Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted October 2, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted October 2, 2007 I got my sander and my paint gun. It is done...finally. The last issues I had, which are now solved, were: - Needed Seamless matte box look FIX: used drill press and 1/16 bit to make tiny incisions into corners of box pieces about 1/2" deep. Put 18 gauge 3/4" finishing nails into the holes and gave a pound with the hammer. Makes the nails go in perfect with no nails going awry and no splitting the wood. - Camera mount block used hex bolt, thus requiring tools to mount camera FIX: I finally managed to locate 2" long thumb screws. This way, you can mount your camera on the rails system using your fingers, just like you do with a tripod plate. - Camera rotated on 360 degree axis, even while bolt was tightened. FIX: Found 1 1/2" diameter rubber washers. Gives Camera sturdy grip to camera railblock. Same goes for vertical adjustment piece. - Interchangable box system requires tools to switch box. FIX: Used wingnuts instead of nut to connect box to the vertical adjustment piece. Anyhow, the box is done, all the tools are here, and I'm ready to launch my site soon which will sell these boxes and will accept payment through Paypal. For a heads up, here is the basic feature info which will be on the site: This is a Super 8 Matte box (also works for smaller miniDV cameras) system that contains rails, camera mount, tripod mount, vertical and horizontal adjustment for each individual camera, and an interchangeable box system for using different aspect ratios. The rails are not standard 35mm rails which are made of 15mm aluminum rods. These are 1/4" thick threaded rods that are 1 foot in length. What's unique about the system is: 1) It's tailored to the proportional size of Super 8 cameras. 2) It has an interchangable box system for different aspect ratios. 3) It is far cheaper than any other new setup in existence. Here is the price list: Rails Kit with No Box - $45.00 USD Standard 1.33:1 Box Only - $40.00 USD Widescreen 16:9 Box Only - $55.00 USD Anamorphic 2.35:1 Box Only - $65.00 USD Standard 1.33:1 Box with Rails Kit - $75.00 USD Widescreen 16:9 Box with Rails Kit - $90.00 USD Anamorphic 2.35:1 Box with Rails Kit - $100.00 USD Complete Kit with Rails, Standard, Widescreen, and Anamorphic Boxes - $175.00 USD Okay, enough marketing, here are my crude digi-cam pics with blown out highlights. I'll try to take better ones later. Also, next time I won't be in such a hurry as to still have traces of sawdust on the matte box... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted October 5, 2007 Author Premium Member Share Posted October 5, 2007 I've been working on it the last few days and finally I have implemented a low cost filter holder solution. In fact, i don't understand why I never came up with this idea before. Anyhow, the Matte Box design WILL be able to hold filters, but the standard I decided on was Cokin "A" Series filters because they are low cost and are about the right height dimension of my box design. The "A" series is 66 x 72mm and my filter holders will only support this filter size. Most Cokin "A" Series filters can be picked up for between $8.00 - $30.00 making this a very economical setup. The system will hold 2 filters and will be top loading. It won't have the fancy slide-in rotating filter holders that go into any angle. It is a basic filter holder setup where the filter itself slides into the top of the filter holder just like if you used a Cokin filter holder. For the time being, I will not change the prices stated even though I now have a filter holder. It honestly was not that expensive to implement. Hopefully I'll have a site up within a week to start selling these boxes to interested parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjarne Eldhuset Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Wow, that looks great! When I get a hold of a little more money, I'll be your customer! Btw, since I live in Norway, postage from other countries does highten the costs, so I would, and I'm sure some other people would too, be interested in buy a "complete" package from you that also included filters, just to save the postage/trouble/time/andsoon buying stuff from two places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 It looks lovely. I don't think I've really got enough in the pot at this point sadly. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Han Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 if I use a widescreen matte box with my super 8 camera, would the developed image come out in widescreen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Kovats Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Matthew, I cannot view your attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Dubois Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Matthew, I cannot view your attachments. Same thing for me. I'd curious to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisala Dolo Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Hi Any chance you could pm me when you have viewable pictures - like the others I can't see the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Pinder Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hey people this thread is 4 years old! Maybe thats why you can't see the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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