Gregg MacPherson

The front of the 10-100 T3.1 zoom rotates with focus, so if you want a clip on MB it probably has to be round. If you can't find one you may have to adapt something yourself. Lots of news and doc cameras had round rubber sunshades on the zoom. A step up adapter formed a housing for series 9 filters, which I think will cover that lens. Rubber hood screwed onto that. I think you will find the basic filters, CTO, NDs, in 3x3 or S9, but what's available cheap second had will be limited compared to 4x4. So the option might be to try putting together a light 4x4 system with rails. There are some 4x4 MBs that are very light. I saw an all plastic Petroff one that was absurdly light but still strong. I see what looks like the same MB (but may not be) on eBay sometimes cheap used.

There were rubber clip on (clamp on) lens hoods for those zooms. There was a square one that took two 3x3 filters. Have seen them occasionally on eBay. f you are patient there are some inexpensive light weight matte boxes you could adapt.

With the early non orienting ACL view finder the image would rotate clockwise as you rotated the finder anticlockwise. I would just re-orient my body/ head so that the image felt level. Worked well. Maybe you can do the same.

I don't know these cameras well. Almost bought one a long time ago, but my registration test didn't look good so I passed. The take up belt i assume is referring to the magazine take up belt. All the CP16R, CP16As that I remember had an external belt driving the mag take up. You may find a manual online. A manual for the CP16R, R/A was easy to find. Experts will know if there are common parts, design features.

I would go crazy if I didn't have a laugh now and again. I read that many Australians are so frustrated right now that they want NZ to annex AUS...read about it here...scroll down for the map...North Island, South Island, Big Island, or as some prefer, West Island https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12320969

The benign we utopia of Nouvelle Zealandia is going into what they called level 4 lockdown in 48 hours, all except essential services closed, everyone except essential services isolated at home with social distance discipline. But the govt is keeping the payrolls going somehow, and self employed people are eligible for support. Cooperation from banks, some quite good measures from the govt to help. We are doing this earlier than most countries might. We only have about 100 cases, with population about 4M, and only a couple that aren't recent arrivals on aeroplanes. But numbers are poised to grow exponentially, so hopefully these early measures work.

Monetizing one's wisdom in one's old age is a real phenomena now. At least judging by the number of promos for masterclasses by legitimate looking old wise people. In the unwise speak of younger people, i'ts, like, a thing. My favourite one sofar is Frank Gehry's. ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az-m56vUjgw The .... at the start of that URL is just to disable the huge Youtube screen that would otherwise automatically appear in the post.

I don't remember scratches. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough. Gelatine filters can be really useful, so it's worth solving the scratching problem. Is it technique, or is there something about the camera? Does conversion to S16 have any effect? Checking the filter in the camera is easy. Pull the lens, pull the mag, inch the shutter.... The Wratten gelatine filters are high quality. In a jam we sometimes used lighting gells, no problem.

Got a reply from Andrew at AZSpectrum. He does a speed ramping gizmo that works for for Arri/Aaton/Panavision.. I don't think he will mind if I paste his email and URLs.. Hello Gregg, Thank you for your e-mail. Some time ago we designed the unit you are asking about. Currently all units are sold and we do not have them in stock. Information about this unit is on our website http://www.az-spectrum.com/sf.html Best regards, Andrew Zorawski AZ Spectrum 53-53 62nd Street Maspeth, NY 11378 USA ph: 718-779-1892 www.az-spectrum.com

Comparing 1918 to 2020...The higher level of education in 2020 and the saturation of free information may well save us from another real pandemic, but we are always vulnerable to what we do not know. History may save us, but we are commonly unaware of it. Learning basic facts about the 1918 flu I found quite emotionally devastating. I think we are all floating along in a vain, ridiculous, glossy mirage, completely inept at influencing the factual outcomes, the course of history, our own safety... This quite succinct, tight documentary on the 1918 flu. ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDY5COg2P2c

Hey Aapo, any chance your couriosity extends to speed ramping for SRs. Some interest in that exists, or is infered elswhere on the forum... .....https://cinematography.com/index.php?/topic/82964-16mm-footage-has-vertical-streaks-aaton-ltr7/.....

Sent a message on that to Andrew at AZSpectrum. But what about forum member Aapo, who is fizzing right now about custom speed controllers for existing cameras. I'll ping him...

Just thinking out loud here, is ramping possible with a cleverly designed external controller for an SR..?

Sofar I thought your guesses were quite close to it. I think the OP should offer more info, and examining the neg should be an obligatory first or second step. Re the noise, if the claw is not engaged, not shifting film, then the film will be pulled through the gate by the drive sprocket. Noisy..Y/N? Like Jon O. I wonder what allows the partial image of the woman's head, bentwood chair, table edge. Is the claw sliding along the film and finally dropping into a perf, giving a moment of slack at the loops, positioning the film for that partial exposure. Or the opposite... So much fun and speculation from so little information...

Six plate Steenbecks are great. I had to make do with the Moviola flatbed version. Trust Bill to have chosen a Steenbeck...

There might be some more facts you can give that will help people diagnose it...Was the faulty 2 min section in the middle of a roll and the mag was never removed, but the camera was run/stop/run....? If so what stop/start points are there for the faulty 2mins..? If the mag was removed at some point(s), note when they were, especially either end of the faulty 2mins. Were the loops reset before the mag was remounted to the camera? Examine the film over the faulty 2mins, looking for tiny dents where the claw tip might have hit or scratched the film between perfs. Also look for scratching if the loops were lost completely and the film was being dragged through the gate by the drive sprocket. I see the alert at the bottom of screen that Dom is replying, but I'll send this anyway.

Taking a look at High Fidelity. I love some of the ideas/dialogue/sense of rhythm with some of the prominent support characters. But the yabber to camera by the otherwise remarkable female lead I find problematic. The fault lys with the shows creatives/concept developers. Why can't all those words be floating in their own layer, gently veering towards the montage. The sin of the wiggling lips strikes again.

Interested in the literal capture of space time with long takes..? Just borrow a camera with an electric motor..?

Tell us more about what you are looking for... Did you see the recent advert in cinemarketplace... I tried pasting the URL and it bombed me with too much info... Go search Eclair ACL...on the cine marketplace forum.

Really enjoyed the photography in the trailer. I admire anyone who has patience with the conceptual and aesthetic development of an idea. Most films that I like were developed this way. I am sad that there is so much pressure to shoot quickly. We either need a lot of money, or we work absurdly quickly, or we develop concepts that work with less money and a longer timeline for execution. I don't mean a film where two people sit in a dark room for 90 minutes. Say, if my concept was founded on the minutiae of the creative life of crickets, and if I caved to the common tendency of looking for images in the literal forms of the subject, his actions or that things acted upon, I would still be free to explore, with very little money. And if I was bolder, interested in visualizing the experience of a cricket, or using analogy or metaphor to express that, might I still be in a place where creativity, vision and ingenuity was more useful than money.

Thanks. Big job, but clearly you are having fun. The only real reason to do it ? Gregg.

Hey Aapo, I have not time to follow all the detail, but can I just ask what the fps accuracy will be at sync speed, and at the other speeds? Cheers.

To the casual outside observer, "RPG" is not a genre, unless cinema/small screen mediums choose to allow it as such. Even then, that would just be part of the potential incursive assault. As it is it looks like a potential breakaway medium...

Joel, that's a really fine piece of work. Isn't she an amazing looking artist. The sensual Afro-French merge/embodiment is really powerful. The form of the language is powerful. The music itself may be a bit over modulated. Are the visual forms also? But I enjoyed it too much. Almost felt some quantum entaglement with the REM video for Loosing My Religeon. So you might see where my thoughts about possible over modulation come from.

If you are working alone, repositioning a lot...you need something light. If not, something like an old O'Connor 50..? Can be cheap... https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=oconnor+50&_sacat=625&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=625&_odkw=oconnor+50