kevin jackman

ill make points as per your post. Thanks, Kevin, that was what I wanted to know. DS 8 conversion doesn't change the pressure plate setup; it just widens the gate. Do you know who I ought to send it to to have that done? the ds8 conversion makes the gate bigger, changes the claw and alters the pulldown distance. you should send it to jk camera aka meritex. google those names and throw in bolex in the search string if they dont show up. consider asking them to convert your camera to 'super duper8' they wont know what this means but essentially you are asking them to make it have an aspect ratio of 1.5 by widening the gate. this will give you better telecine. you would then have to use different lenses methinks (i dont know if the original switars will cover the extra imag area).using the original switars probably means repositioning the turret a bit. the easier method is t just use 16mm lenses. to do this you need to ask jk optical t make you a c mount spacer for 16mm lenses. its only a couple of hundred dollars and opens a whole new world of lens options and coverage for super duper8 is no longer an issue. And I haven't been able to find ds8 film so far -- where can I get that? kodak will sell you the ektachrome 100D in batches of five rolls of 400 feet otherwise you can contact john schwind on here he sells it in 100 foot rolls. Yes, it has Switar primes on it (I think it wasn't you but someone else who talked about that). One of them is a little wobbly and you can move it a bit with your finger, but the image still looks OK, and another of them is hard to focus (the ring is hard to move), but the third is fine. I finally got the real manual so I can begin to practice loading it. The online ones' pictures are illegible. te lenses sound like they need a servicing and that can be costly. mabye consider my point of using 16mm lenses instead. Is crystal sync better than Nagra Pilotone? Or maybe you can't hook up Pilotone to H8. you cant really do pilotone and you wouldnt want to. a tobin sync motor is the best option especially since you can even set them to do thousands of speeds all in sync. you need to see if your camera has a 1:1 shaft. its near the other shafts where you can backwind the film. how many shafts do you see? can you post a picture? if the camera doesnt have a 1:1 shaft you can either get a tobin syn motor and for a small fee clive can change the gear in an 8:1 motor for you to work with the camera on jk optical can install a 1:1 shaft for ou. you can then just find a 1:1 shaft tobin motor. let me know if you go this route for i might have a tobin motor milliframe controler for sale as i have a spare. ps, the nagra will work independantly of the camera providing it has a sync card in it. dont think about connecting the camera to the recorder, its hell.

each camera has advantages and you are talking about two different formats. once you know the 'mechanics' it all makes sense. the bolex H8 is an old format. it has a frame size that is about a third smaller than super8. the problem with this is the grain is much bigger. the super8 camera has the much bigger frame so you get smaller grain structure and nicer colours. the bolex H8 can be convterted to double super8 giving you the same framesize as super8 in your H8. this is when the H8 really shines. cameras that use super8 carts have registration issues. the film isnt held in place as perfectly as it could because the plastic cart just doesnt have the tolerances of a metal pressure plate system. the H8 has a metal pressure plate design like professional 16mm and 35mm cameras have. you get a much sharper images with a pressure plate system. this is why H8 regular8 images are far granier than super8 images but they are far far sharper. using a double super8 camera in the bolex also offers such things as removable lenses, crystal sync options, and an easily widened gate. not only that you get 100ft loads or more if you opt for a magazine conversion. cost of stock and processing is also cheaper per foot. the bulkiness of the camera is just what it is. wait till you use an eclair..its much bigger. ill trade camera bulkiness for silky smooth images anyday.

come on dude, go to cinevic and get a 16mm cam, im sure theyll rent it to ya cheap!otherwise go to the film co-op in van they have decent prices and a decent array of gear

yes i know one that is for sale. two actually. whats your email and budget?

there is actually such a device that labs had. it holds the cart and weighs it.by weighing one side of the cart to the other it can acurratly tell you much much footage has been shot.i know a guy that has one. i havent seen it but he used to use it in the hayday of super8 but he only now processes still stuff. so yes there is a device out there that can do it.

i know somebody that repaired a piece of glass in somebodys pathe. a microscope cover slide fit perfectly and was apparently the same thinkness. i wouldnt be surprised if pathe worked them into the design.

i know of somebody that actually did it...twice.he built some really nice housing that actually allow you to go down to 300 ft if i remember right.you could even go lower if you induced negative pressure or whatever its called through a valve in the side.he did excellent work. too bad he hasnt used it in like 20 years.