Antoine Pret

Thank you all for the insights !

Hi all, I will probably move to Canada next year, and I was wondering what city I should consider to find work and people to connect with in the film industry ? Right now, I do some DP/AC work and also direct on small budget music videos, short films & commercials and willing to work on projects with bigger crews. In France, where I am right now everything film related is pretty much in Paris. I work there sometimes, as I'm 2h from there by train and have connexions, family there. So, I'm mostly looking at Toronto or Montreal and considering Vancouver for the proximity with LA. From what I understand, the scene in Toronto seems bigger but everything is pricier and the competition is harsh. Montreal seems like a nicer place, cheaper, plus I speak both languages - but less work and competition I guess, might be a good entry point before moving to Toronto or other ? Also, very interested in knowing if there are Labs/scan facilities and rental houses that have film cameras, especially s16 ! Thanks !

Hi ! I'm selling this lovely little Arri matte box (Model LMB-3) It's a sturdy clamp-on mattebox that takes 4x4 filters. It has two filters trays, but one has a missing piece that is retaining the filter (see pics below). It has a series 9 adapter so you can clamp it on 80mm OD lenses, and without it's 87mm I believe. You can filtrate with 4x5.6 with an other tray in vertical. The flag can be removed and folded. Can be a great use with ARRI SR cameras but can also work with digital cameras. Asking 150 + shipping worlwide (PayPal or Bank wire). Pictures : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TbofEgtwwvKoZUL_sknmp5bCow8ZSDht?usp=sharing Thanks !

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https://kafardfilms.fr/labo/

You could use the clamp on arri lmb-3 with the 80mm adapter, to use 4x4 filters http://strattoncamera.com/pdf/lmb_3.pdf

Anyone did a SR/SR2 conversion to S16 recently and knows rougthly the price ?

Also works with a wide angle attachment, giving 5.5 - 6mm, similar to the switar + aspheron ( 10% crop for s16 covering), infinity & close focus, some chromatic abberation like the aspheron. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ftfiGh5hxwCdgKEZW3sngF85WXnjcg2d/view?usp=share_link

So if I got this right, if i push back the mount toward the rear optic, it wouldn't work because the rear element would be even farest than before. To be precise, the lens can't be screwed all the way in because it would hit the prism and with this I only get very very close focus (almost touching the lens). So I guess I can't really do anything about it ?

Hi, I got this Kowa 6mm lens that was originaly made for 1" CCTV. It appears that it peforms pretty well on MFT digital cameras so I was wondering if it would work on a S16 Bolex as it is C-Mount. The lens covers S16 in the viewfinder but I can't seem to make it focus to infinity, I just get close focus. I think it is due to the back element being too close to the prism of the bolex. So my idea would to either : 1. Add a c mount thread on top of the one existing, if such thing exist. 2.Remove the screws that retains the c mount and add a spacer to it. Also, I measured the C- mount thread and it is close to 4mm when on my other lenses made for bolex it is 3mm, so there is also that. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks !

Aaton XTR prod like the guys who shot "March of the emperor" or a Late model bolex with a PL mount maybe.

Hi, nice images you did there ! You say it's for non-reflex models only ?

Thank you for the infos Tyler, I've been wanting to ask here for a while because I have the same issue on a music video I shot with 50D, at first I thought the lab didn't clean the film properly... Could you explain how you managed to clean it ? I know a lot of it is not going to be visible when exporting but still, you can see some. From the project : https://drive.google.com/file/d/13aVLYnUB6L1wPFG3BTic_zhocsTrJNYJ/view?usp=sharing

I can now confirm that the Schneider cover nearly S16, very small vignetting on the bottom like the switar. Very usable.

Thanks Volker, unfortunatly it didn't seem to be the problem. I've sent the lens to a very good bolex tech and even him had a hard time correcting it. I believe it is fixed now but it sure was a strange problem considering that the lens was almost brand new.

Hi all, So i've checked all the older threads about focus issues on Bolex and lenses and here's my situation : I have a Bolex H16 SB, wich I think is regular 16 and have tested the camera with four lenses : Vario switar compact 17-85 (Bayo Mount) : No problem Schneider RX 10mm (c mount) : No problem Canon TV zoom 16-100mm(c-mount): No problem and the Vario switar 16-100mm (Bayo Mount) : This one does not focus to infinity when it is set to it's wider end. When it's past the 25mm mark, it starts to get in focus. When I stop down the lens a bit, it seems that it is a bit more in focus but it could be just an impression. I've seen on older threads that if the lens what calibrated for s16, it would have a 1 mm focus problem on regular, but I've talked to the seller and he said the lens was used on a regular 16mm. And the lens looks like new... Now, the previous owner of the camera made a built light-meter, that I have removed but some elements of his modifications are still visible : They are screws on the viewfinder to remove the cover. There is a little thing behind the lens mount, which I think was the measurement cell. I have checked the viewfinder carefully and Diopter setting is set in a correct position, so I think the camera is OK. My guess would be that the focus flange of the vario switar needs to be adjusted and I was wondering if it has any settings or screws to calibrate it.

That is so good ! Thanks for sharing !

I wanted to send my camera to him for a conversion but he took one month and 3 emails to just barely respond, what I see here does not reassure me.

Following this, I was wondering if a wide attachment could be used with this lens. I found one that has the same 32mm filer thread and seems to have enough distance for the lens to close focus into it. Anybody ever tried this ? Could it work ?

Came across this video : He's using a Blackmagic micro so it has a super16 sensor. Slight vignette on the side when shooting for 16x9 but for regular 1.66.1 format, it should be alright.

La suite numérique at Lyon and Filmantiq at Paris both have 250D,200T,500T and Tri-X in stock. 30m & 120m, email them for infos on the stocks.

Same situation here, very hard to come by.

Thanks a lot, if you happen to have some footage or can link me to some that would be awesome. I found very little infos about the schneiders.

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Anyone ?