Simon Glidewell

I certainly don't question yours or anyone elses desire to use video or film. My point is that the powers that be, want us to think that one system is defunct and that the other is the way forward, doing all they can to remove a perfectly good medium in order to line their pockets. Like the old telephones that had a bell and a dial; it worked perfectly well for years and sounded like a telephone, but now we have to be subjected to nauseating things the size of a biscuit with repellent ring tones or buzzing like a vibrator.

Many thanks everyone for your very helpful posts; much appreciated! I shall look into these now. All the best Simon

Thanks for all your kind responses, but this does not answer my original question apart from the reversal film part of it... Cheers Simon

As a follow up to the link at the start of this thread, one famous UK lab is still doing well and has recently been taken over by Cinelabs, Europe:- http://www.screendaily.com/news/cinelabs-acquires-bucks-media-services/5057294.article http://www.cinelab.co.uk/

I mean standard 16mm (like standard 8mm) as opposed to super 16, with the aspect ratio of 4:3 instead of 16:9. That was the name given to the stock once super 16 was introduced. As far as I know standard 16mm can be either single or double perf. Simon

Does anyone know a good source in Europe to obtain standard 16mm film stock, colour and black and white? Also, is standard 16 B&W reversal stock still available and does anyone process it nowadays? I presume there are labs in Europe who will transfer film to a digital format for editing in FCP? Thanks Simon

Long may film live. As has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the "pundits" were falling over themselves to rid this planet of the beastly vinyl record and record player and cleanse us for good from the "old fashioned" way of doing things. Happily for the likes of many here, they have failed miserably. The individuals behind modern technology and its dissemination want nothing more than for us to believe that their latest gadget is the must have and that things like film cameras have NO place in our modern world (nothing to do with lining their pockets of course). We are living in a rapidly increasing sanitised world where things like atmosphere and poetic statement are as redundant as your next computer purchase. I think many like me are getting utterly sick to the back teeth with the disposable ethos that now exists with regards to electronics (HD video, etc). My film company (training novice film makers) has two HD video cameras (both out of date within a couple of months of purchase) and three lovely standard 16mm cameras (Arri and Aaton). It won't be long before the video cameras will be junk, because technology dictates this, but the film cameras will last forever and take a pounding that no video camera could ever endure. These idiots behind the hype of modern technology want you to throw your trusty Arriflex into the dustbin and replace it with a shiny new £150,000 Soncanonsonic BVX 90000 XT1 virtual reality HD/3D wonder, which will be replaced in a fortnight by its brother. I think as long as there is a desire to make films, using film stock, it will continue, together with the labs that process it. I think the record player and record are proof of this; you just can't beat quality. Cheers Simon