Filmshooting

There's this 4008zmII eBay listing with gold trim on the 6-66/1.8, the sunshade and the camera viewfinder diopter:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemnext&item=160745476479.html#ht_500wt_1413

Was this a special edition 4008zmII?

Someone got a 4008zmII Jubilee with the 6-80/1.2 ...

It's good to hear you're alright, S8Booster. Sending good thoughts your way.

In my experience, yes... H.264 is a greater degree of compression than DV. For some things such as HD footage with little grain, H.264 works ok... if you don't look too closely at it. For other things, like grainy super8, H.264 is absolute mud.
With ProRes... it depends on what ProRes you mean ...

^ Nice.

You can use the Kodak press-tape splices, but cut off the section that would cover the image. The issue with this is that it may cause the focus to soften a bit where the splices are placed. If you experience soft focus at the repaired section, I'd recommend a separate pass with focus adjusted ...

Does anyone here have experience with the Braun Nizo Super Wide attachment (http://nizocamera.com/nizo-super-wide-038-fish-eye-lens-p-12.html?currency=GBP)?

I'm searching for a wide converter that will work on a lenses without macro capability. There's plenty of wide converters for video cameras ...

First of all... Yes, digital cable signal is terrible. I live in London. We have Virgin broadband. I am thoroughly disappointed with digital cable. I feel we received better signal via analog cable and even terrestrial TV (via antennae) when set-up properly.

I see all sorts of blocky artifacts ...

It wouldn't have anything to do with the electronics unless the camera were autofocus.
It could be to do with the stock... for instance, if you had stored your film in a refrigerator or freezer and did not allow it to acclimate to room temperature. If the temperature inside the S8 cassette were ...

Hello David. It's ekoehler7 here.
I recently noticed something on a Schneider-Kreuznach 6-70 that may explain what happened. I was using the lens for a test, set it at 10' and started to frame a focus chart... I happened to look at the lens barrel and was suprised to see it rotating on it's own ...

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@BK... I've been using c-mount on m4/3 as well (GF-1). Except I've been using Fujinon-TV 1" format lenses which have no vignetting or image 'smear' in the corners (25mm and above). The 16mm cine lenses can be a bit 'swirly' in their bokeh, which can be really cool. The Fuji 1" lenses are more even ...

Great work! I've got to research more into Avisynth.
We need more boffins like you!

They're saying great things about you over at Cinematography.com, as I'm sure you're aware.

Wollensak rocks. That one is a little hot in the center of the image. It would be nice to see more demonstration of near focus capability, or of the bokeh characteristics of that particular lens. I wonder what sort of color characteristics it has as well.

Would a carefully directed squirt of electronic contact cleaner help, and then a blast of air?

Hello David.

Film Loaders on professional film sets will tape the magazine door shut, not only to keep it from falling open or being opened by someone in a rush, but to also avoid light leaks. It can happen with any camera.

Super 8 is pretty fail safe in this regard because of the cartridge, but ...