Jump to content

Anthony Schilling

Basic Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,064

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Anthony Schilling

  1. Anthony Schilling
    Thanks guys! I was too late trying to get a Beta but excited to see the test footage from Pro8mm. Please keep us updated on main production details.
  2. Anthony Schilling
    All has been silent since Dec 1st. Anyone here anything about production, availability, pricing, Betas?
  3. Anthony Schilling
    His shooting skill is a big part too. Focus is critical and often soft in S8. If you have critical focus, you can keep most of your sharpness by only having to do a slight clean-up of a film like 50D. Neat Video also has some decent sharpening tools.
  4. Anthony Schilling
    That would be key. The quality looks good, but that super wide angle dolly roll look is so played out at this point.
  5. Anthony Schilling
    The Tobin motor used the drive shaft so there's no ware on the spring motor. Single frame exposures are about 1/2sec so you get very fluid motion (have to use 5stops of ND) and you can also do open shutter time exposures. Here's a clip i shot in 2008 with it. The scan was SD back then so the resolution is not up to today's standards. I was hoping to have the same options with a nice S16 package someday but oh well.
  6. Anthony Schilling
    This little camera seems too good to be true. 4K camera the size of a Zippo lighter for $500. Does slomo, timelapse. The main drawback is that you are stuck with a fixed wide angle view. What do you guys think?
  7. Anthony Schilling
    Thanks guys, I have a Bolex Rex4 with the Tobin intervolometer. It runs with the spring motor disengaged and makes very nice footage. But it looks like i may just stick with that and eventually find someone who can modify the gate to Ultra 16.
  8. Anthony Schilling
    I don't have any immediate plans on buying a S16 package but i'm keeping an eye on them for when the right time comes. I've been looking at Eclairs, SR3's and they can do between 5-75fps, but what about single frame, timelapse, long exposures? Is there an S16 camera that has the ability to accommodate intervolometers?
  9. Anthony Schilling
    It will but it's going to be an updated version in which improving grain is the first priority. They know everyone wants something in the ballpark of K40, E100D, or Velvia so we'll see what they come up with here soon. My reasonable expectations are something similar to E64T's grain... Not as tight as 100D/K40 but better than VNF and Agffa 200D. The V3 50D is very fine grain, but will still have some visible grain in S8. 200T will give you slightly more if you're looking for lower-fi
  10. Anthony Schilling
    Hopefully not, they say the first order of business is to lower the granularity so we shall see. Your samples are the best i've seen so far but still falls too short of the other E6 films and K40.
  11. Anthony Schilling
    I think the 200T would work best since it has enough grain but still looks awesome. A 1/3rd stop over-exposure on negative film is actually recommended a lot of times for super 8 because it will add a little bit of density, then you can make it pop in post very easily. I wouldn't even waste my time with the Agfa 200D reversal, it looks like garbage on every scan i have seen so far. If you want color reversal, wait a few months and see how the new Ferrania 100D is.
  12. Anthony Schilling
    I would use the Vision3 200T set for daylight (125D). It will have a little extra grain over the 50D. For the late shot, i would use the 500T also set for daylight (320D), that will work fine.
  13. Anthony Schilling
    That looks so darn good, DSLR looks so cheesy in comparison.
  14. Anthony Schilling
    If you buy from Ebay, make sure you get a camera that is said to work and hold the seller to it if it doesn't. Stay away from attic finds that the seller is unaware of the running condition but wants a market ebay price. I've been using a Canon 814XLS and Nizo 481 Macro for the last decade. They are both really good but different. My Canon has slightly better optics and holds audio sync longer, but the Nizo is a lot more portable and has more cool features. I would go for a Nizo 481 or 561 with macro. The only downside for the Nizo is that it will need 2 Wein Cell batteries for the light meter. I do decent scans on reversal and negative for $15 per roll. do a roll or two for free (not including shipping) so you can get a feel for it. PM me if you're interested.
  15. Anthony Schilling
    There is a projector that uses loop cartridges. A friend of mine has one that we used for a show once, but i don't recall the name.
  16. Anthony Schilling
    Vision3 is the best performing MP film to date and it would be a shame to lose all that evolution, so i'm hoping that choice will stick around for some time. Fine grain and uber dynamic range are nice, but on the other hand i've always wanted to see more film stocks that go for cool and unique looks that only film can offer. Kind of like what Lomo has done with still film. I know people complain that it looks too istagramy but only if you shoot it in one of their cheap cameras. I'd like to see something like their 100ASA neg in MP film.
  17. Anthony Schilling
    I'm hoping Kodak just offloads Vision3 to Ferrania like a monkey off their back.
  18. Anthony Schilling
    I'm still lusting for this camera but common sense is telling me this project is going to be too cost prohibitive. If they really plan on selling it for 5K after the Beta and one roll of film costing $26 without processing after the 1st, this thing could blow up on the launch pad. Just a few years ago i was shooting 200ft of DS8 for the price of 1 16mm 100ft spool ($35 for 200ft stock $20 processing). I personally don't like digital but how is anyone going to justify this when the new Canon 7D is $1500 with a huge marketing campaign that shows off all the great footage people are getting from it. Kodak needs to get out of the film business and hand it over to someone that can supply the demand with realistic costs. Ideally if there were a steady supply of the stocks we have now in 200ft spools at a cost of $40-$50 and the camera price stays the same, then we have something to work with. Otherwise i don't see being able to sell anyone on S8 in any kind of professional capacity at these prices.
  19. Anthony Schilling
    I stocked up before the last S-8 increase last May and hopefully it will last me until the dust settles. I really hope Kodak just sends it's formulas and some employees over to Ferrania, who can supply the current demand for Pro and armature MP. Kodak wants to be an industrial tech company, Just get it over with already and put it in the hand of someone that wants it!
  20. Anthony Schilling
    It's possible that something may have been defective or gone wrong with the cartridge, but TriX is a bit thinner than most other S8 stocks and moves pretty smooth. The only real way to find out is to run another roll and see. maybe find a cheap "dummy roll" of old expired film that is unexposed.
  21. Anthony Schilling
    I heard Episode VII will start with the original cast still at the same "happily ever after" Ewok party from episode VI, 30 years later. Then the needle slides off the record with a disturbance in the Force.
  22. Anthony Schilling
    Almost all of this montage is S8 or reg16mm 500T on small stages, some of it with a 4008. I think our f-stops were still around 2.8 for most of it. In that environment, under exposure is usually more of a worry than over exposure, especially since the 500T handles it better than anything else.
  23. Anthony Schilling
    just use some compressed air on the mirror. 400ASA is only 1/3rd stop over for 500T which will just increase your density slightly. Use the internal meter as a spot to meter the stage and find a good F-stop. You can compensate for the 1/3rd or just leave it. I would start by metering a subject under the stage lights and use that as the base exposure.
  24. Anthony Schilling
    There's no way it came with a lens and that's where the money is. An SR2 is just a boat anchor on it's own. I've been watching out for a deal and realize that if i want a S16 package that i can actually use, it's going to start at about $4K.
  25. Anthony Schilling
    But you will pay just as much for a lens in which no ARRI package seems to include lately. The Bolex situation is stranger but better... you can still find cameras WITH lenses between $600-$1100, otherwise the Switar primes are asking $400 apiece now days.
×
×
  • Create New...