Mark Dunn

Or does it just mean that the guy trying to rob you has a gun as well? I don't live in fear because no-one here has a gun, more or less. There are alternatives. Mods, please shut this down. it's verging on the pornographic now.

I don't know when you were born, but when watching a film made before I was (1960), you may be listening to an unrestored optical soundtrack with much lower fidelity than magnetic. Indeed when they are restored you often hear things you weren't meant to.

+1. At 800 I get 1/125 at f8 on the tabletop from a 100W incandescent desk lamp. I've just tried it. That's 1/15 at f22. You need to open up, I think.

I don't even want to think about the vermin you'd need that for.

If you're concerned about leaving it wound up for a while, it's better to wind it down, but I think you would have to leave it for months or years for it to be a problem mechanically. Certainly don't waste film just to run it down.

In the Army, I expect. There aren't many firearms you can lawfully own here. We have a firearm homicide rate about 1/12 of Canada's and about 1/80 of the US.

5 year old post, but that is the 17-69 zoom, just with a different barrel.

Steenbecks aren't that big. I've got one in the office. The pic-sync is in the garage, but it could go on the table. Two pillowcases and a couple of winders and I'm in business.

You don't view through the aperture- the beamsplitter for the viewfinder is in front- so you get no indication of aperture. I agree that the fire probably won't affect the meter so I would not try to disable it.

The shutter speed will be about 1/36 at 18fps as the shutter angle is probably 180 degrees. A camera with 'XL' in the name would have a 220 shutter and so give about 1/30. You can't work without a meter- there's no telling what the camera meter will do without batteries. So without manual and a separate meter, it's all but unusable with the fast film.

As I read it, the BBC could devote enough bandwidth to make S16 acceptable- they just won't. Politically they seem to want to make film unacceptable.

As I understand it laser surgery can't correct long sight or astigmatism.

I hate to be picky, but isn't that night for day? Day for night is where you make day look like night. qv. Truffaut.

After 4 years, he's probably made his decision.

The Kowa 8Z is intended for both photography and projection. It has a fairly large rear element, 49mm., so will work at shorter focal lengths than some smaller lenses. I have one. PM me if interested.

ASA and ISO are equivalent. Tungsten- balanced films (with T in the name) need an 85 filter for daylight. It is fitted in the camera and a notch in the cartridge ensures that it stays in place. This reduces the sensitivity by 2/3 stop. It needs to be retracted manually when shooting in artificial light- there's a switch for that. Daylight- balanced (D) films lack the notch so the filter is retracted automatically. You will need to check that your particular camera reads all the ISOs correctly; this is done by feelers in the camera which engage in cutouts in the cartridge. Tri-X is black and white, of course, so none of this is strictly relevant.

For the record 16mm. was introduced in 1922 as an amateur gauge followed by 8mm. in 1932.

OP, prefixing someone's name with their title is a courtesy if you don't know them. It's not something to get annoyed about.

Try under the film compartment.

If you mount the 'scope lens directly, you will need a scale on it so you know how far to rotate it at each setting on the camera's distance scale. The clamp you have is not really suitable for a camera with a rotating front element because you have to reset all three screws every time you focus. It can also let the lens sag. The one I have for my 8Z has threads each end, rotates internally and has a locking device, so I can just focus, unlock, align the scale and lock.

Well this lighting cameraman appreciated your efforts. Filmatic was pretty popular. We were still sending classified VNF there from MoD Shoeburyness in the late 80s until we got our own machine..

We came to FPD once (only once) for some cheap rushes when I was at LCP and they were rather pink! Went straight back to Filmatic after that, and hang the expense. They may have been one-light but it was a very good light. That was probably you then, 1980-82.

You will find a shooting ratio of 1.5:1 unachievable. 6:1 is an absolute minimum for drama and I suppose if your music video were storyboarded to the beat you might get a bit lower than that. So your costs will be at least 2 or 3 times higher than you think. It will look terrific though.

Brian's link isn't working for me, but it's here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aaton-LTR-Super-16-film-camera-/200915819066?pt=UK_Movie_Cameras&hash=item2ec7841a3a

It amuses me that Film & Photo ended up in a Colville Road like the former Filmatic. Just in W3, not posh W11. Is this the same company that was Film & Photo Design 30-odd years ago?