16mm Quarz Zoom

[kontrabass888]

Hello,

I was wondering if anybody could please help me. I recently purchased a 16mm Quarz Zoom from an antique shop in the hopes of filming a couple of small segments of a short I'm looking to shoot. (Would rather not fake that vintage look in post...) Can I ask what sort of film would be best and where might be able to get it from? To be honest, I'm pretty new to this side of things and a little lost when it comes to film. I was recently told it might cost me around £300 for the equivalent for 3 minutes worth of film. Is this true?

Any help or information in general would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I think if it is called quarz zoom, then it is probably double 8 or double super 8 camera, not 16mm.
could you write the full name of your camera?

[Pj]

As far as I know no 16mm camera is called Quartz zoom, as far as I know most 16mm cameras are not called zooms, it's probably Super 8.

People often scare others by exaggerating the costs, as for the costs for stock processing and scanning of one Super 8 reel which is about 3 minutes at 18fps you're looking at around £50,00, you can get Super 8 film between £15,00 and £30,00, processing one reel is usually £13,00, scanning prices can vary quite a bit, but with Super 8 you won't be paying anything like £300.00.

With 16mm, a 400ft roll can cost around £50,00 and then £55,00 to process and another £55,00 to scan, 400ft gives you about 11 mins, again not as high at £300.00. If your in the UK your best source for stock is Frame 24.

Pav

[nikonr10]

Hello,

I was wondering if anybody could please help me. I recently purchased a 16mm Quarz Zoom from an antique shop in the hopes of filming a couple of small segments of a short I'm looking to shoot. (Would rather not fake that vintage look in post...) Can I ask what sort of film would be best and where might be able to get it from? To be honest, I'm pretty new to this side of things and a little lost when it comes to film. I was recently told it might cost me around £300 for the equivalent for 3 minutes worth of film. Is this true?

Any help or information in general would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Hi first of all film is not video ? which means you need to have a understanding of how your camera works ? and also which film stock one would use /at what asa /iso etc , And if this is your first try at filmmaking you will make mistakes ? you can check with kodak what kind of film stock your camera would use ie 16mm ? a good start ,
And filmmaking is not cheap ? and never has been ?

[JeremyC]

"Quartz Zoom", I think this is likely to be a Double Super 8 camera and I'm only saying that because I also have a Quartz Zoom from Russia and it is DS8. Its a solid camera, built like a tank but only takes 25 ft rolls; at the moment Fomapan has B&W DS8 stock and I think Kahl has some colour reversal while Wittner is selling the Fomapan stock and has been talking about perforating some colour reversal for DS8. That's Europe, I'm not sure if anyone might be selling DS8 in North America, perhaps John Schwind?

[mistressofsharkness]

I also have this camera. At first I also thought it must be Super 8, because you can't fit much 16mm in a magasin that big, but no, it is in fact 16mm. On average to scan 3 min of film it costs around $200-$300 Canadian. 600 pounds sounds excessive. I scanned a 10 minute movie that only cost $700. There is a great place in Toronto called Frame Discreet that will scan for you at the most reasonably price.

[mistressofsharkness]

Another option if you want a vintage look but don't really love the post production presets are available and you are not experienced getting 16mm footage is to take a reel and overexpose it. Then you will get some cool textures/ effects which you can scan and edit overtop of your footage in post. It will just look more organic that the digital presets that are available. All my digital friends think you can fake that but I don't buy it. A 16mm filmmaker can always tell the difference