Making a Homemade 16mm Optical Printer

[Guest kev5000]

Hi all

I'm in the middle of finishing a 16mm feature. What I have to do now is add effects for some scenes to lengthen the movie. Anyway, I want to do my effects on film. Superimpositions mainly. No computer effects, I've been hearing horror stories.

 

I've been researching a lot on home-made super 8 optical printers. One guy goes into detail on how to make one. Great. Something like this is just what I need but in 16MM. Has one done something like this before?

 

I know your not going to get award winning effects and thats not what I want. Its more economics.

 

It would be great to hear ssuggestions.

[Matthew Buick]

I think 16mm Optical Printers already exist, I'm sure you can rent one of them cheap.

[Kevith Mitchell]

I think 16mm Optical Printers already exist, I'm sure you can rent one of them cheap.

Thats what i'm trying to avoid is renting one. it becomes costly after a while.

 

thanks any way

[Andres Pardo aka Gral Treegan]

Thats what i'm trying to avoid is renting one. it becomes costly after a while.

 

thanks any way

 

http://www.bboptics.com/bboptics.html

look that link, maybe bill could help you.

bye!!

Treegan

[Nate Downes]

Moviestuff at http://www.moviestuff.tv makes an optical printing solution for 16mm. All you'd need to do is to take one of their workprinters and point a 16mm camera at the condensor lens.

[Leo Anthony Vale]

Moviestuff at http://www.moviestuff.tv makes an optical printing solution for 16mm. All you'd need to do is to take one of their workprinters and point a 16mm camera at the condensor lens.

 

Hopefully this is a joke.

 

This is more of what KJ is looking for:

 

http://www.jkcamera.com/optical_printer.htm

 

It's a bit of an investment in money and time for the learning curve.