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• Best vintage 16mm camera? 
  A couple more images from the auction of that strange homebrew rig.
• Rigging In A Tight Space 
   Looked for these already in my area and surrounding, and nobody seems to rent them daily, and the one person who does has it overseas for a shoot. Any other solutions?
• Lighting a small bathroom interior - help requested 
   Hey Michael, Thank you very much for that tip, makes total sense. If you have any extra thoughts to add, def. let me know
• Water resistance fabric for courtesy? 
  No dude, the 4x4' utrabounce floppy doubles a 8'x4' black flag and an utrabounce as well.  I wouldn't waste an ultrabounce floppy using it as a courtesy.  $100USD or less buys you  a...
• What have I done? 
   Thanks for these insights, Simon. I'd mention also that Bolex actually made a little rackover base for moving the critical focuser into the taking position. Regarding the disadvantages o...
• How to Get a Professional Soundtrack Produced for Your Film Without Spending Money 
  Thanks for the detailed feedback brother!
• $10,000 budget 
   Thank you for that Ed, you made this student do a bit of research on production credits. I've found a link which does list state production incentives here:http://www.filmprodu...xincent...
• Cameras suitable in order to pitch/sell to Netflix, etc 
  What Bruce said. If they like the film as long as it looks OK and they actually want it they will buy it. Even the expensive new star trek series is 1080p only on UK Netflix In addition to 720...
• Zeiss CP.2 35mm T1.5 Super Speed PL Mount 
  Price is droped I have to sell urgently Zeiss CP.2 35mm T1.5 Super Speed PL Mount - $2.500Interchangeable EF Mount Set for Zeiss CP.2 35mm T1.5 Super Speed - $100
• Looking to buy Arriflex 416+ 
  Looking to buy Arriflex 416+i'm in LA. PM any leadsthank you
• Shooting Rain Sequence 
   The top soft light was meant to be the light over the pumps at gas stations.
• Top Gun 2 shot on the SONY VENICE (Claudio Miranda) (a few questions) 
  I'm pretty sure Claudio can switch up his style whenever he likes. A lot comes down to the director with whom he's working and the attempt to satisfy them and help fulfill their vision. There have...
• Timecode boxes: Ultrasync ONE vs Ambient NanoLockit vs Tentacle Sync 
  Here it is, for anyone who's interested!void ltc_init_calibrated(uint32_t calibratedClockSpeed){ ltc_bitperiod_longest = ((((calibratedClockSpeed/1000L)*1001L)/24L)/80L) + ltc_legal_period_wiggle;...
• Codex Recorder with Sony F35 wetdock 
  No the the F35 can only do 50p, so you can do 1 - 50 fps with the codex.
• Fixing ACL 400ft French Magazine 
  From what I remember from my days or repairing these, the take-up spindle itself can develop wear and play over time and cause some wobbling of the spindle and the the flange. New spindle parts mig...
• What's wrong with my 16mm? 
   Please post the results when you get it re-scanned. I'd love to see the difference. Preferably the same frames for comparison purposes.
• Alexa LF 
   Well, you still had the huge resolution and vanishingly low noise when downsampled to conventional resolution, so it's not all bad.
• Car rig Suction Cups in the cold 
  Sorry to revive an old thread but dont want to start another thread for a small question: For suction cups there are those that you press a button to get the air out, and those that you pull a...
• Super-8 total costs in 2018 
  I'm so looking forward to Ektachrome coming back, mainly in my case for 16mm. I shot a wedding last weekend on Super 8, two rolls of 50D, on a Canon 1014 xl-s. First time I'd used this camera since...
• Anywhere that mods K3s? 
  Thanks Bengt Fredén, That's quite a machine. I always fantasized with the idea of converting my K3 to Nikon. Sounds like you have a great set up, you should give it a try. The Sekonic L-7...