manny

Hello,

Up for sale a 16mm Bolex RX 5 in very good condition.

Three lens turret, c-mount

Body only.

Selling price 525UKP or nearest offer.

This camera is one of the very best bolex models on the market, fully mechanic but also functions with motor.

Ideal for first steps into quality cinematography, animation etc...

Or ideal as a second unit camera.

Lots of possibilities to upgrade, lots of spares to be found on the 2nd hand market.

Reason for sale: I have two of these and only need to keep one.

Located in Uxbridge.

Don't hesitate to contact me for further information.

Regards

Emmanuel, London

Camera Assistant - Focus Puller

Munich - London +491608036889 - www.suys.de - +447910034443

Hi MTL,

Anyway, doesn't really matter what is on the receiving end, daylight spool or standard core. How you are going to unload the film, wether in total darkness or or not, decides that. If you use daylight spools it is not a bad idea to keep to use daylight spools on the receiving end. You will use the same storage box, if otherwise you have to get cans and bags and cores probably, adding unecessary bits and pieces to your kit. You can get all of this including daylight spools from the lab your going to process with.

Oh, if you could sign your posts, thanks.

Regards

Emmanuel, london

Camera Assistant - Focus Puller

Munich - London +491608036889 - www.suys.de - +447910034443

hello,

What drives me absolutely mad is all these itemized rental catalogues.

 

You're not wrong, but I am sure rental houses have a good reason.

But not one DoP I have worked with hat a camera package similar to a other DoP or similar to the previous job.

Also production really are the ones interested or concerned in pricing. Furthermore when production says to expensive I found looking at the catalogues allows me at the end of the day to get the right compromise; as in dropping this bit for gaining that bit. Keeping my boss happy, keeping production happy and allowing me to do what I need to do with the right tools. Therefore I find the catalogue often very handy.

 

 

my two pence

 

Regards

Emmanuel, London

 

Camera Assistant - Focus Puller

Munich - London +491608036889 - www.suys.de - +447910034443

Hi Matt,

The Aaton 35 is in a different league, that is no way to compare with an Arri 2 or even 3, that is a hell of a great camera, silent light also pos to 3 perf and not cheap either.

Last time I worked with one four years ago, the DoP owned it and he was very happy.

I think many people don't really know Aaton to be honest. I love em, but most DoP's I work with here in Europe want Arri or Moviecam. Only in England and France Aaton seems to be popular, as well as in the US of course. In Munich, the A-minima is the only Aaton around.

It is a shame.

Chose between an Arri 2 and a Konvas, well I have an Arri 2 so I am biased but there really nice cameras, easy to service, worldwide. Easy to upgrade and compatible.

Konvas cameras, there are some around, quite a few afficionados. but to many dodgy dealers. Depending where you live it might be difficult, no local technical help.

My two cents

Regards

Emmanuel, London

Camera Assistant - Focus Puller

Munich - London +491608036889 - www.suys.de - +447910034443

Hi skratch,

>are there 400ft mags available for these cams?

The late bolexes do accept 400 mags, such as the one body that I am selling :-)

The beaulieus have additional mags but correct me if I am wrong there are 200ft only.

Hope this helps,

Regards

Emmanuel, London

Camera Assistant - Focus Puller

Munich - London +491608036889 - www.suys.de - +447910034443

Hello,

For sale 16mm Bolex RX 5, three turret c-mount body in very good condition.

This is one of the jewels in the Bolex series. Lots of accessories can still be found.

Easy and relatively cheap to convert to S-16 if necessary.

I am selling this one as I have two of these and only need one.

Ideal for starting, animation, experimental work, etc...

The camera and myself are located in Uxbridge, West-London, United Kingdom.

Selling price 525 UKP or best offer.

Glad to answer any questions.

Regards

Manny

you can reach me via email or via phone

Camera Assistant - Focus Puller

Munich - London +491608036889 - www.suys.de - +447910034443

Hello Jarin,

As said some companies have made lots of accessories for Moviecam SuperAmerica making it lighter and more manoeuvrable. Many Arri accessories fit Moviecam as well. Talk to the rental house

If you can go to the rental company and have a look at both. Try them out in handheld mode.

After all you should get familiar with it before you make up your mind. Cause you are the one going to operate after all ;)

Regards

Manny, London

greetings Jarin

Does anyone have any comments to share about the Moviecam Super America - I've never used anything Moviecam; how is it as far as weight, noise, etc?

 

As you might know Moviecam have four models on the market, SL - Compact - Compact MK2 and the SuperAmerica. I have worked often with these and the SuperAmerica took it all the way to the Western Himalaya.

It is a big camera, besides the size it has all the qualities of the Moviecam Compact.

It is the studio version of the Compact.

Supersilent and simple to use. Your AC and Clapper loader are going to love it.

We had quite some bad weather, lots of sand. Camera had to be cleaned everynight, but with that one it was easy.

For handheld it might be a little on the heavy side, but not impossible.

We used it many possible ways, on the bonnet of jeep, hanging from bunjees etc...

Did all we wanted.

Check for all possible accessories, some rental places often made their own bits and pieces.

Regarding Moviecam, Arri bought them: that says a lot.

In Munich, amongst the older DoP's I work with they often say, when this or that piece is well designed it is definetely from Austria!

There are one or two photographs of that shoot in my site wwwdotsuysdotde

Not at my home base otherwise would send you some more shots.

 

Regards

Emmanuel, London

 

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Greetings Alain,

Have you tried the eclairacl list on the topica website?

you might find something to fill in the gaps.

Regards

Emmanuel from London

Focus Puller

ACL and NPR owner

Hi Edward,

If you are still in Munich by the 24th of August I will be able to help you. I have the motor in question however right now on location in the Middle East and my motor is in Munich :-)

Let me know how I can reach you once back in Munich.

Regards

Emmanuel from Beirut.

Greetings Samuel,

You can upgrade an SR2 almost to an SR3, you should check with P+S Technik in Munich or also check with Präzisions Engineering Denz in Munich as well. You will get all the details from them. There is also a company, I think in Florida who represents P+S Technik.

I know with the P+S Technik modified SR2, better known as the evolution, you can do some ramping but it is a while since I have worked with one of them. It is if I am correct rather basic.

Also worthwhile checking is Cinematography Electronics.

Regards

Manny

Greetings,

You need to change the electronics or add electronics in order to go for single frame on an Arri SR3.

Wanted to do this early spring for a commercial, and that is what Arri rental here in Munich said.

Regards

Manny

Greetings Alexander,

Just finished some testing today and as said I did also test my bolex S16 PL mount. Very pleased with the results. The test was not as long as I had hoped for due to shortage of time, also don't have rod support system for the Canon zoom 8-64.

The lenses used were a set of Zeiss H/S. No vignetting whatsoever. The widest lens used was the Zeiss HS 9.5mm T1.3.

The setup I have is Bolex Bayonet Mount with a PL adapter. All work done by Les Bosher.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings everyone,

Up for Auction on Ebay two very nice Angenieux zoom lenses.

one cameflex mount 12-120mm and one arri mount 12.5-75mm

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...7&category=4691

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...5&category=4691

Any questions feel free to ask.

Happy bidding ;)

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings Jason,

28 seconds at 24 fps or +/- 19 feet

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings again Alexander,

So there is some time, will keep you posted on the results of the test regarding any potential vignetting.

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings Alexander,

Yes Les Bosher should be able to inform you all about it.

When are you shooting?

For my part I am going to do a full scale testing in about two weeks time, I will make a test alongside with the bolex S16 bayonet pl mount adapter included. Test will include some set of primes, canon zoom 7-63, zeis 11-110

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings Paolo,

You can start finding out through this website, they make it and you will have all the infos there on dealers etc...

www.pstechnik.de

Hope this helps.

Regards

Emmanuel form Munich

Greetings Leon,

There is a good mail list on the Konvas camera on the Topica website. There is also the excellent www.commiecam.com site which if I am correct is the also the founder of the Topica Konvas mailing list.

There is a small but very active and passionate community of Konvas users out there.

That is the place to go and get the advice you are looking for.

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings Justin,

Not familiar with the CP16 mount but get in touch with Les Bosher, he is a well known respected camera technician that makes lens adaptors, lens mounts and so on. He just did some work for me.

If there is a possibility he surely will know. Bayonet adapters exist for Arri, Eclair, PL, c-mount and so forth.

les@lesbosher.co.uk

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings Jason,

Andrew Alden has an excellent book, the Bolex Bible. Lots of interesting information in it.

I actually also recommend his other books.

If Bolex is the road you choose, go for a 1:1 shaft.

There will be plenty of gear around at decent prices, ebay is full of it.

Just be careful about the lenses, don't mix up RX lenses and standard ones.

Regarding mounts bayonet might be wiser as you can easily get adapters for the more recent mount such as PL, Eclair, Nikon mount etc... This makes upgrading to S16 less expensive in the end.

Hope this helps,

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich, RX 5 owner

Greetings Tom,

Would just like to add the following to the excellent reply previously given.

Before you make up your mind make a list of gear and accessories that you will need and most important of all that are plenty therefore easy and cheap to obtain. Some gear is not expensive at the base but becomes difficult to expand, adapt and upgrade.

By this I mean if upgrading one particular make of camera to S16 or changing to a PL mount is going to cost you an arm and a leg, maybe thinking about another make is not a bad idea.

The option of adding at a later stage a video tap etc... is to be taken into account if you are thinking serious projects.

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings everyon,

If Ultra was a decent option it would already have been exploited a long time ago. Sure S16 took a while to take off, but it is there because it is the best option. As far as processing and post-production it might be alright if the one existing lab or transfert hse is next door to you.

Frankly for a mere 600 USD I upgraded my Bolex RX 5 to S16. That was also done by an expert in the field. All I need is to change a couple lenses, the rest is identical. Then I will upgrade my Eclair gear, the lenses will be already there.

Why go a difficult path if a proven one is there right in front of you. When you own gear, in particular N16 you have to face some expenses. I call this investment. But Ultra 16 is not an investment in my opinion. And probably owning gear might not always be the right choice either but that is a another topic. One can go the Ultra 16, nothing against it.

Sorry for responding late but was on location shoot and with the new posting system it ain't that easy anymore. :(

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich

Greetings Vivian,

For a while I researched the possibilities that were available for my N16 gear to upgrade. Chose to follow the S16 route as don't want to find myself without processing lab, if I need a second unit it will be easier to find another S16 than an Ultra 16. I found it worth, but that is depending on one's intentions, to upgrade to S16 and change my three turret c mount of my RX5 to a PL mount. You are right about it being expensive. But the choice of available gear is plenty, and of recent, excellent quality. Also if I need another piece of gear, and I am in bum xxxx nowhere, I will easily find a PL mount S16 solution or accessory. Invest a little at the beginning but save in the long term so to speak.

Regards

Emmanuel from Munich