Stephen Perera

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/2/11/c8vo4k8o0dxaa4w3xl407p2chj24iq An article on the film...

Totally agree Uli

I'm reading THE ILLIAD as we speak...I'm really enjoying it.....next up will be THE ODYSSEY BTW the Troy film was quite faithful to Homer's The Illiad. I really rate it highly. The director took the decision to do away with the 'intervention' of the 'Gods' we read in the book e.g. when Paris (Orlando Bloom) is saved from death by the goddess Aphrodite when he is fighting Menelaus over Helen of Troy.....then of course the film gives us the impression it was a much shorter set of battles not the 10 year long siege war it was.....but it got all the relationships nicely, aside from the Achilles / Patroclus relationship which has been debated for centuries. In the film he is his 'cousin' - some say his 'romantic partner'.

Spoke to him on the phone literally 5 mins ago!!! so glad to hear his voice....gonna get some adapters from him!!!! email him as usual: les@lesbosher.co.uk

...this time a gimmick film wont take it from you

Congratulations @Jarin Blaschke for the Oscar nomination...again! well deserved for magnificent cinematography unmatched by any of the other films!

Hi all, anyone have experience / comments to make about the Cooke Kinetals (25mm; 17.5mm; 12.5mm) for use with Aaton XTR XC camera using Vision3 / Double X stock. Thanks in advance!

go the to thread I started Jarin himself comes in to comment.....

you are testing the new stock??? Obv im only interested in 16mm stocks

Leica R to Aaton mount adapter - anyone make it, sell it, have it??? thanksssssss

I have a wonderful Cooke Varokinetal 9-50mm T2.5 lens and an Arriflex 8 mm Carl Zeiss Distagon for my Aaton XTR XC. I can use Aaton mount, have adapter for M42 mount (Les Bosher), have adapter for Arri-B mount (Les Bosher), have adapter for Nikon mount. Recommends and likes? I have no interest in Super 16mm format. I love standard 16mm. Lenses give you flavours and there is always an appetite.....

....keep posting on the thread as soon as anyone knows what's up. Of course, must be in testing phase before they launch it. Long live film!

edited...I think I tell better story now:

I've shot quite a bit of Double X 16mm (processed by Cinelab London in D96 I assume) I don't see much latitude in highlights....1.5 stops if that over after that it starts to blow. Rating it at EI250 as recommended by Kodak outdoors and EI200 in tungsten indoors. I find it does great in low light. I'm more worried about blowing highlights when showing than the shadows using this film. Any comments???

funnily enough Retrolab.eu are running it in Malaga, Spain....