Mac Zefer

Unfortunately nothing you can rent. I play in the festival circuit with experimental films. But there are plenty of films that have been shot on S16 and then blown up. Duart in NYC does excellent work. I would go with the Canon. I prefer 8mm rather than the 11.5 but both are great lenses. Certainly they are better than the Cooke and the Zeiss as those lenses are S16 conversions and usually they cost a little less 3-4k less than the Canon.

Also, Lenses, on the cheap check out the Kinoptik 9mm 1.5 c-mount that can be ordered from Ikonoskop in Sweden. Sharp lens and covers Super 16. 900 Euros roughly. Look for Optar Illuminas too. The 15-150 is not a good lens. I mean if you are going through the effort to go Super 16 you want a sharp picture. If you have 8k get a Canon 8-64 (PL mount). This is a great lens. I blown up numerous films to 35mm that I shot with this lens and you could hardly tell it was shot on 16. Or just rent. It's a hassle but a good way to get the best glass. Minimum you're looking at 4500 for a halfway decent zoom.

Check out Les Bosher and George Zorzoli at Optical Electro House for a precise conversion of the NPR to Super 16.

Hi, for those who reading through this this discussion. If you are looking to do anything to your NPR...upgrade, service, modification, need accessories, the guy you want to is George Zorzoli at Optical Electro House in Burbank. The next person you want to talk to is Les Bosher in Wales. I've dealt with all others and these are the best places because they deal specifically with Eclair, George especially, and they know what they are doing in detail. No hack jobs. Les did an incredibly gorgeous S16 conversion on my npr. Call George if you are in the states or Les if you're in Britain. From time to time motors come up on ebay. The Alcan, although very ergonomic, is not considered the best motor. George could give you a better idea of what you can get and I'm sure he has somthing. SMS Prod. in Chicago had a used Perfectone motor for sale that I used as a backup motor on a shoot. They wanted $500 for it. The TCS is great for the studio and doing precise frame rate control but it is very heavy so hand holding can be a bit arduous and painful. Mac