for schown

Hi There

I know you are a 16mm kind of guy -
http://homepage.newschool.edu/~schle..._controls.html

I finally join the ranks of the higher film format boys.....(just have to use it now)

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Is that a good camera?

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The bolex is the classic workhorse, been around for a million years and is as loud as a lawnmower.Makes a good MOS camera.

[This message has been edited by seekaee (edited December 12, 2001).]

yep, its loud, but its a real camera (read expensive to use) and has loads of knobs on it for changing film speed and so on -and you can actually control the depth of focus...blah blah and so on with it and it does single frame.
Its pretty much a standard film student camera, on which you can experiment with the basics of photography.
besides Bad Taste was made on a camera similar to this.


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Thanks for the positive response.

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Hello

Groovy. The bolex is a great camera. I believe the bolex is pretty wicked for shooting animation stuff too.

Of course, just owning the damn thing is no help. I have film equipment coming out the wazoo by now, but still haven't shot anything useful.

Too busy working to buy new equipment...*sigh*...its a vicious circle.

16mm stock isn't cheap either.

Later
Stephen "16mm users unite" Chown


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Regards
Stephen Chown
Old Ones Productions

Ooh..what lenses did you get with it?

Later
Stephen


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Regards
Stephen Chown
Old Ones Productions

Im not totally sure -
it seems to have 2 x 25mm ( I think) and a pretty good zoom lens.(75 mm?)
One of the wider angle lenses has ceased up - Any ideas how to loosen it? (undo those wee screws and carefully try and take it apart??)

cheers


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After MI is in the Can and a few other projects are taken care of im go to attempt my first project with film.


and keeping in line with everything i do keeps getting ten times bigger, how does this sound 4 acres of western front, 100 extras and 7 camera units

Watch this space !

http://images.fotki.com/free/b328/6/...ogocopy-vi.jpg

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[This message has been edited by Chance1234 (edited December 17, 2001).]

don't forget that the "secret adventures of tom thumb" a stop-motion masterpiece IMO was also made with a bolex, by a team calling themselves the "bolex brothers" -- based in bath too I seem remember ... ?

oh, and chance, anyone thinking of making a first world war movie -- that's a bold move indeed, for many reasons!! better have a good hook ...

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[This message has been edited by miker (edited December 18, 2001).]

Don't try taking the lens apart yourself. Bad move. Lenses are for people with fiddly-fingers. Not for great oafs like us.

If you need to borrow lenses Eddie, give me a shout (You live pretty close to me if you are as your posts say - in Bath). I am not sure which ones you could use with the bolex, but the offer stands anyway.

And for Chance1234, if you are shooting Film, and are thinking of going the Super-16 route, I am sure I could help you out. I have little shooting experience, but I have my own super-16 kit, including glidecams and light meters etc, and best of all, I cost nothing.

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Regards
Stephen Chown
Old Ones Productions


[This message has been edited by sdchown (edited December 18, 2001).]

bolex brothers, and brothers quay, and probably Jan Swankmajer as well.


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sdchown, drop me a mail, wont actually start pre-production for this until summer 2002 but thats the kind a leads im after,


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Chance how do you fund your frickin movies? Your making sick with all this talk...

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out of my own pocket,




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Savings? Loans? Pimping?

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