Hello everyone,
I am currently making the daunting transition from digital to film. I am looking to purchase a 16mm film camera and decided to put my questions to you lot, who clearly know quite a bit more than I do about shooting on film. I think the reason I am finding it difficult to decide what camera to go for is I have a quite limited budget, I need the camera to be super 16, motorised for long takes and preferably with synch sound. So you see I want all the best bits for as little money as possible! I have got as far as going either the Bolex route or an Eclair, either ACL or NPR, any with a super 16 modification.
Does anyone here firstly have any advice for what is a good camera to choose on a limited budget? And then does anyone know anyone, or anywhere I might be able to purchase one through? And what sort of price do people think is fair these days, particularly for an eclair, it seems bolexs can be so varied.
I usually shoot part staged, part documentary footage, with a lot of locked off shots, so a camera thats suited to shooting like this would be favoured. I would hope also to be using my Contax Zeiss lenses with the camera so assume I would need an adapter of some description. But also super open to any practical advice on lens choices. Below I have put a link to my website page that has a few stills from my most recent film just in case anyone is curious. They were shot on a BMPCC 6k.
https://www.samrisley.com/coppice
Thanks so much for reading!
Cheers, Sam