Jack Linder

Adam, couldn't you have just bought a motor and integrated it into the camera? The camera body and the pull down mechanism would have had to accomadate one, so you would have had to make some compromise in the design. I am approaching this project from a fabrication/welding angle not electronics. I never thought a motor could be so cumbersome.

After pricing the rental rates for a standard panavision, I decided I may as well make my own camera. Many would cringe at this notion but they would of course be underestimating my welding skills. Likewise it would only be somewhat challenging in creating a consisnet timed crystal motor. The same technology that governs my watch, applies to the motor (sort of). Proper calibration and measurment is intergral to this project. Problems do arise however with the proper calibration of the optics. While I will not be making an actual lens, the camera must be able to accomadate one accordingly. I am worried about the flange focal depth and ground glass setting, as if they are offset only one thousandth of an inch the image would be in a state of ruin. Is there anytilng else I should watch out for? I work with SLR cameras. I dont see why one would have to do camera maintenence with a motion picture camera and not a still camera. Does the flange focal depth and Ground glass settings change so easily with a MP camera?

Hi My name is Jack Linder. Though this abrupt turn might seem a bit awkward let me get right to the subject. We live in a society where the media we use is encoded. The great thinkers before us have managed to encode sounds and images using 1's and 0's. Take a digital camera for instance. Using a CCD screen it is able to encode photons of light into numbers to create a cohesive image. The photons are contingent on the pixel count, of course. As the outside image it is recording hits the CCD screen the photons are encoded and translated into pixels. A music CD does a similar action only with sounds. The CD player is able to decode the CD, read it and sound the music. The human brains sensations are encoded. They are chemically encoded and they are electromagnetically encoded. As you sit in front of you're computer (or in some dreary cases a webtv) there are a series of chemical reacitons regarding sensation. When one "sees" or "touches" or "hears" something its not the outside physical occurrence that evokes sensation but rather the chemical reaction inside the brain immediately proceeding it. What my team and I plan to do is decipher these electro and chemical codes. We will then create an apparatus that would act as a medium. It would be able to "record" these chemical reactions and encode them just as a CD would music. For example we would record the brains response to standing in an open field. Encode the chemical and electro magnetic sensations that would evoke sensations, green pasture, crickets, sunshine. Then someone sitting in just a plain white room could fit himself with the apparatus and be transported to standing in a field. Actualy "record" is a misnomer. You cannot record any sensation. It is encoded, programed. I know what your thinking... You are right. There are many contingencies and logistics. One issue is that sensations are too pervasive throughout the brain. Another is that people's biological and chemical response to sensations is each different, rendering this whole endeavor futile. How would the apparatus be applied to the subject, safety concerns, etc, We are working through these issues. We will continue to work for them. We do have funding but right now that doesn't even matter because we are still in the preliminary stages. Man's first artistic endevours have been preserved on the cave walls. Art has always been about conveying emotion. As time goes by technology exalts art. Technology also facilitates art. Take for example the visual fields. The murals on the cave walls were the fore fathers to motion pictures today. My team and I hope to evolve humanity and teach compassion.

Thank you So I gather that the mechanics really arent all that diffrent, just the circumstances. Indeed focus pullng requires an intuitive talent. I heard two people had to man the focus ring regarding anamorphic lenses. I guess thats why in "making of" specials I see people measuring the actors from the lens with a ruler since one cannot use the eyepiece. On a movie like "thirteen" or a show like "cold case" the DP must have an option to use a view finder since its handheld.

Hi My name is Jack Linder. Im a small time photographer here in town. Nothing too big but I get by. As a service to some of our clients we film events in 16mm. Events such as weddings bar mitsvahs, corporate events, birthdays, etc. I gotta be honest, not many people have taken advantage of this service and those who did were somewhat dejected. Anyway, I didnt want to make a topic out of this question so I thought this would be more polite. I was wondering if doing a pull focus with a high end panavison camera entails the same process as pull focusing an SLR still camera. Now I know you cant "pull focus" an SLR because it does not capture motion. However you can look through the view finder, focus on an object in the room, move around and change focus as the distance changes. This is good practice it gives you a "feel" for distance and space. Is there any diffrence, any added mechanics or skill with a sophisticated panavision? A friend of mine said Rack Focusing is quite daunting. Thanks

Thanks! On the subject of Kodak, do you know where I could obtain stickers with the Kodak insignia on them? I went to the space center a couple months ago and the peolpe who worked there had these kodak stickers on thier clipboards. I wanted a sticker but they were not selling any. I guess Kodak must have a partnership with Nasa. Please dont change it

Landon stop double and tripple posting! You are about to make this little boy cry. Stop it!

Hi guys My name is Jack Linder. I am a still photographer by profesion but find motion pictures to be alluring. I want to learn how to shoot motion picture film starting on 16mm. I have isssues though regarding process and printing. Do I have to "send" out the film to have it processed and printed or can I do this at home? I can get a projector and a cutter but I find printing and processing to be somthing of a mystery. Printing seems to be one of the most neglected topics on Usenet and here. Let the good times roll Jack Linder

demesisx, I gave you the link in my first post. You can play the video down by the bottom if you want. Matt you bring up many valid points. Im not saying its real or fake. Im on the fence.

The purpose of this topic is not to debate the existence of such phenonem but rather the validity of the tape by way of cinematography special effects techniques. It was on the news, it was on FOX news with Sheppard Smith and Bill O'Reily. You guys really need to watch the video or at least go on the website and look at the pictures. John_P_Pytlak- I agree. Fortean please examine the video.

http://www.realufos.com/wtc.shtml Well, lets see here. My name is Jack Linder and I am photographer, small time nothing too big but I get by. I have, or should I say, this website has video of The World Trade Center in July of 2000. The video takes place in a helicopter that is in midair. In the helicopter this woman tourist is taking pictures of the city from midair (the towers are in the background). Anyway she sees a strange object right on the side of tower one (almost touching the tower), the object zooms at an incredible speed into the distance, comes back and BUMPS THE HELICOPTER IN MIDAIR. It's INCREDIBLE. This video will make you believe. This video was on Fox news. Even anchor Sheppard Smith marvaled at this video. It has not been proven wrong. Download the video on the website above. Its only a couple of minutes but I assure you, you will be astonished! Scroll down the website for an analysis on its authenticy. They bring up alot of cinematography concepts to support their claim. What does this have to do with cinematography? Alot. It has alot to do with special effects. I want you guys to tell me if this is a hoax. They have done tests and they cant prove it being a hoax. PS- Im sorry for my heading I thought I could edit that but I cant. :angry: