Filmshooting

Well, i've always heard that you can't have a better camera than a bolex. And some days ago i bought 3 bolex cameras the B8, C8 and L8, and now i'm thinking about buying a converted bolex Ds8 with 3 lenses. I already have an electrical canon 814 and a mechanical quarz Ds8, and now i'm going to ...

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Mr. Olexandr Kalynychenko sells them, i've bought one tank and other russian materials and he also is a precious help if you need to ask somrthing.

Well, i don't think so, and i don't know that kind of film. My tapes are the old Agfachrome 50 ASA.

I get the foma b/w super8 in reels of 10meters because i have a Quarz double super8 russian mechanical camera, but you can always buy the 30m reels and cut it in four and reload it in the reloadable cartdriges from svema, Mr. Olexandr Kalynychenko sells them about 10€ each. The cheapest ...

You can always shoot with the Foma films as well, but of course only in b/w. Personaly i prefer b/w film, as a matter of fact all my films are in b/w kodak and foma super8. But for the people who films in colour i can't give any ideas.

I wrote a manifest that i read here in my country, Portugal concerning the super8, and the cinema in general, but unfortunately it is written in portuguese, i'll translate it soon anyway. Well, about your film, you have the camera, the film, the idea and the courage right? So film it, don't listen ...

Well, i'm a little late, but i can also say that the Canon 814 is the best choice, i own one myself and i had a Nizo in the past, and i can say that the Canon is much more efficient and cheaper.

Yes, i also believe that the pressure plate must help. But honestly, the only way i found to get better results (and let's say semi-professional results) is to start using double super8 film on a double super8 camera specialy a electric one that can take 30m reels, like an elmo C-300 or a Canon or ...