Giray Izcan

It would be nice if Kodak made a new stock but it is a convincing producers into shooting on film battle as is - and pretty much always it is a hard no... I doubt Kodak would even go through the trouble of testing a new stock, it is more or less barely used format as is. 1 approved out of 100 is just an exception. Maybe I woke up funny that I am being negative... As much as I would love to, I can't really say that film will be around much longer. I hope Kodak can sustain but I mean I don't personally know one single project being shot on film at the moment - I mean more earthly budgeted projects with no name people. And I'm not talking some silly little film shot in someone's living room either, I mean a professional production with either union or non-union crew. Shame really.

I am a film lover and a shooter but I have to admit the cost of shooting on35 film is a lot more expensive than digital. You can't always rely on recans and short ends. Are you going to be able to find 90k ft of 5219 from the same batch for example? So essentially, you'll still have to go through Kodak. The prices at Kodak are like in the 700's for a 1000ft roll of film, which only runs for 11 mins or more depending on the format choice. Even with the high rentals etc there is no way film will be cheaper. Maybe you can get away with recans etc for some short film but I wouldn't count on these "cheap" deals, recans, etc for a feature film for the sake of consistency amd availability. Especially if you finish photochemically like I do, then the consistency matters even more so. It's sort of like that's the look you want and truly believe in hence will accept to spend significantly more - nothing wrong with this of course. It is what it is....

Funny I have a Minolta xl 84. Lovely camera.

Good suggestions thank you so much. Maybe i should wait a few years.

Hello all, My son is turning 7 soon. I would like to get him a fully automatic s8 camera but I'm not sure which one to get. I'm planning on getting him a projector as well for him to watch the stuff he shoots. Any suggestions?

Hmm I'm not really sure but i would imagine the same stock was used as there isn't really choices anymore. I'll ask them actually.

It wasn't an IP. It was just a low contrast answer print. So the blacks and the colors match exactly to the film projection without% any color correction. I received the scans back in dpx and literally imported it into Davinci to convert the footage to Prores amd exported out right away. I exported it as Prores 422 lt. It was a 4k scan but since im on a MacBook Pro, my system couldn't handle the 4k so I set the resolution to 2k.

Pushed expired stock defintely surprised me in a good way in terms of grain. I like the fact that it looks grainier than most modern stuff due to expired film stock.

The workflow I'll be following is first get a telecine from the neg with edgecodes and then get the neg cut without worrying about sfx shots or titles or sound as I am only doing the color timing of the 35 and s16 material photochemically. I will then get the timed lo-con print scanned at 4k on Scanity. All gets done at Fotokem.

Miguel, Thank you. It was a test I shot for an upcoming project. I'm back to photochemical color timing and scanning prints or ip's as I prefer the film look.

Sure. When you overexpose negative, it yields for higher printer lights to print down or to dial the exposure back to normal from an overexposed image. Overexposure helps tightening up the grain, makes colors pop more with richer blacks as opposed to an underexposed but printed up image which tends to have more muted colors with milkier blacks and heavier grain. The choice of course depends. Since the film stock I shot on was expired, it need to be overexposed by 1 stop as film loses its sensitivity over time and and as the base fog increases with age. Essentially the 500 stock becomes more like 250. I pushed it one stop which technically brought the effective ASA back to 500 from 250 but I rated it as 320 ASA so overexposed the neg by 2/3 of a stop.

Password: low-key sorry

password: low-con

I shot this little test on expired 5230 and pushed it one. It was all with available lights. I shot it on bl 4s with a Cooke 20-100 wide open. I shot it flat 1:85. I overexposed it so it printed in low 40's. The footage was timed photochemically to my grey chart and the timed lo con print was scanned at 4k on Scanity at Fotokem.

I don't think you should shoot on 16 since grain seems to be a problem for you because 16 is a grainy format.

Stick with super 16. Ultra 16 is not worth the hassle. You can only get your film scanned at certain places as opposed to any post house that handles film with super 16.

It was intentional. I went for texture and played with focus selectively. In the beginning of the clip, the idea with playing with focus was to accentuate the grittiness and also the claustrophobia of the the place. I shot quite a bit of stuff through dirty windows etc as well.

So I would like to share this raw footage from my recent travel to MN. Most of this footage will be incorporated into two different projects as cutaways etc. I just applied Kodak 2883 print film lut as I enjoy photochemical finish. hope you enjoy. https://vimeo.com/347396244

Hello all, I'm selling my Pal CEI IV video tap with power cable.I need to sell it asap. The item is in perfectly operational condition. It does not have a lens. Asking price is 250 dollars. The item is located in Los Angeles. Thank you for your interest. P.s. I can't attach a picture, if interested, pm me and I will email you a couple of pictures. If you're in the area, we can arrange a meeting so you can see the item before purchasing. Thank you.

You have to put marks and pull accordingly or if its a free flow, you can get some reference marks and judge the distance by eye in relations to your mark and also, pulling focus is matching the subjects speed and the numbers should fall in place if you can match your speed to the subject.

Aaton a-minima is a fine camera but I would only use it as a b cam. The viewfinder doesnt rotate, loud - comparison to an txt prod or an sr3 and takes special film.

You dont need a pin registration. Pin registration on 16 cameras isnt like on 35 where you have two pins to hold the film steady. The registration pin acts more like a stopper rather than full on registration like on 35 cameras. Aaton doesnt use registration pins but hast one of the best registration. As long as your camera is up to specs, the registration shouldnt really be an issue.

Very cool. Does it flicker?

Hey you can pm me. I mostly shoot on film and have a ready sync sound Arri 35 camera and a Cooke 20-100 lens as well. And I have connections for Film scanning and purchasing that Id like to run by you. If interested, send me a message. Good luck.

It looks very cool. Does it flicker? Did you have to put any additional hardware to make it work aside from the lens adapter? Also, does the image fill the entire screen on monitors or does it have black bars on either sides?