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• The Old Man & The Gun - Cinematography and Look 
  Yep, fair enough Robin. Was badly put by me.
• Alexa 65 rental rate 
  Regarding what David said about there not being a big difference between the Alexa & A65, I thought so at first but between War For The Planet Of The Apes, Live By Night, Okja, Roma, Fallen Kin...
• issues in lighting a supermarket 
  You just may need to play with the shutter speed to stop some individual fixtures from flickering.  Sometimes switching out the bad tube helps, but sometimes it's the ballast.  Worst case...
• Best Export Settings for Super 8 
  Premiere doesn't like 18fps. If your import file was 18fps, the only way to keep the sequence 18fps is to drag your clip onto the "create new sequence" button. You can't just create a new sequence...
• H8 and 100 feet reel 
  For the first time in years and years, and after dozens of 25-inch films, I'm using a 100 foot Fomapan R100 film with my Bolex H8 Rex4.I noticed this: having unloaded the camera, for various reason...
• Changing frame speeds during filming 
  Many cameras like the Nizo 801 or Canon 814XL-S have a "slo-mo" button that can be pressed at any time while filming and it ramps up the framerate to 54fps or 36fps respectively. Then when you let...
• Ektachrome is here! 
  Here's a good test roll shot by Patrick Mueller. Shot in a bunch of different cameras including Nizo 801, Minolta XL401, and the Logmar. 
• Canon 310XL 8mm + Kodak Vision 3 50D 
  Most Super 8 cameras except for high end ones like the Canon 814XL-S won't actually tell you when the film ends. They don't have methods for being able to tell when it's run out. So you just have t...
• Svema CO32d 
  Todd, I wanted to buy too the film Svema in DS8 (I noticed that it shows the sign "s" instead of "c", obviously in cyrillic).On the web there are discordant opinions, who says he has had good resul...
• Orwo DN2 
  Thanks Simon, I have about 7 meters of this film (DP3) in Double 8, I'll see how I can use them.
• Lomo round front anamorphic 
  FS lomo round front anamorphic 50-75mm.28.000 euro or best offerjuventus714@hotmail.comhttps://www.facebook...100001273759860
• FS: Aaton XTR Plus, PL mount with Zeiss Zoom 
  Camera S/N is C-1390. Thanks !
• WTB arricam LT 
  If anyone is willing to part with a Arricam LT package I would pay well or even trade for one of my vintage lens sets. Please email me at lylevincent@gmail.com
• Kodachrome 40 ISO settings 
   Ah no ... old Ektachrome could be one of many processes used over the years.see here.... https://en.wikipedia...chrome#Variants John S 
• Character/Vehicles entry into the shot-meaning 
  IF there is any symbolic meaning to which side of the frame something enters on, it is usually developed within the context of the movie.  But more often the side of the frame where people ent...
• My very first Homedeveloping 
  Good work
• WTB: Aaton XTR Prod 
  Looking to buy an Aaton XTR Prod. Serial #1785 and above. Please email jason@jmharper.com - thanks.
• HPA Announces 2018 Award Winners 
  The 13th annual Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards took place tonight, honoring the accomplishments of industry luminaries, behind-the-scenes artists and outstanding engineering teams....
• Lighting a Forest at Night 
  Put the lantern on a tree stump or branch or rock or car hood so that it isn't so low? Once you establish some practical light, you can hit the background with some very dim light as if it is...
• Anyone bought a Cinematics cine mod? 
  I purchased a Cinematics 28-70mm nikon in PL mount a while back. I liked the lens and seemed to be pretty well made and sturdy. It contacted the PL mount the F35 I was using it on so I was not able...