Introducing UltraPan8 camera No.2

[Nicholas Kovats]

Forum member, Glenn Brady, is the new owner of UltraPan camera No.2. He has asked me to post the following note and excellent photos on his behalf, i.e.

"My UltraPan8 camera has arrived, so I thought I’d share a couple of images of it. Jean-Louis Séguin in Montréal did the conversion and it's first rate. A Bolex bayonet front has replaced the turret, the reflex viewfinder has been upgraded to 13x magnification, and the aperture has been machined to give a 2.8:1 aspect ratio. The camera is shown with a Century 3.5mm T 2.0 Extreme Wide Angle fixed focus lens. "

Another excellent conversion by Jean-Louis Seguin. Note Jean-Louis's new UP8 camera sticker and the CU of the 2.8:1 UP8 gate. Glenn has expressed interest in undertaking some lens testing with his impressive 1.9mm and 3.5mm Century lenses and his 5.9mm Angenieux.

Excellent choice of incorporating the heftier Bolex bayonet lens mount and the requisite C-mount adapter for the 3.5mm C-mount lens. The Bolex bayonet breech lock lens mount has a flange focal distance of 23.22 mm relative to the C-mount register = 17.526mm. This results in the C-mount lens residing a bit farther into the camera body.

Here are two additional shots posted on Flicker, i.e. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eoorider/6 ... hotostream

[Mana]

Very nice! Jean-Louis CLA'd my Bolex Rex4 H8 DS8 with all 3 preset Switars. Camera came back in amazing shape, for a very reasonable price I might add! If your in North America, I highly recommend him for your Bolex needs!

[carllooper]

Love the photos of the Bolex. Cool insignia. Can't wait to start shooting UP8. Wrote a script today for a 5 to 10 minute film.

I don't have a blimp for the Bolex but apart from doing it all ADR thought I'd try some experiments with sound cancellation: record the sound of the camera and subtract it from the sound of the actors. Will need some offsets in there for reflections off the walls.

The last time I shot a film with a Bolex I had to do it from under several layers of blankets and foam. I should build a proper blimp.

[David M. Leugers]

Carl

A product like Soundsoap2 can remove the camera background noise. I was able to completely remove the sound of the camera and have good audio using just a lapel microphone with a bare Bolex with sync motor running 6 feet away. With a decent blimp or even a nice barney should make this combo very useable.

http://www.bias-inc.com/

[carllooper]

Carl

A product like Soundsoap2 can remove the camera background noise. I was able to completely remove the sound of the camera and have good audio using just a lapel microphone with a bare Bolex with sync motor running 6 feet away. With a decent blimp or even a nice barney should make this combo very useable.

http://www.bias-inc.com/

Thanks David. I'll get that. I don't have a sync motor (just the hand cranked spring drive) which might mean the Soundsoap filter doesn't work as effectively as it otherwise might. But will definitely give it a go.

cheers Carl