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S8 wetgates are available for most of the current scanners so It depends on availability and you preferred scanner.

tested them and hurried back to P+STechnik's pro35 with 'cine'lenses.

I think it really is the look. the few times I used Fuji though, it got stuck in the camera... anybody have the same problem?

sound on MD is compressed in the ATRAC-format, a compression-format that is better dan MP3, but still has weaknesses. maybe the newest MD-recorders with a maximum capacity of 1Gb can record uncompressed PCM. check it out. But at the cost of those new machines you could find a harddisk-based mp3-player with a mic/line-in?

thanks for the links John, DOFmaster is really great! Still have a few questions: What circle of confusion(CoC)- values does Kodak use for their cine products? I found three(!) different values for 16mm. Apparently the ASC recommends 0.0152mm/0.0007inch. Also doesn't the CoC 'grow' with S16? thanks, Stijn

does anybody know of a DOF-calculator to use on Windows? I've heard about these apps for palmtops, but do they exist for Windows/Linux/Mac??? the ones I found googling are either online(usually don't have 'movie' settings) or hardware (and sold out everywhere) thanx

Arri makes the RCU or Remote Control Unit that allowes to program ramps in speed and shutter. The SR3 should be compatible with it. also check if you can find a tiny camera you can screw on the viewfinder of the Bolex. Of course you will have to choose between viewfinder or videotap in this case.

AGFA microfilm microfilm is film used to archive documents. I think its black and white and I am guessing very fine grain but very high contrast for the b/w documents. Propably doesn't have any back layer like Remjet and no motion picture perfs either. but someone that knows more about core types and such should have a look on this website for a real answer. :)

"Cinematography Screencraft" a collection of interviews with cinematographers about their work. Staarts with Jack Cardiff and ends with Darius Khondji. also: Nykvist, Kaminski, Seale, Couterd, Willis,... all the big names... lovely book

That looks very interesting. I guess most steadicam operators will be thrilled with it's light weight. With the tilted 200' mag it looks very 'Aaton'. Arri designed it this way for handheld use, so I'm not far off. I hope a rental house in Belgium will buy one.

Yeah, I saw something similar in the late 90's whenb Aaton was developping the A-minima. I think I'm going tpo send an email to Aaton and ask for more info.

I'd like to see those Aaton designs!!! I'm a big Aaton fan and if they were to make something like a A-minima for S8 use, I'd absolutely love it. Changeable lenses, a good crystal motor with a good speed range and a reflex viewfinder... They'd have to work something out to improve stability though. Registration pins and adapted S8 cartridges with a good pressure plate, like the ones you can buy online... But Josh also kind o f made this wish list and I must say that I agree with him. The dveloment cost of creating a real pro S8 camera would result in a high price for the machine itself, even in a modular system. But to go back to the 70's Aaton plans, if anybodyhas more info on this...? we should remind Aaton of this plan

not just crystal, also the available speeds are important. I'm trying to find a good S8 cam that runs at 25fps to use for music videos. of course I could run at 24 and have the telecine paly it at 25, the 4% increase wouldn't be a terrible problem, but for syns shots it would be nice. does anybody knoiw of 25fps S8 cam???? I know you can buy one on www.super8sound.com with an 25fps crystal motor, but that leaves you stuck with one speed...

I've had some experience in trying very low-cost multicam registrations and this machine truly is interesting. Tally, sound, video and intercom over Cat5: waw! But when I was fiddling with three ENG camcorders (one betaSP, a digiBeta with RCU + one digital head with SP dock) we had a lot of work matching all cameras. I've even popped open the old SP a few times to correct phase and color on the circuit board. This very nifty device just can't sync all the DV-cameras, it's impossible. by the way, opening up a betaSP is an interesting experience, but do it with someone that knows what he's doing. This way you'll learn a lot and you'll realize you don't need a digibeta with RCU for cine-style gamma, a higher black level or saturated colors: you need a screwdriver!

again testing is the only true answer :)