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    TLS Cooke Speed Panchro set *mint*

    in Cine Marketplace

    Posted · Edited by Kenny Suleimanagich

    Helping a friend selling a beautiful and complete set of seven newly-rehoused original Cooke Speed Panchro lenses (Series 2 & 3). These have not been used since being rehousing at True Lens Services (TLS) earlier this year. Finding these lenses in good condition, not already rehoused, as become very difficult, and this set took over a year to put together before rehousing. This set consists of only the last generation of Panchros manufactured - all serial numbers start with a 7. The mechanics are of course brand new, and the condition of the glass is as good as you can get for used lenses of this vintage.
     
     
    18mm Series 3
    25mm Series 3
    32mm Series 2
    40mm Series 2 
    50mm Series 2
    75mm Series 2 
    100mm Series 2
     
    A TLS evaluation report is available to any serious interested buyers. A local NYC or US sale is preferred, but I can also ship internationally insured. Scales are marked in Imperial (Feet). If you send the lenses to TLS, they can make new rings for metric fairly easily for a fee. A Pelican Air 1535 (airplane "carry-on" size) case with custom-cut foam from Innerspace Cases (to hold all 7 lenses) is included. 40mm and up covers 1.78:1 on Full Frame. Plenty of additional pictures are available.
     
    Not interested in trades - with the possible exception of Zeiss Super Speeds Mk2, Tribe7 lenses, or anamorphics.
     
    Asking $60,000 USD.
     
    Selling only as a set of 7 - set can't be broken up. 
    Optionally available *only with the set of 7*, is a very rare 152mm Cooke Telepanchro, recently overhauled. This lens isn't rehoused, but has been converted to PL mount, and is very usable without rehousing. Markings on this lens are in both feet and meters. TLS also offers rehousing for this focal length. No case is included for the 152mm. 
     
    Asking $70,000 USD for the set including the 152mm. 
     
     
     

     

    Expirsed Reala 500D Tests

    in Film Stocks & Processing

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    I recently did a shoot with 16mm Reala 500D that had questionable storage and was probably around 6 years old. We overexposed two stops, sometimes three, and processed it normal. Scanned by Metropolis on a Lasergraphics Scanstation - we had a surprising amount of information on the negative even despite the crazy density from overexposure. The colorist on this, Andrew Francis at Sixteen19, was excited about how much we were able to play with the tones and in many cases we pushed it to the limit just to see where skin tones would land. I wondered if this was due to the fourth color layer adding some resilience. Anyway, you're shooting 35mm which will help with the grain. I was excited by the results and wish I had more of this stock to shoot.

     

    The Love Witch

    in In Production / Behind the Scenes

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    Just saw the print at the new Alamo Drafthouse NYC/ Brooklyn.

     

    It's great! I loved the films clear affinity for the 60s aesthetic while asserting its own visual grammar in tandem.

     

    David,

     

    I particularly admired the use of filtration. Did you ever feel you were pushing it or overdoing it? I liked how the close ups on the witch's bottle kitchen scene were star-filtered (was that a net?) while the medium shot of her was clean(er). It all worked for me, and was sometimes a visual reminder/callback to previously filtered scenes.

     

    The lighting, perhaps not surprisingly, reminded me of "Far from Heaven" (2002) which is the only other recent hardish-light film I can think of shot to reference the Russel Metty-shot Sirk 1950s works. I remember reading that Lachman frequently used tungsten lamps as fill on exterior setups, to make the foliage pop more. It looks like you had a lot of fun with color, was there any discussion as to what the various colors would mean to the character and plot throughout the film?

    IIC anamorphic MOS camera

    in 35mm

    Posted · Edited by Kenny Suleimanagich

    I've shot anamorphic on a PL-mount IIC through Clairmont, using their house anamorphics and desqueezed with a door that has the switch on it allowing you to go from Closed-Scope-Spherical. If you live near a rental house that carries these cameras and lenses, you can buy cheap short ends from Reel Good Film and ask to shoot some test footage in the checkout bay or parking lot. Anamorphic lenses rent at a large premium, generally from most places around $350/day per lens but you can often find deals and get breaks. 2-perf spherical is by far the cheapest option.

    BMPCC Crop Factor question

    in BlackMagic Design

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    "Crop factor" is a confusing term that references field of view.

     

    A 50mm on a 35mm still camera has a wider field of view by 2.88x than the 50mm on the blackmagic pocket (super 16). The reason why there are wider focal lengths for small image areas is precisely because of his.

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