Joerg Polzfusz

Hi! Not sure about this Canon, but there are some things that you should check based on experience with other S8-cameras: a) Does this camera have a sensor or two/three in the film chamber that detects the presence of a cartridge? Some cameras block “everything” when no cartridge is inserted. (It’s normally close to the axis and independent from the pins below/above the film gate to detect the film type and its sensitivity. Sound cameras often have a second sensor near the sound head to differ between sound and silent carts and some 60m-cameras detect whether it’s a cart with 15m or 60m.) b) Some cameras can be “programmed” (fade-ins, fade-outs, …). In some cases, the camera remains in this mode even when the battery is dead for a decade. You’ll then have to “reset” the camera or to press special buttons to activate the “program”. c) Check batteries and contacts. Also check whether there’s a special coin cell. d) Some cameras require that you press the release button at least half the way in before the camera reacts to other settings. (On some cameras, even the “manual” setting is ignored as the camera needs the motor to move the iris to the manually selected aperture.) e) Sometimes, it helps to move the manual settings from fully closed to fully open several times to get rid of the stickyness.

relevant links: https://filmfarm.de/en/arrilaser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_recorder https://archive.org/details/manualsbase-id-132069 https://www.oscars.org/sci-tech/ceremonies/2012 Arri says that the Arrilaser got introduced in 1998, Wikipedia says 1999… Looks like it’s out of production since approximately 2020. No clue, how many devices have been built and how many of the older devices have been upgraded…

On all images that aren’t from you, the “crab legs” only have three visible holes. And the fourth hole is covered by the rubber extension. Your images have four holes and no rubber extension. Looks like your device is incomplete.

https://cinehello.com/m/mstream/1679 Does this help? Not really, sorry…

Maybe you’ll simply lower the “feet“ a little bit more so that the wheels don’t touch the ground anymore? Also, the “feet” look very short. Are you sure that there aren’t any extensions that are locked in the “feet’s” holes?

Why shooting on film? Simply let the AI fix your videos in post: https://www.banana-prompts.net/10-best-prompts-for-vintage-film-look/ Handing over all artistic decisions to the almighty AI will simply lead to better results. No need to involve humans or even labs. Resistance is futile.

(The answer is probably that non-PET is cheaper.)

Then why did at least 3M/Ferrania, Fuji and Kodak release PET-based camera filmstocks in the past? Yes, it was only for 8mm Type S, but…

To be honest: the effects and visuals are great. But they are a little bit „trying too hard, over-the-top“ and hence distracting from the music. (Too many too obvious and too clichéd symbols in my opinion.)

Another interpretation: Death/time drives you out of paradise. And the clock is ticking. Pretty soon, you’ll be old and alone. (And then, you’ll die.)

Hi! What about your local library? or https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-national-archive or https://www.macearchive.org/ or https://www.huntleyarchives.com/aboutus.asp# or http://www.bfcc.biz/ or https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/ or one of the British film schools?

Hi! Looks like you‘re simply pushing it into the two clamps/holders/shoes that are already part of your camera. http://bolexh16user.net/EyeLevelFocusser.htm

Good question, but: Will there still be film in 30 years? Will there still be labs? Will there still be human DPs or have you all been replaced by AI tools? Will there still be cinemas, TV channels, streaming services? Will you still be alive? Will you still be making a living as a DP? Or will you become a soldier in mankind’s last war against AI? Will Earth still be a habitable planet? (Climate change, nuclear wars, asteroids, new viruses, …) … So stop wasting your time with worries. Que sera, sera.

It all depends on your purpose: When you want to mass produce videos without any artistic value only to produce tons of content for YouTube/TicToc/…, then AI is the obvious choice.

First scene (only 10s) to proof that the Claude result is working: https://labs.google/fx/tools/flow/shared/video/97c38b3a-9ca7-4cf3-8126-534600747f15 So the answer is: when you already have some kind of script, e.g. a text on Wikipedia, then your efforts in preproduction and production are simply nearly zero (less than 1h to ask Claude plus copy‘n‘paste everything into your GenAI tool plus putting all generated scenes together in a video editor).