Mai

Hi Herb! Maybe this is a silly question. The matte box that is mounted to your bolex (on the picture on your website), what is that actually for? And can it be mounted on to any bolex lense?

Nevermind the link in my last post. Just realised that it is a column base and not what I will need at all.

Hi, That would be great, I really do appreciate it! :) Also, do you think maybe this part, that I found on ebay, could be useful for making the polaroid mp4 into an animationstand? http://cgi.ebay.de/Rotating-Column-Base-ff...bayphotohosting

Hi Herb, let me know if you managed to make a sketch of your setup. That would be great! Just if it is not too much trouble. Best, Mai

A sketch would be super!! Because also I do not quite understand if you mean I should remove the round socket on the carriage (which is the one you see on the photolink I posted earlier), or remove the polaroid camera parts from the round tube which fits into the socket). I am almost sure you mean the first option. Sorry, I am a bit slow... And thanks for naming the metal things ;)

Hi Herb, thanks, so if I would strip down the carriage and take that round mount off, could I perhaps have a kind of tripod plate welded onto the carriage? at a metalworkshop. do you think that could work? Hi Shawn, thanks, very nice to see a photo of your animationstand, looks great! gets me thinking about details I must solve. Where did you get those tiny metal things, to keep your drawings in one place? All best

hi, thanks, you can see how the carriage looks like on this link : http://www.maihofstadgunnes.com/mai/carriage.html (this is how it looks like when I take off the polaroid camera)

Hi again. Just received my polaroid mp-4 with lamps, now one more question: Anyone know where I can get hold of the Universal Camera Mount for Polaroid MP-4? (For attaching my bolex to the Polaroid MP-4 copystand). Any other options are also very welcome. Mai

Hi and thanks, I finally bought a Polaroid MP-4 WITH lamps on ebay.de, got it for 40 euros plus shipping which I thought was very reasonable! Can´t wait to set it up and get started.

hi, i am still looking for setups for animation and wonder if these could work? So far it has been really hard to find polaroid mp-4 on ebay here in germany, but finally here is one: http://cgi.ebay.de/Polaroid-MP-4-Camera_W0...bayphotohosting or http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...p;rd=1&rd=1 or http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...bayphotohosting One of them comes with lamps as well, but is it stable enough for my bolex rx4? So which one of the three above do you think is best for my purpose ? Very happy to receive comments;) All the best, Mai

I got the link to work finally. I don´t know what I did wrong initially. Again, I am very happy for your advice, thanks a lot. And I like your drawings and sketches on your deviantart website! I am going to look for lamps and the polaroid mp 4 on ebay from now on.... Best, Mai

Herb: Thanks a lot for your advice! An error occured when I tried to view your Bolex setup, could you try to check the link please? Would be nice to see the photo... Sounds like the Polaroid MP-4 setup could be a good solution for me, maybe it is possible to find one on ebay...? I imagine doing most of my projects like that while other times with bigger drawings I might have the drawings mounted on the wall, so vertical, not horizontal. is it possible to angle the Polaroid MP-4, to shoot on the wall,( or in this particular case maybe I better use a tripod..) Any suggestion for lamps? Bernhard: Very nice and informative DIY site! Thanks. All the best, Mai H. G. (Berlin)

I just bought myself a Bolex H16 RX 4 on ebay that I will mostly use for animation. The filmcamera comes with the Kern Paillard SWITAR 25 mm pre-set-standard 1:1,4 f H16 Lens, the Kern Paillard SWITAR 75 mm 1:1,9 tele and the Schneider-Kreuznach Cinegon lens 10 mm 1:1,8. I would like to build an animation set up with lamps and wonder if anybody do have any advice on building this, what to have in mind. I will work mainly with two dimensional stop motion, drawings/collages, with sizes ranging from A4(21x29cm) to bigger drawings approx 150x200cm. What kind of lamps should I get, tripod that is suitable etc? Anybody have some advice on how to go about?

Thanks everyone! I am really happy getting so quick response on questions I have been wondering about for weeks... First, Stephen, your suggestion on shooting directly with a Bolex. It definetely seems much more reasonable. I was thinking on doing this at first, but after making some phone calls I couldn´t track down anyone here in Berlin who could help me with this(unbelivable? I might have given up too early? ). I was afraid of doing this myself though as I thought it would be hard to get it exposed right, get even lighting, the right colours etc. Anyhow, if anybody have any clues on where (or who) this could be done in Berlin let me know ;) because I would like to give it a shot.. Secondly Chris, The drawings are a4, so they perfectly fit on an a4 scanner. You are right, it might be a good idea to prepare for the 35mm (just in case), what resolution would I need then? Thanks everyone, for all the suggestions on resolutions, still a bit confused though, but as you said Scott, I will call the lab and ask them, on monday! I think reg 16 will be the best format for me. Best, Mai

Hi there! I am quite new to this forum, and this is my first post. (but have already learnt alot of things reading the posts on K-3s) Now, I am working on an animation to result in a 16mm film. The animation which contains about 750 drawings,each shown one after the other, two frames each. Thus the animation will have an approximate duration of 1min. The end result: to show the 16mm film looped on a 16mm projector-in a gallery space. I don´t know if this is the best way to do: I am scanning all the drawings into my computer, and then delivering all the digital stills to the lab to be transferred to 16 mm film or the cheaper way- to deliver an uncompressed video of all the digital files to be transferred to 16 mm. How much quality would I lose in choosing the cheaper method? Second question: What resolution and format should my digital stills(being the scans of the drawings) have to obtain the best possible quality on 16 mm film? (I guess that it must be much bigger than the DV Pal res: 576x720 pixels/ 72dpi?) I hope my questions seem clear and am looking forward to hearing your advice ! Best regards, Mai H. G. (visual artist)