William Loekken Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I'm about to shoot a project vertically for social media, we're shooting s16mm - on an Aaton XTR Prod Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm worried the camera is not build for this and it may cause the film to run incorrectly through the mag because of the 90° angle Seems nothing's mentioned in the manual about it which makes sense, I guess, as the camera was created before vertical screens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Walsh Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Will it cause catastrophic damage to the camera? Highly unlikely. However you may find some registration issues or you may cone your feed or take up side depending which side is placed facing the ground. I think ultimately you would be fine but couldn't hurt to shoot a test before hand. It makes me think of when people "sloppy low mode" a film camera on steadicam and just flip the sled as they would on a digital shoot instead of properly mounting the camera for underslung operation. 98% of the time its totally fine, occasionally you will run into either scratching, registration or jams when running a camera in a strange orientation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted October 6, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted October 6, 2020 Some years back I had an Aaton XTR in for repair because it had been underslung with a heavy zoom and the camera base around the 3/8” mounting thread had become deformed, causing electrical board damage. So watch that. Ideally mount the camera with more than one fixing point and avoid any stress movement. Otherwise see Evan’s points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I did a slow motion effect shot with my Aaton on its side. It worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted October 6, 2020 Site Sponsor Share Posted October 6, 2020 Yeah I have shot with me LTR and XTR on their sides and no issues, just mount them right so not to damage the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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