anton foy

Hello everyone! I am hunting some cheap 16mm stock and I found this site: http://filmemporium.com The prices for the recans, short ends and factory stock seems VERY cheap. Whats the catch? Since Im a newbie could someone tell me what recans and short ends are and why it is so cheap. Thank you very much!

Hello everyone! I am hunting some cheap 16mm stock and I found this site: http://filmemporium.com The prices for the recans, short ends and factory stock seems VERY cheap. Whats the catch? Since Im a newbie could someone tell me what recans and short ends are and why it is so cheap. Thank you very much! Edit: oh sorry, I posted in the 16mm part when I should have posted in Film and processing. So sorry.

Sorry I may be totally wrong about filing down the shutter but thats how my photographer friend told me. On my super8 camera I made a mold of the gate in plastic to make it super-duper8 and it works fine. Thats why I assumed I could do the same with a 16mm camera but as Matt did (bought a secong gate just in case) would result in the same as the mold but better.

Im planning on doing the conversion myself when I get my hands on a bolex. I would do like this on Ultra 16: make a mold of the gate and make it in a tough plastic, file out the gate and keep the old gate under my pillow. I rather want to convert it to S-16 but Im not that rich to make someone else convert it :( But I've heard that the shutter also needs to be filed a bit and some gears must be changed, that means one fault and your camera is gone. Anyway If someone should try converting to Ultra-16 you could try my mold idea, then you can always change back to the old gate. :)

Thats some great info ina such short time! You guys are great! Yeah "jlamarking" maybe it's a bit too distorted but it's on the right way, I'll have to check it out, thanks ;) The valve mics sounds like right stuff "Olly" :) I forgot to mention that I was planning to use it on location but maybe it can be done, thanks so much for your help everyone!

Thanks a lot Matt! I thought it had something to do with the optical track, I guess they had very directional mics because the sound is either extremely low or extremely high. Btw. can you name a specific type of ribbon mic (a brand or type) 'cause the tube mics seems very expensive. Thanks again!

Hello everybody! I m very fascinated by the sound of movies from the 1950s to 1970s. The speech especially sound very distinct and contrasty (if one can describe it as that). I really want to know what kind of microphones/ equipment they used to get that sort of sound. Thank you in advance // Anton Foy

Thanks a lot guys! I really got to get my hands on a Nikon R-10 now, hehe! If somone knows where to find hi-res pics taken with one of the named cameras please let me know :)

Thank you very much Ryan and David! BTW Ryan if it's possible I would love to see samples of your last footage (if they're scanned), if else would you happen to know where to find Hi-res super8 pics on the net? Thanks again :D !

Hello everyone! Im new here and I have just bought my first Super-8 camera (Canon 310XL...maybe it sucks but it's a start). I would like to know if anyone can recommend a Super 8 camera that get's the sharpest picture quality. I have heard some who says that Canon 1014 has very good optics that will get a great sharp picture quality. Will 24 fps give a sharper quality than 18 fps or will a faster shutter-speed? Well, thank you in advance, I'll be very happy for any answers :)