Michael Carter

Details on my Facebook blog

https://m.youtube.com/user/studiocarter1

Yes, I have three sizes of Lomo tanks and a small Jobo tank for 6 foot tests

Me too. Thanks for the question. I found this https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/cinematography-manual-the-ultimate-guide-to-becoming-a-director-of-photography/ looks interesting. I learn by doing developing and printing in my coal cellar darkroom after shooting with a Bolex H16RX4 camera. My goal is to document what works, using black and white film, then, print films for festivals.

Oh yea, 6400 Asa is it. The latest print from the neg developed last night looks great. Will post in blog after dry

Another test made 6400 Asa last night. I can see grain with my naked eye in a magnifying glass. But I can print these negatives. Details in my blog... https://www.facebook.com/michael.studiocarter

A video of it projected was made. It looked gray. I like more contrast, like the lighter shot of my son, but it was too light. 1/3 stop overexposure may do the trick, longer developing could be tried. Or printing could be tweaked. But, I'm happy to get f4 with greater depth of focus. At least I'm in the ball park. Scanning is too expensive, more film is better.

Put the film in front, not inbetween, the two metal plates, also, close the magazine film cover by sliding the pin on top all the way forward. I thought I had a box full of loaded magazines, but they are all empty.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1js_Ii-jfs There is a formula in the 150 lab book to boost Tri-X to 2500. I wonder if it will work on Double-X? Indoors had only 20 foot candles but f4 worked at 24 fps

The FB group, Home movie film lab, was started by me and contains a lot of my blog. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1833878160190581/ However, I moved to the home page and left the group

My website link here was updated from WP to FB. https://www.facebook.com/michael.studiocarter https://m.youtube.com/user/studiocarter1 Try these links.

My current project is to film a new negative that will show me the lightest tone in a print that is projected. I will measure the gray card, set the aperture according to my personal EI already derived in earlier tests, then increase exposures up to 4 more stops. Single frames, two at a time, will be exposed of the lightest tone, then the gray card will be flipped over to the white card, two frames will be made, repeat, exposing the gray card, alternating the white card, until about a foot or more has been done. In-between will be a few exposures of the gray card as gray, without any increase in the iris. That will separate one value from the other. If any tone prints, it will be seen projected as a flickering light. I could not see light tones printed all the same, they all looked clear to me. A Minolta spot meter could not read them. Animated flickering tones I can do.

It would be nice to have an optical soundtrack added to color reversal, Auricon owners can do it, then project using a big ol Bell & Howell with a 12 inch speaker. Auricons are out there. I have the projectors. Not the Auricon anymore. So, given those tools, what would you film?

Wow, thanks Simon. I would not know what to do with a gray wedge. Yes, my printer is continuous. I worry about the light bulb burning out and dread looking for a replacement. I would swap the sound lamp. I only do black and white. It is complicated enough! It is great to know that D97 works diluted. My next task is to repeat what was just done to prove it works. Only with longer film that has close up shots of details like white textured things and dark areas. I thought to include some sky out of focus on each film to get a solid area of tone that could be measured or compared from one film to another. Leader on negatives is clear. Even a gray card could be shot up close out of focus like Zone tests. But then, I am making this up as I go.

A fundraiser was begun. It was just there, when I checked Facebook, so I went for it... But it wasn't approved.

I just have to toot my own horn here. I have an old Uhler Cine Printer and have started dialing in 7222 on PF2 in D97. Dilution tests were done today and one was spot on. Details in lights and darkest darks show projected. They show the same on a light box, too. I didn't like clear areas on my negatives. I had trouble printing black parts of negatives. Lots of work has been done and now I am finally getting somewhere. What I do is documented on my Facebook home page, https://www.facebook.com/michael.studiocarter no longer in the group I started called, Home movie film lab. I could use some help or a kind word from time to time. This hasn't been easy. I do not have a densitometer. I look at the ceiling light through black leader and guess. D97 was diluted 1:3 today in great results. I have a 100 foot spiral tank that I can afford to fill now. Anyway, that is me in the darkroom.

Will you be copying the new reversal film onto film?

If a 25mm lens is set to 25 feet you need not change it as just about everything will be in focus

Two things. Film goes in front of Both metal things inside the camera, not inbetween them. The, silver one is the pressure plate, the gold one is the spring that pushes on the plate. And then, the little pin on the top edge of the magazine is supposed to be pushed closed, all the way forward. It engages with a slot that gets pulled back by the lock.

I made some really bad videos and put them on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1833878160190581/ There are 4 of them

Sometimes, when inserting the magazine, the sliding gate cover button catches on the edge of the two prongs it is supposed to go inbetween, and moves back some, then, the door won't close. Also, there is a loud click when the lock is set to run.

Did the footage counter work?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CbbBPEYgBDk More video about the mags

Turn the footage dial inside the lid around. It is spring loaded. Hold it in place on the outside. Put the lid on and let go. It will snap to the film.

Turn the gate upside down, too, the spring thing. http://www.retrocine.com/products/16mm-8mm-magazine-reloading/ I did one myself and was not clean enough and got a scratch. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0W6zgzQL3tc 7266 single perf new film was used