From: miriam jayne martins sampaio (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Feb 23 2009 - 10:16:39 PST
hello all!a sincere big thanks to all who wrote back!!!!! thank you very much! i had a feeling it may be a sign that i start working with this camera. so i can only use 16mm film that is perforated on both sides, right? and of course it is hard to find???miriam
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:46:11 -0500
From: email suppressed
Subject: Re: HELP
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i agree that you might want to hold on to this rare find. the effect produced by this double-8 camera when projected in 16mm is very cool. and yes, you can project it and cut the footage in with other regular 16mm footage. i had a bolex like this years ago and had to sell it (basically had kids to feed) and to this day, it is the one piece of equipment that i have most regretted parting with. this just might be a blessing in disguise, Miriam.
enjoy today...
Dinorah de Jesús RodríguezFilm/Video Artist and Freelance Writer
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On Feb 23, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Jorge Lorenzo Flores Garza wrote:Ohh, I guess that's a much better explanation from Mark!!
Saludos,
Jorge L.
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:19:59 -0800
From: email suppressed
Subject: Re: HELP
To: email suppressed
Miriam, You indeed purchased a Regular 8 (R8) camera. As you probably now realize, it takes 16mm film with sprocket holes specific for use in 8mm cameras. You shoot the roll of 25ft film which exposes half the frame, turn the film over and shoot another 25ft. After processing the film is split and spliced together. Although I haven't tried this, I'm told you can still project this film with a standard 16mm projector if you don't have it split after processing. You would basically see two frames simultaneously on the screen which may be of interest to you as a technique. Keep in mind that one frame would be right side up, while the other would be upside down due to the way the film goes through the camera. If you want both frames right side up you would have to shoot the last 25ft with the camera upside down. If you didn't pay much for the camera and it works you might want to keep it or this technique. Mark-----Original Message-----
From: miriam jayne martins sampaio [mailto:email suppressed]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:00 AM
To: email suppressed
Subject: HELP
Hello everyone,
I kinda of screwed up when i bought this camera, Quarz 2x8S-1M FILM MOVIE CAMERA.
Quarz 2x8S-1M FILM MOVIE CAMERA.
The camera and it's zoom lens was manufactured at KRASNOGORSK factory in Moscow, USSR.
Technical data
Camera Type: movie film, film type: standard 16mm film, frame size: 4x5.5mm, 12, 18, 24, 36 frames/sec preset, internal light meter, single frame shooting, spring drive motor, intershangeable lenses.
Lens: Jupiter-24M 1.9/12.5
Let me say first that i know nothing about 16mm camera's and was super excited to find this one which seemed quite compact and a good reasonable price. i purchased it from from ebay. before purchasing it did show it to a friend who knows about camera's and he too assumed it was 16mm but its NOT!! it takes 16mm but its actually an 8mm?!?! goddess help me!
does anyone know if it takes any kind of 16mm film??
i feel like an idiot but....
i have not received it and i did speak with the seller about this but....
the ad was a bit misleading but ultimately it was my fault. so know i have a camera that i did not want??
Miriam
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