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• Is my lens really 18-35mm help me? 
  Anybody have any pictures of exactly what is measured to get the millimeter measurement? I want to know exactly what it looks like. Google has not been my friend. 
• Military Film? 
  I exposed a reel and cut a few test pieces.  It's double perf and has remjet.  Are there any color films that use remjet?  What's the best way to go about identifying the film?...
• Pull Processing References 
  Thank you guys, this is all super helpful!
• Re celling Anton Bauer dionic 90's 
  Can anyone offer any tips on how to open these batteries and re cell them myself? Thank you!- Hunter O'Shea
• Sekonic Speedmaster L-858D 
  The reason to use the spot meter is to see the relationship between all those different values of light and dark.  I used to carry a folded 2" card with black, white, 18" grey on it.  So...
• 'Art' film in cropped regular 8 
  Hi, I've got a tiny Bolex reg. 8 camera, shot quite a few films on it back in the 80's. It used to work very well. Been wondering what it would be like if I shot a short movie, framing it for the '...
• 2 perf and S16 
  I will go and see some of these films, thanks for all the tips. Will keep an eye on the Kodak website too - good idea. 2-perf to me seems ideal. With arty projects, but still in 2.40:1 aspect...
• Single 8 
  I've just bought my first Single 8 camera, does anyone know where I could get it serviced in Europe?Also trying to get hold of film stock but cannot get hold of retro8 in Japan.Is there anywhere th...
• FS : Arri 16 SR super 16 "Evolution" upgrade P+S Technik, Europe 
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• FOR SALE: Miller Arrow 55 fluid head - very good condition 
  PRICE UPDATE NEW PRICE: 2400 euros OR 2795 USD + shippingPAYMENT METHODS: PayPal (preferred), Wire transferLOCATION: UK, Miller Europe HQ (Shepperton, Middlesex) PHOTOS:http://postimg.org...
• Advice on next steps as a DP 
  I mean who couldn't use some luckTotally unrelated, but on the 4th of july i was filming a crazy drug party for a guy running for sheriff on the platform of legalizing all drugs. He got lucky, lite...
• 5x ARRI ALEXA EV'S FOR SALE 
  Will shoot an email.
• Dunkirk: Nolan's first all 70mm movie. 
  None of that bothered me, considering the structure of the film, the minor lighting continuity issues were part of the charm of locating shooting imo. Very few out of focus shots I think, a handful...
• Dunkirk 70mm 
  I'm sure there will be non-VFX scenes in Branagh's 65mm-shot "Murder on the Orient Express"...I liked "Dunkirk" but thought at times they were going out of their way to not show blood -- even old H...
• Arri Baseplates for sale 
  Wiling to add lens support bracket for each set up for $150.00 more
• West Coast Cine Video: experiences 
  I have bought a set of lenses and a macro 100 from Jeff. Both transactions went through with no problem at all. He uses Duclos to check/verify a lens before you get it. So it is as good as I imagin...
• how do you archive and store reference images and videos? 
  I just have 2 starting folders. Exterior and Interior. From those two folders I go to sub categories like car, bedroom, bathroom, etc. Depending on what the scene is. 
• Dunkirk - out of focus shots 
  When the camera is being used handheld and the actors are also moving fairly freely and you are shooting on a huge film negative, I imagine it's a bit of a miracle to keep the focus  spot on a...
• FS: ZEISS 70-200mm COMPACT ZOOM 
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• FS: ARRI MMF-2 FOLLOW FOCUS KIT 
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