Ian Heggen

Maybe with the sparklers, take frame by frame or a take with the sparkler in different areas, and edit it so that it alternates between with and without the sparkler in the shot. Then you may get a realistic lighting effect from the sparks. Just an idea, and it may be too late.

Thanks! those are both very useful tools.

I have a quick question about how much recording time one would expect with a 50' magazine. On Alan Gordon I read 75 seconds with 24fps, which seemed pretty short to me.

Ah. I will have to find a few on ebay after i get accustomed to it with modern stock. Ah. Thank you for that peice of info. I have a reel-to-reel tape recorder/player, so i assumed the same terms would be applied . Much thanks for all the help.

I am currently looking at a 16mm camera (Bell & Howell 200 EE to be exact) and I had some questions prior to buying an old movie camera. For a beginner, would it be wise to get a non-magazine load camera if I do not have a lot of money to spend on pre-loaded magazines, or time to manually load them? Where can I buy 50ft. reels of double perforated film (I remember reading you had to have this with magazine load somewhere) and a price estimate. (keep in mind I want it to look vintage, so I am not really looking for top quality) My main reason for buying a analog film reel based camera is to achieve that look that digital cameras don't even come close to. I have many more questions I could ask, but they can wait until when I actually have a camera...I just wanted to get a sense of what i am getting into Thanks in advance for any help, I greatly appreciate it.