Travis Shannon

26 minutes ago, Tyler Purcell said:

Sorry, D5MKII, I'm so use to putting those numbers the old way lol 

Haha no worries, I was just so confused I had to ask. 

15 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said:

Now to be fair, canon has 4 new cameras releasing this year. The EOS-RMKII, The 5DMKII and two cinema cameras.

Sorry did I just fall into a time warp to 2008 or are they reusing the 5DmkII name on another project? 

29 minutes ago, Tyler Purcell said:

Aren't movies in Europe shot with 24fps? I'm confused on why nobody has ever had an issue with this in the past. 

I’m from the US so I might be off but I thought this was why a lot of European productions shot 25 fps not 24?

If 4K is your max budget you can probably find an ACL if you wait long enough, I sold one that was s16 with a standard tap and pl mount for 6k last year. It’s not as reliable as an sr3 which is why it’s 1/3 of the price. You get what you pay for.

On 2/12/2024 at 5:19 AM, Victoria Sagady said:

Love the cables coming off the vest.  How much our world has changed.  

Still see it in broadcast steadi builds from time to time but when I do I’m always thinking thank god for wireless. 

I personally am loving the updates on this thread, great work dude.

Asking 1500 usd for the kit but open to offers

Finally selling my angenieux 5.9 c mount, amazing ultra wide lens and rare to find in c mount, super clean, no scratches or cleaning marks. Also comes with lens hood/filter holder and series 9 filters (ND/cpl/85)

https://ibb.co/m98F7wz
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1 minute ago, Travis Shannon said:

Neither shoot was stills, one was video and one was super 16mm film centered around fashion photography, the first was on Venice and the second was on SR3. And yeah by strobe I mean flashing (the light has a setting called strobe or sometimes paparazzi, it’s not an actual photo strobe) to simulate photo camera flash but you can also just run the light bare and direct and quickly on off it with a flag. If you want the look of flash then just flash a light, it just has to be powerful enough which an aputure has plenty of.

And yeah if you want it constant like in that video you’d just need it direct and far back enough to get the falloff, spot it in, keep it directly behind camera and you should be good, worked for us

On 12/22/2023 at 9:23 AM, Donovan Wilson said:

By strobe do you mean flashing? I'm assuming this shoot was for stills. I'm hoping to get the effect on video. 

Neither shoot was stills, one was video and one was super 16mm film centered around fashion photography, the first was on Venice and the second was on SR3. And yeah by strobe I mean flashing (the light has a setting called strobe or sometimes paparazzi, it’s not an actual photo strobe) to simulate photo camera flash but you can also just run the light bare and direct and quickly on off it with a flag. If you want the look of flash then just flash a light, it just has to be powerful enough which an aputure has plenty of.

I ended up doing this gag on two separate shoots last week and both times we just on offed a bare aputure 1200d on the strobe setting. 

Still take at least a 2575 on every job

Last note, asking price for the lenses is 4k and at this point I’d like to sell as a set, and if anyone wants to do both camera and lenses I’d be happy to throw in all the raw stock I have as well which includes:

1x Fpp bw40 100 ft

1xfuji f400 100 ft

1x ektachrome 100 100ft

1x 7297 2r 100ft

2x fuji 500d 400ft (expired/sealed)

1x agfa xts400 120'se

3x vison2 200t (expired/sealed) 400ft

1x vision2 200t 400ft se

1xvision3 500t 320ft se

1x 50d 250'se

Thanks all! (Not looking to separate film stock as it’s generally not worth the hassle to break up and ship so please don’t ask, ty) 

Additionally, I posted some lenses that are also for sale and can throw in for additional cost.

-kowa super 16/ultra t 9mm which was widened for s16 coverage and converted to hard pl mount (no adapter funny business) by visual products 

-kowa super 16/ultra t 12.5mm which was also converted to hard Pl mount by VP

-Angenieux 5.9mm c mount 

-helios 50mm pl mount Russian conversion

Hi Gregg,

Great idea, just made a Dropbox album per your suggestion with relevant pics inside. And yes that’s exactly the viewfinder situ, original non orient angie and a cp meant to take its place. Also forgot to mention I made an appointment some time ago to send it in to AZ to upgrade to an HD tap and that appointment is still set for November meaning whoever jumps on it can skip the usual year long wait for said upgrade if they’re so inclined.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/866n812nxfe68o6irhc9o/h?rlkey=g3dqe4n9wmqlem8npjbjle1a3&dl=0

Hi All, finally moving on from my ACL 1.5 kit, love it but don’t shoot enough to warrant keeping it around, camera is Super 16 modified and has the AZ spectrum crystal multi speed motor that runs from 12-75fps, camera was serviced in 2021 by Bernie O’Doherty who replaced the ground glass with one with s16 markings. Comes with two 200 foot mags with platters and one 400 foot mag with platters, PL mount and Nikon mount. Also has an AZ spectrum bw video tap and comes with a tvlogic vfm56 with a composite input to receive video. Two power cables (one with video tap power breakout, one without) original angenieux finder and CP orientable vf (mount would need to be sourced) as well as a custom foamed flight case and two batteries. Asking 7k, open to reasonable offers, absolutely not splitting any of the kit though. Thanks for looking. 
 

posting pictures on here always goes a bit silly for me but feel free to message and I can send pictures of everything as well as recently shot test footage. 

A contribution I haven’t seen on this list:

“Inserts” by John Byrum starring Richard Dreyfuss

Also I saw it a bit higher up but And God Spoke is excellent and like Steve said, almost every doc I’ve ever worked on

On 8/8/2023 at 7:43 AM, Nicholas LaRovere said:

Hello - in early September I will be filming an all-night fight sequence between 2 characters, where the scene takes place under a rain rig (most likely, two small rain towers).

We are going for a handheld look - not too shaky but just to give it a little energy. Typically, I would use an Easyrig for this but I'm not sure the best way to rig my camera well for operation under these circumstances to keep the camera safe and lens clean.

I suppose I could just bag the camera and put a hole for the Easyrig cable to come through, and cinch it well with rubber bands around the cable, but I'm worried about water coming through.

Thankfully, I will have a focus puller doing their thing wirelessly so I won't have to worry about that.

If anyone has any tips for this kind of situation, I would greatly appreciate your input!

You can still use an easyrig- just get a bag-it big enough for both you and the camera, wear it like a poncho and just cut a hole and tape the matte box. ACs will probably have to refresh the tape and it’ll get a little humid inside but you’ll both stay dry. 

On 8/4/2023 at 1:19 PM, Gregory Irwin said:

Many years ago I lived in Belmont Shore, Long Beach and it was great! A very quaint beach community. What’s happened down there that y’all say don’t live there now?

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I grew up in San Pedro just across the bridge from LB and rest assured Belmont Shores, LB and Signal Hill are still fine, not super central but absolutely fine- not sure what these guys are talking about. Appreciate the heads up on your situation in Atlanta, it’s definitely on my list of places to flee to after LA prices itself out or burns itself down. 

I hear Atlanta is lovely ?

Send me a pm if you’d like to sell Lcube separately, thanks Loren!

Honestly hate to be that guy but with your budget this just doesn’t seem super realistic, Simon is correct that CP16r is probably your best bet for reflex viewfinder application but as you’ve found with the bolex quick change is a thing, the ACL will probs be maxing out your budget but is best suited for this application. Also as an aside, as a dude that just dropped way too much money on a wedding I would be mortified if I could hear the blender-esque roar of a bolex over my wedding vows but I’m sure you’re being conscious of that aspect. We all know DPs have the utmost respect for sound ?

Hi Boris, thanks for replying- yes this practice is basically how I load mine nowadays including leaving a bit more in the top loop , for reference I’m using the term phase as it is used on arri cameras as the one button function for mounting a new mag and then auto engaging claw in inching speed. Cool to see the botex, never knew there was a sync adjuster for the ACL. 

On 1/15/2023 at 11:17 PM, Uli Meyer said:

 

 

 

 

 

This is a cool find Uli, looks very much like the readyrig used today to assist in gimbal operating, everything really comes back around. 

3 hours ago, Patrick Quesnel said:

Could be an Oppenheimer plate but it also looks like there is a Keslow Camera barcode on there so could be a custom Keslow item aswell.

This rig is from Standard Camera, you can see their logo on the video assist.