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by jean
Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:51 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: 35mm Slide Reversal vs. Super 8 Reversal
Replies: 10
Views: 4271

simple: the transparencies leave no room for interpretation about hw thr image should look like, while a color neg has not such simple 1:1 mapping of colors - lot is open to "interpretation". For publishing business, a light table with transparencies allows fast and simple judgement about ...
by jean
Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:31 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: What is your REAL job?
Replies: 121
Views: 40167

real job: product manager responsible for software, not even closely related to filming!
by jean
Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:16 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Cool 16mm viewer!
Replies: 10
Views: 4265

HA! I take advantage of this thread to ask a question I'm having since I first saw such devices: WHAT are those gazillion of wheels good for that make the film take such a funny zig-zag way from spool to spool? It looks absolutely cool, but whats the purpose? Anyone clue me in, or has a good link? S...
by jean
Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:36 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Do you want to load our Al Dente (Super 8) short film?
Replies: 86
Views: 37176

count me in, and thanks for the offer!
by jean
Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:03 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Airport Security Paranoia and Film Cement???!!!
Replies: 90
Views: 40728

Ah, the good old days...y'know, the crusades ! Mitch The crusades went by sailing ship and on foot or horse. They didn't seize or force any oil-deals :) The crusades do point to religion itself being the problem however... The crusades were a good organized form of robbery, the search-and-destroy w...
by jean
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Airport Security Paranoia and Film Cement???!!!
Replies: 90
Views: 40728

just to get back to the airport topic, it seems that the days are gone when we could take a silly pic through the airplane's window, let alone with a weird looking super8 camera. I am however looking forward to the days we're only allowed to board in underwear. A flight to ibiza then must be awful l...
by jean
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:42 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: mentos+diet coke: hilarious
Replies: 31
Views: 9457

makes me wonder if any poor fellow ever by accident drank some coke while chewing mentos?
by jean
Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:06 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: miami vice.. poor poor image quality
Replies: 41
Views: 17691

wow, i'm really caught to see how diefferently the movie has been received. To throw in my 0.02$ - i was bored o death, and only the fact that it was raining outside kept me from leavin the cozy theatre and waste my time with my psp. That dialouges were truly an all-time low, as were the lifeless ch...
by jean
Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:36 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: my fastest K40 turnaround
Replies: 10
Views: 5310

I bought a couple of mailers at ebay, they must be some 30 years old judging by the logo and font. Kodak has always accepted them. I have a cart of pocket 110 kodchrome, I am very curious how it will turn out! But I have somehow intimidated by the idea that I'm burning the last existing 110 cart on ...
by jean
Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:11 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: my fastest K40 turnaround
Replies: 10
Views: 5310

hey, that's good news, I didn't know that! So the next found film will not necessarily be lost.
by jean
Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:29 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: my fastest K40 turnaround
Replies: 10
Views: 5310

my fastest K40 turnaround

..one week. Sent off in germany on monday, 8 days later I get the processsed roll in my mail! I used to wait 2-3 weeks in the last years. BTW - the roll has a story. Due to my day job, I have not spent so much time abynore with filmmaking in the last year, and I had only a vague idea that the k40 pr...
by jean
Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:23 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Filming in a graveyard
Replies: 48
Views: 15605

interesting discussion, I'm following it with much interest since I did some shooting in such a place recently. Anticipating difficulties I picked a time when really nobody was there, was well prepared and filmed the needed shots quickly without to much of a ruckus. No harm done to anybody, but I wa...
by jean
Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:13 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Fujica P2 and Single Cinevia
Replies: 26
Views: 8434

Do you have a light meter to compare? Just take some readings against a something like a wall (so you can rule out errors - like camera meters sky and your light meter the pavement). If both read the same, then the camera should be OK. Hint: you have to set the light meter to the same ISO and shutte...
by jean
Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:28 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Cleaning an internal filter for Beaulieu
Replies: 3
Views: 2190

since you ask, i guess you're not ready to disassemble your camera. If it's just dirt, i'd try to blow it off with canned air from both sides. I presume you already figured out how to access the filter, since you noticed the dirt. Remember that it's two filters, a clear one and the orange one, and b...
by jean
Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:54 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Beaulieu 5008s battery recelling
Replies: 8
Views: 5921

it's fairly easy compared to the 4008, since you can use standard cells. These even exist longer cells that have more power and fit perfectly in the holder. The battery is opened from the contact side, unlike the first impression suggests (one might think that at the other end the cap might screw of...