     

    Tried to have a look for a post of this if anyone had created one already but was unsuccessful. I'm seriously considering getting some of these lenses as i'm a big fan of Lomo lenses and these seem to be the most affordable cinema lenses for 35mm on a budget like mine.

     

    I'd like to be able to use them on my GH1 or for some red work when I get it.

     

    But what I cant seem to find is any information about PL adapters for these lenses? Is it even feasible to get a working adapter for this type of lens? There very similar to the Arri standard design where the focusing forms part of the barrell movemement in which case if an PL Adapter was clamped to the lens it would not be able to focus. Is this correct?

     

    I've seen these OCT-18 lens adapter on Ebay : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OCT-18-KONVAS-KINOR-RED-ONE-ARRI-PL-mount-adapter-/260708693927?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item3cb372f7a7

     

    Is this useable?

     

    All comments appreciated! Thanks guys.

     

    Regards,

    Steve

  9. Hi,

     

    I've just purchased this lens of ebay and am currently looking to get it converted to arri PL to go on my Eclair super 16mm camera. I realise that it was not designed for super 16mm coverage but has any one tested the lens on the format to see whats it tolerances are?

     

    Would it be the same result as most of the angenieux zooms? with coverage from 25mm upwards? I bought the lens as a super 16mm glass is so expensive and was looking for alternatives.

     

    Thanks,

    Steve

  10. Hi,

     

    I've just purchased this lens of ebay and am currently looking to get it converted to arri PL to go on my Eclair super 16mm camera. I realise that it was not designed for super 16mm coverage but has any one tested the lens on the format to see whats it tolerances are?

     

    Would it be the same result as most of the angenieux zooms? with coverage from 25mm upwards? I bought the lens as a super 16mm glass is so expensive and was looking for alternatives.

     

    Thanks,

    Steve

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