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It's not ideal, I agree. The reason why I'm looking for one is that I scored for my personal use an ACL 2 and the handgrip was sold separately (!). I was thinking about using handgrips that connect to the 15mm rods on my S16 ACL and taking that old style handgrip from it but I'm not entirely sure if the handgrips on rods give the sturdiest feel, considering that the bridge plate that holds the rods could shift a little. Perhaps if I added something between my S16 ACL and the bridge plate to increase friction...?

Looking for a handgrip like this:

Here's my latest work, released today. It's at the same time a short horror / comedy and promo for a website on Reformation aimed at young adults. Most of the film is super16, Vision3 500T and 250D. Eclair ACL, Optar Illumina lenses. Ending of the film was shot with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and an Angenieux 9.5-57mm. :)

Tri-X is processed by many labs, K40 on the other hand can only be processed as black and white and only by few labs. Take a look: http://www.gaugefilm.co.uk/store/c4/Reversal_Processing.html https://www.super8.nl/english/e_index.htm

I can only recommend Andec's super-8 prints from Vision3 negatives. They look great :) At the moment I'm also expecting to get some super-8 reduction prints from 16mm negs back from Andec. Excited to see the results!

In the end I was able to solve my problem with a Nikon F100 -5.0 diopter. I just taped it with electrical tape to the viewfinder and voila! All woes gone. Very nice amateur solution for an amateur camera. I also noticed that ditching my small 20mm Som Berthiot C-mount lens and replacing it with an Olympus OM to C-mount adapter and SLR primes made focusing much more comfortable. With the former I really couldn't tell if the image was in focus or not...

Already sold? Does it fit over 400ft mags? :) Not competing with Carl, but should he not want to buy it for some reason..

According to Bernie too tight screws do not let the motor to move (vibrate freely enough?) and thus the mini ITT connector can be under stress and break off from the motor. ...or something like that, he told this over the phone so I don't have it in writing. Anyway, he cautioned me against tightening the screws too much should I again remove the motor myself.

Oh, and when you tighten the screws again don't tighten them all the way. Otherwise the small ITT connector on the motor might break from too much tension during filming.

Regarding your original problem, I really haven't had any problems with using my ACL 1.5 on my shoulder with the heavy duty motor. Perhaps ACL 2 with its large base and VF is less comfortable? I wouldn't remove the motor if everything is working, there is a chance you'll break something... If you are nonetheless going ahead with removing the motor, please be very careful. You have to very carefully pull the motor directly towards you and away from the camera. Otherwise a small 9-pin mini-ITT connector can break and it's a real pain to replace, trust me -- been there, done that... Also, the normal procedure would be to inch the mirror to be in front of the gate before removing the motor. Your motor doesn't seem to have the knob for that, but make sure the mirror is positioned correctly after running the camera.

I watched a few minutes. I got to say, your dubbing skills are quite good. However, I can't help but to wonder how long your video is going to stay online -- the copyright owners might not find your work amusing. Using material from a children's television series and combining it with characters that use foul language might be popular in some demographics, but I find it to be a turnoff for me.

Could you take some photos of your camera and upload them somewhere?

Do you mean the camera didn't expose the film, that it was black when you got it back from the lab? Or that the camera didn't move the film and there wasn't the text "exposed" on the end of the film? If you didn't mean any of those, you do know that the film has to be sent to a lab for processing -- you can't just take the film out of the cartridge after exposing it?

You can buy a new PL-TS (Eclair ACL mount) adapter from Les Bosher: http://lesbosher.co.uk/Eclair%20ACL%20Page.html

Is the lever pushed in?

I have one. It's almost the same one as in this manual: http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/instruct2/bolex_mc17e/with_pictures.htm

This is an excellent thread. Many others have already written most of the things I want to say, but regardless of that: - I love the physical aspect of film, the feeling that the images are "real", they exist "here" and not in some "virtual place" that's here but at the same time "not really here". To better explain what I mean: When occasionally due to some fault electricity is not available and you are sitting there in your home not being able to access your computer and all the data there and online, you get this feeling of being pulled back to the physical reality of here and now. In that moment one realizes the worth of books, paper, pens and printed photos. Those all are "here". - I also love the way film captures reality in so different way. It's almost as if it was at the same time unreal and due to that more real. I haven't really grown up with watching old film originated home movies -- I think the first 8mm film I have seen projected I projected myself. So it's not about nostalgic properties for me. If I wanted to go for that, I'd have to buy an 8mm video camera ;) - And many more reasons...

I'm quite certain this is for processing films without remjet, E-6 and BW processes.

The biggest problem I see with these lenses in addition to mechanical issues is that they are so slow. It's not a problem for digital cinema cameras with native asa of 800 but with 16mm film faster lenses certainly defend their place. The last piece I was shooting involved some low light scenes in an old industrial building during daytime. We didn't have much time or budget for lighting, so most of the stuff was a combination of natural light and one HMI. We shot on 500T without filters. Because of this f2.8 was luxury, most of the time the aperture was between f2 and f2.8, at times even between f1.3 and f2. For that project we used rented Optar Illuminas (PL), quite nice quality though soft wide open. After that experience I find it difficult to even think about slower lenses. Which is a good thing, as it keeps me from buying any lenses. I already own a mixed set of Kern Switars (10mm and 16mm) and Contax Zeiss (28mm and 50mm) and three out of those four have apertures larger than f2. Switars aren't the most optimal lenses for smooth focusing during a take, but they are very lightweight, quite sharp and definitely faster than Rokinons, cine zooms and many cheaper modern wider end lenses.

If I'm correct, the AXANAR's problem is that, well, it really isn't not for profit. They set up crowdfunding campaign to get funds to make the movie but used that money to set up a studio space for their further (commercial) projects. So they really did steal other's IP and tried to profit from it under the guise of doing a "fan film".

Wittner is apparently going to stop selling Beaulieu parts and equipment. What's a bit worrying though, it seems they are going to throw away everything they aren't able to sell: "21.08.2016 - Beaulieu Ersatzteile - Last Orders Please!" http://wittner-kinotechnik.de/neu/

In the end, is there so much difference between that and adapting a book or making a remake of an older film? I do understand the uneasy feeling, though.

I don't think there will be import taxes if the material has been properly exported for "further processing" outside European customs zone. When the material comes back, you'll only need to pay your local VAT for the service.

I think there will be always people, who think that being involved in a such production somehow takes away credibility. On the other hand, such people might think the same of being involved in any low budget scifi/fantasy production... I say let the quality decide. A while ago I stumbled upon this fan production "Darth Maul: Apprentice". I find it difficult to believe that it could be a hinderance to anyone's career:

Ah! That idea never occurred to me! I certainly must try that the next time I'm outdoors with my field camera :)