Filmshooting

My last roll of 100ft DS-8mm Fomapan had been sitting in my freezer since 2005. I took it out in June and loaded it into my Canon DS8. I shot the whole roll taking footage of my wife's little dog Brewtus. I sent the film to Yale Labs. I finally got around to slitting the film and mounted it on a Tus...

Very cool, Pav! I wish you and the academy a long success. I hope you can generate in your students a sense of fun working with film can be.

Now that the film has been spoiled you can use it to check out your camera (save it for future use). With the door open and the film end securely attached into the take-up reel slot and a few inches of film wound onto the reel to keep it in place, operate the camera running the entire roll through t...

Good info! I'll check it out when I get my H16S back.

I am very much in favor of doing away with edge numbers as old tech editing of film via workprint and negative matching is rare. Even if one chooses to work this way, ink edge numbering can be employed to accomplish the task. For those of us who like Ultra-16 (I am taking the plunge with a Bolex H 1...

While it is true Kodachrome was the best archival color reversal film, Kodak kept it alive way longer than I expected due to its environmental issues and serious costs for a lab to set up and run. The death of Kodachrome took almost 20 years. The issue of archival properties of other film stocks is ...

How critical is it for focusing while viewing the exact image area through the viewfinder I think is the question. Rack over is very nice for accurately framing and focusing (the Auricon 1200 is superb), but it can be worked around for typical framing of the shot. Focusing can be done as usual by ro...

Beautiful films and great use of the strengths of shooting on S-8mm film. Thanks for the experience, never knew your country was so incredible.

http://www.identi-tape.com/gaffer-tape1-4.html I have found nothing better - what the pros use. The tape comes off cleanly and leaves no residue. Cut about a three (3) inch long piece and fold about 1/2 inch of one end back upon itself - this is for a nice "handle" to grab to remove tape ...

A word of encouragement : Working with R-8mm original to produce invisible splice prints is entirely cost efficient as 16mm professional cement splicers, synchronizers, rewinds (adapted to use 8mm reels) etc are inexpensive and readily available on the used market. R-8mm film is the most robust film...

My only regret about shooting Kodachrome was that I could not shoot more 16mm due to cost restraints on my budget. Projecting 16mm Kodachrome is just a beautiful experience. Still, the miles of R-8mm and S-8mm Kodachrome I managed to shoot are just as dear. Alas, we knew for a long time Kodachrome w...

I would not keep any film on a rusty metal reel. Although anyone could argue that it would be easier/cheaper just to use another reel, no one can tell you not to restore the old reel if you want to. This is a hobby for most, is it not? If you disassemble the reel by unriveting the two sides you can ...

I used a 10 percent flashing to lower contrast by boosting the exposure in the darker areas of the image without blowing out the highlights. The effect on Kodachrome was subtle, but produced the desired effect of better balanced images taken in scenes with bright sunlight mixed with heavy shade. The...

What a great design. Congrats on what is sure to be a major success!

I shoot and have shot all my footage (16mm, S-8mm(DS-8mm) and R-8mm) at 24fps. Personal choice and I like the results both projected and transferred. With today's stocks, the more light reaching the film at 18fps versus 24fps is not as big a deal as it once was. That said, there is no "right&qu...