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Giray Izcan

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  1. It sounds like you're really right on budget.. I would shoot digital and have a better end product instead of relying on 1 take wonders just to shoot on film.
  2. Aapo, I would pay the extra and get the Lemo connection.. Have you ever seen HAfflex motors with flat bottom that resembles SRs in a way.. How about that kind of design to accommodate needed extra real estate for additional plugs, footage counter and a lemon or 4 pin XLR? If the motor connected to the body at an angle and extended back towards the magazine flat, I would be OK with it. Of course, I don't know if that's doable.
  3. Aapo, Wow.. that does look a lot more compact any other option available. I hope it ends up being 12v but if not, oh well.. do you have any orders in so far? If it's going to make it easier, I do not need the 25fps option, just crsytal 24fps.. Could you let me posted if you have 2 more so I can place the order too? Also, is it possible to have d-tap and fischer plugs on the body as well? Thank you.
  4. You will find those lenses to be pretty soft wide open unfortunately...
  5. Even if he did, I'm sure it'd be a one time deal for that film alone. I hope I'm wrong though.
  6. Last time I checked a couple of years ago, he was offering hd tap for the NPR. So he stopped offering it?
  7. That will never happen as photochemical finishing more or less doesn't exist anymore.. We're lucky to have the negative and print stocks that we have for as long as it lasts unfortunately.
  8. It's not super 8..it is MAX 8!!! Lol...£4000 well spent haha
  9. They are supposed to ship them in the first quarter of 2024 if I am not mistaken.
  10. I remember reading an article on Argo on American Cinematographer a while back and remember reading they chose 2 perf over s16 because s16 did not yield satisfactory resolution for their needs.
  11. You are comparing 50d on one format with 1.5x anamorphic and 250d on the other... let's shoot the '13 and '19 stock under same lighting and lenses and see which format will be noticeably sharper and finer grained... I love s16 but I definitely believe 2 perf is much sharper than s16 in any crop...
  12. I was assuming the end product would be 16x9 or 1.85.
  13. 2mm taller and 10mm wider is quite of a difference. Imagine the bump in quality from going n16 to s16 where it is not nowhere this much of a difference in size, it's a big difference. You photograph a lot larger and sharper images and then crop into that to get 16x9 in comparison to s16.
  14. Also no one has mentioned the fact that it charges with USB-C with the pins bending inside as well as the charging post itself gets bent and stop working after using it for a while hahaha.
  15. If I were to spend big money on a brand new s8 camera, I would go with Logmar.
  16. They kept everything but changed out one of the most important aspects from Logmar s8.. this camera doesn't even have pin registration. Film gate and transport are the most important details with film cameras, not the sound capturing abilities like this camera.. first of all, all those features are nice, but why would I worry about capturing sound when the camera is not quiet enough and only takes 50ft cartridges? I understand the camera allows for different aspect ratios, which is nice, but again, who would want to further crop their already tiny s8 frames?
  17. Tyler, even cropped to 1:85, 2 perf images are significantly larger and sharper than any s16 - of course, assuming a 2 perf camera is available.
  18. S16 is fine I think, except, everyone insists on shooting on 7219 and light it like it is digital and push it even further to accentuate the grain even more on an already inherently grainy and soft format. I like to shoot 7213 and overexpose 1 stop and light within film print contrast range. Or at least, shoot it at box speed. I would like to squeeze out every bit of sharpness that I can. It's my own personal taste of course...
  19. Also, I see the 220 degree shutter angle as an offset from the light loss due to the beam splitter.
  20. Oh that's nice.. I was going off of the popular zmii model. I don't care about any of the automatic features as I don't use film to shoot vacations etc.. It's far too costly for that.
  21. I am looking to adapt one of those cheap lipstick cameras and attach it to the viewfinder area with a clamp of some sort of a piece of black piece cloth with a hole for the camera to go through to make sure there is no light leak.. I would like to see s8 in some jib action - it doesn't even have to be a far reaching, maybe a 5ft Losmandy (?) Traveler jib. I wouldn't shoot a narrative on s8, though this one will be with sound design and everything.. I might as well, if I am spending money for processing and scanning, get something watchable and put together.. I would like to see how well I could incorporate s8 for some music videos when shot properly, or not... I never took s8 seriously so, I've only shot on this camera a handful of times. Now seeing the interest in the format pushed me into testing the format. I like to shoot at 2.8 regardless of format. I don't chase shallow depth of field with smaller gauge formats like s16 or s8, but instead, embrace the format for its deep depth of field. 2.8 on Minolta is 2 stops closed down on so I would expect a bump in sharpness. We'll see how it goes.
  22. Thank you. Of course, I do not expect anywhere near 16/s16 quality but I just want to see how 7213 behaves in low-key situations when it's rated 1 stop over and how it is going to feel on its own when it's shot in a "cinematic" fashion, stabilized , cropped and lit properly. I would only shoot 7219 in situations out of my control like night exteriors; otherwise, I find it too distracticgly grainy - even on s16.
  23. I was actually interested in Elmo as I know they have a great lens. If I am not mistaken, that camera has 180 degree shutter angle at 24fps right? The narrow shutter angle is what I don't like about s8 cameras, in particular, Beaulieus.. you lose a stop with that shutter angle.. I wish they were just standard 180..
  24. I shoot on Minolta xl84 at 2.8 indoors and t/4-8 outdoors with pleasing image that is plenty sharp with good contrast..I bought it for 100, which should have been more like 250-400. I am going to be shooting a small short that is intended to test the format (7213) in controlled situations. I look forward to it.
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