Ryan Clancy

On 4/19/2019 at 12:19 PM, Todd Pinder said:

Film is one perf or two perf, not Super or Regular. So if you're using a camera that has not been modified to Super 16 or came that way from the manufacture, you will get a 4:3 image.

On 4/19/2019 at 12:21 PM, Ruben Arce said:

There is no such a thing as Super 16 film. There used to be single and double perforated. Most modern cameras (after WW2) take single perforated film and for years Kodak has been selling single perf mostly. If you have double perf film you can use it with most cameras, but if that camera has a S16 frame the image is going to be on that second line of perforations. The SR1 was designed to take single perf, so assuming that that specific SR1 has never been converted yes, you would get a 4:3 image. When using double perf on a R16 camera the extra space on the film remains unused.

A SR1 can be converted to S16, so as you can see if you have single perforated film it will capture the aspect ratio that you camera has. Regular 16 if the camera is untouched, Super 16 if the camera was converted.

Thank you very much, Ruben and Todd. Very helpful responses. This answered my question and solved a lot of confusion I've been having. You guys are great!

Hi there,

I've been shooting on super and standard 16mm for a few years now and just ran into a problem that I've never considered. At the moment, my access to cameras has been limited to an Arri SR1. Prior to this change in cameras, I was shooting a project on an Arri SR3 in super 16mm and now have several 400ft rolls of Vision3 500t super 16mm film. I'm wondering what would happen if I ran the super 16mm through the SR1. Would I just get a 4:3 image? I can't find anything about this topic online. Thanks much.