Phillip George

does anyone happen to have the arri st manual in english?

thanks a lot Mr. Bunnies. does anyone know where one can buy this cleaning equipment? i'm in london, so if anyone knows a place...? also, how much does the arri st with the 400 mag approx. weight? without a mag it's about 6 kg... i think...

thank you all very much for your answers. the reasons for choosing this camera is that i want a cheap, reliable, MOS, 16mm only camera, and arri st seems to be fit the bill perfectly. also, i will not be shooting with 400 mags. anyway, i have few more questions: hm, cleaning equipment... can anyone tell me what excatly that includes? what do you mean follow focus needs special rig? why i need special equipment to follow focus on this camera? thanks.

hello, i am one step away from buying a arri st 16mm camera with a set of 3 prime lenses - so can anyone give me a list of basic accessories that i will also be needing to buy? thanx

hello, can anyone tell me the price of a second-hand arri st camera? i mean just the body... also what are the best lenses this camera will take? price? thanx

thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you... well, here are two questions that popped up when i was reading the replies: -so i'm guessing 'inkie' is the acutal light and 'snoot' is just the cylinder tube, right? because also i might be be doing this shot [interior] where an object or a person will be hit by a spotlight, kinda like they have in the circus, so if i wanted to get that circular shape could i use just a bigger version of that 'snoot' thingy, or are there are other lights that do that kind of job? -does 'whirlygig' look like those siren lights? because i want to have this thing in the shot. i mean what i really need is not like police lights, it is just like a single, usually yellow, light that has that sort of effect. damn, i don't know how to explain it properly, but basically you see it in movies all the time, mostly when there is an alarm going off in the scene. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you...

thanks guys. well, i don't want to clutter the board with topics for each of my beginner questions, so i'll just ask them here, if you don't mind: -first, i will probably be shooting in black and white and so here goes probably another silly question - if i'm shooting b&w i don't have to worry about the whole natural / artificial light film stock and the mixture of those? or have i got it all wrong? i mean is there one kind of b&w film for all light source kinds or not? -second, i heard that b&w film is more expensive to buy and process, so does it pay more to shoot colour film and then in post desaturate or not? [bear in mind that this will remain on video and dvd - no cinema]. is there any difference in quality? are there any things that i should do if i want to do that? things like over / under expose and stuff? also because i will have some portions of it outside with just available light - is the b&w film faster or colour? -third, does anyone know where you can get those police/ambulance kind of lights? the ones that flash or to be more precise spin around? is it possible to get that kind of thing at all? i am from london so if anyone knows any place here it would be great to point me in right direction? -fourth, what is an 'inkie with a snoot'? phew... sorry about this bombardment with silly questions... well, even if nobody answers, for me this forum has been pure gold, so once again: i thank you all very very very much. phillip

now, how best to put this in words... well, okay - you guys know the effect when in a dark place an actor lights up a cigarette and the lighter suddenly illuminates his face? how is that done? surely it can't be just the lighter illuminating his face!? soon i will be shooting something so i have been thinking on how to create this effect. i am a relative beginner, so the simpler the explanations the better. thanks.

thanks guys, chance, your post helped me a lot. but, i have one probably silly question: what is a ground glass? i'm guessing it's a sort of mask thingy you put in front of lens or viewfinder maybe? are they expensive things to get? also, does anyone know how much it [approx] costs to blow-up 1 minute of 16mm to 35mm? thanks.

thanks guys. i will definately get those books.

Hi, Can somebody explain to me how transferring from 16mm to 35mm works? In the process does a bit of the top and bottom of the frame get cropped? So if you were shooting 16mm and you know you are going to transfer it, are there any things that one should take into consideration when shooting the film? For example - framing? Do you think one should frame it slightly differently so as to compensate for the transfer cropping or just shoot normal compositions? Basically, are there any tips and guides for shooting with the transfer to 35mm in mind? Thanks, Phillip George

hi, do you by any chance remember what is the name of the book? thanks.