John Salim

We are in the middle of woring on one of our Allen processors which is shortly going to be setup so it can run E6 and ECP (Color Print) in 8mm 16mm and 35mm

 

About another two or three weeks away.

How will you run both E-6 and ECP on the same machine Robert ?

John S :mellow:

You can get some good Super 8 deals from ON8MIL in London.

link here... https://www.on8mil.com/product-category/8mm-film-packages/super-8/

John S -_-

I don't suppose there were any 35mm IB Technicolor prints made at any time ?

I know Metrocolor was the production lab, but those would make the best reference prints.

John S :unsure:

Crikey, that's a bit of a jump for Logmar to go from Super 8mm to 65mm !

John S :o

I was using An Arri BL , Yes on rooftop shooting Get Back , back of my head is seen a few times I was lying down on the floor in the front .

Shooting handheld with that Arri BL & 1200 ft mag must have been a bit of a handful John !

How's your back ???

John S :rolleyes:

Hi,

Thanks, yes I've seen that wiki page, but wondered if I could track down a specific camera's number.

John S

Hi all,

Before I contact Arri, is there a website or database anywhere where I can find the year of manufacture for Arri SR series of cameras ?

Many thanks,

John S :rolleyes:

Fumeo made super 16 gates for their machines.

I assume for checking dailies or running sep-mag at festivals.

John S :)

Gareth, I know test films are difficult items to find nowadays, but Boston Light & Sound used to sell SMPTE test films.

Probably worth asking ( ....though not for the Channel Four film of course ).

Link here..... http://www.blsi.com/about_tech_capabilities.php

John S B)

Hey John,

 

I am not sure about the config, the previous owner die C-41, E6 and bw-neg with it. He also offered me with help and answered my initial bunch of questions :)

One Q: Is there any way to do the re-exposure for bw-reversal inside the Bray, not chemically but with light? My Bray has a kind of "gate" after the third tank, that suggests to allow a lightsource behind it, but I would not know where and how.

 

I had been in contact with a Ruth Marsden at Bray Plastics, and just got a "I have asked the question and we have no manuals or paperwork in relation to the E-Series processors, we discontinued production approximately 10-14years ago and all relevant paperwork manuals etc. sorry we could not be of help."

 

Weird.

 

I still need to get tempered supply water and a drainer box installed at the place where I want the Bray to operate, so haven't even turned it on yet.

 

Oh, one more Q: The previous owner used the 70mm leader and pulled up to four S8 films through it in parallel. Have you tried this too? Or even more films?

Friedemann, can you post a picture clearly showing all of the top of the tanks ?

Continuous machines like this will only be configured to one process really, but sometime can be adapted ( a bit wasteful or not very good for quality ).

And I doubt you can install a re-exposure lamp anywhere on the processor !

Running multiple strands can be done as long as the rollers are flat and use rubber spacers on all rollers. Even then I wouldn't trust it as the tension would be different on all strands - and take up could be a problem.

Most of these machine types use convex rubber coated rollers ensuring the film runs down the middle of the rollers / tanks.

For tempered water, you can adapt a small, cheap shower heater with a power 'dimmer' (... and fit a thermometer in-line to monitor the temperature ).

John S :unsure:

Hi Friedemann,

Which process is your machine configured for ?

I use an older Bray processor ( the daddy of the E series ) which isn't too different.

I don't have any paperwork, but happy to advise you.

Geoffrey Bray ( ex Bray Processors ) doesn't seem to want to help with their old processing machines now as he's now into plastics manufacturing ( ....he's also very difficult to get hold of ).

Cheers,

John S :rolleyes:

I thought Ektachrome was only coming back in 35mm ( stills ) and Super 8mm.

John S :mellow:

That looks like a 3.5mm jack socket ( PCB mount ), but if it's just kicking about in there ....... GAWD KNOWS !

John S :unsure:

Nice one Diamond Dom !

I discovered the worm was a little sticky so ( very lightly ) touched it with some oil and that freed it up nicely.

Thanks very much for your expert advice - it's very much appreciated :rolleyes:

Best wishes,

John S

Hello All,

I wonder if anyone can tell me if it's easy to fix the footage counter on a regular Arri SR-2 magazine.

This is the small rotary counter on the take up side ( ...not the feed side / arm roller gauge ).

I'm guessing there's a belt between it and the plastic mag-to-camera drive gear.

Any advice would be most welcome.

Many thanks,

John S :(

on takeup side it is NOT possible to use daylight spools because of the mag design even if you would have a adapter for fitting them there (the film would not wound up to the spool correctly without the roller arm so you would jam the magazine if trying)

....yes you can Aapo, and I have done so many times.

There's nothing to stop you using daylight spools on the take up side as long as the tension roller arm is locked out of the way.

( SR magazines will also take 200 ft daylight reels ).

John S ^_^

Julien,

Have you seen this 'notch guide' ?...

http://peaceman.de.www127.your-server.de/schmalfilm/super8/S8_Notch_Tools_v1.0.pdf

John S :)

....forget Rocky Mountain Film Lab, try using 'Film Rescue International' .... https://www.filmrescue.com/

So much better and run by very helpful folk !

John S :rolleyes:

I suppose this particular camera could have been used in a duplicating or printing set up using line-in audio ( with ambient noise not being a problem ).

I wonder if our friend Simon Wyss knows something about this unique camera ?

John S <_<

try YouTube !....

John S

I can't imagine 'TGON' was shot on older CinemaScope lenses ( with mumps ).

I'm sure it would have been Panavision cameras and lenses.

George's TV display settings must be wrong !

John S :rolleyes:

I just magnified the pictures, and it looks to me the pitch is different.

The Arii gear looks courser !

John S :o

....that's a good price for such a rare and 'specialist' magazine, but I certainly wouldn't want to run spliced raw stock through a camera.

Spliced film going through a processor would come apart and be disastrous.

You'd have to tell the lab it's spliced, and then you'd lose some heads and tails anyway.

John S

does anyone make 16mm rolls longer than 400ft nowadays ?

John S :o