Simon Wyss

Dominic, and I don't want to pick on anybody at all but this case is lost. <_< :)

Try Gigabitfilm.

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If it is possible for the light magician to let the set shine at half value you may read on that, an average of lowest and full power. That value I'd leave throughout the show.

Since you are asking in the 35mm section of this forum and speaking of the theaters I advise to start right away with a camera for 35-mm film. It doesn't matter what machine you grab but that you build relationships with lab people here and there. From the beginning you'll be able to hand your strips to projectionists and enjoy all your successes and failures big on screens. I am not being ironic nor sarcastic. On the contrary most seriously: Go cinema !

Dominic, I am getting out of the way. You are so right. Yet the initial question is not answered, and it is not an easy one to satisfy, IMO. “Firstly, how do i determine d-min for a given stock.” What does Benjamin actually want?

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Hi Roy This is what Bolex used to have, their lens and accessory support:

Obviously the film is temporarily not transported in the gate, so the claw seems to not reach it. I'd suggest you check the claw's action without film, the gate swung open (if possible with your projector), and the inching knob turned by hand. Gently push a little on the claw. Generally it should penetrate the film by at least 1/32th inch or a half to 0,75 mm. Maybe the claw's teeth are bent, maybe the control cam of the claw shuttle unit has become worn. Consequently the claw step doesn't fit the film anymore. On the other hand it can be the film, shrunk to such an extent that it doesn't fit the machine. Is the pressure plate bent? Also, the side guide rails should be able to act freely on the film. Has one of them sprung off the spring? Is the gate dirty? Clean with a tooth brush, if greasy with some isopropyl alcohol on it. Good luck!

We have the factor 3.3 between .1 and .5 log D, one and two third stops. Editing is out of order. :angry:

Ben, what exactly do you mean with a stock has a d-min of 0.50? Is it not rather a definite value you are talking of? Do you know that these are logarithmic values, so D = 0.50 means 68.4 % opacity and 31.6 % transparency. D = 0.10 corresponds to 20.6 % opacity and 79.4 % transparency. We have the factor 3.3 between .1 and .5 log D, three and a third stops.

Check with the labs. In the negative case, send an E-Mail to Filmotec, Wolfen, Germany. They have the beautiful Orwo N 74, an ISO 400 stock, and will be glad to sell you the desired footage, perhaps you'll be their first customer from down under. www.filmotec.de PS. There is no such thing as Super-16 film stock, one usually refers to “perforated (along) one edge”.

Should have stayed away from a color discussion. I stick with black-white alone now, promised.

Let's not get etchy. I'd simply have appreciated that you wrote film manufacturers. There is not only EKC on this planet but also Fuji Photo Films, Oriental, Agfa-Gevaert, Foma Bohemia, Filmotec, Bergger, Tasma, Lucky, Efke. That is all.

Yes and No. What is it that makes fresh developing baths inconsistent? It's the state of dissolution of the different chemicals. There are some variables that influence solution of a salt or an organic compound like the water alone or the order in which the components are added. It may take hours, days, weeks until some ingredients become totally dissolved on molecular level. At the same time we encounter decay, oxidation. How to keep the oxigen away from the bath? Throw in some sulphite. Well, it ain't that simple. Still some oxigen will penetrate my preparation. There we are at the base for this discussion. Yes, the lab really matters when you understand laboratory, labour as the very core of it. It is work to clean a processing machine, to clean an equipment like what I use. The attitude of so many people today, you know: I press the button, the device will do the rest, is so decadent (and that's not a toothpaste). We'll get nowhere with this attitude. So to the initial asker: Yes, and it matters in every streak of life!

Thank you so much for this statement, Bruce Almighty :) ! You forgot the Technicolor camera of 1934 with blimp. Still working on my AONDA which isn't the smallest of a 35-mm. motion picture film camera I am most curious about a camera's accepted weight. Since I cannot do away with so many things I try to keep its balance point as low as possible, though. Motor, sunshade brackets, etc.

Why only Kodak?

Bash, I've always believed they were about women. You got that point.

Dave, it's all alright. I'm over the hill, anyway, and if you don't understand what I mean by that have an ear into . We are planning to come back in 2012 with fresh equipment for absolutely best processing, precision printing, and cheap but robust variable intensity sound tracks like in the good old times.

I'm not so fond of this. There is a difference. You don't consume like at a restaurant. On the contrary, it is about work, about co-operation with the lab. One party exposes stock, the other is engaged to again work on it, totally specialised work in the dark. Chemistry, physics, a craft known since 1826 when Niépce produced the first héliogravures.

Gigabitfilm, ISO 40, in 16mm, perforated along one edge .3000" has 0,068 mm or .0027" dry thickness. You can have nominal portions of 100, 200, 400, and 800 feet on 2" core, emulsion in, winding A or B. The additional length is always 8 feet. Everything else by PM

Commonplace with labs: The impossible is done right away, miracles may take a little longer. A good laboratory always makes offers while others simply shrug.

CD-3 3-Methy1-4-Amino-N-Ethyl-N-(2-methanesulfonamido ehtyl)Aniline Sesquisulfate(monohydrate). Molecular Weight: 436.52 Use: It's used for developing oil-soluble color Positive at high temperature and quick speed, as well as developing color film. Melting Range: 126—131ºC CD-4 3-Methy1-4-Amino-N-Ethyl-N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)Aniline Sulfate(Monohydrate) Molecular Weight: 292.34 Use: It's used for developing oil-soluble color Positive film at high temperature and quick speed, as well as developing color film. Melting Range: 152—257 ºC Could it be that they employed CD-3 instead of CD-4 ? Check.

It's not so much processing that makes the difference but the printing. A good lab offers you precision copy at the price of continuously exposed dailies of the other one.

Hello, Sascha I wonder if there are more people here for a gathering. Stephen, you, me, ?