Re: HELP

From: Dicky (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Feb 23 2009 - 11:07:39 PST


Miriam,
I'm not sure where you will be able to find the film in Europe... but you
should be able to find something. I always get my film in person from either
Yale when I'm in Los Angeles or Action Camera when I'm in San Francisco, and
they both do mail orders. Yale has some deal where you get a few dollars off
if you buy the film from them and have them process it, however, they censor
film if it has nudity, violence or occult imagery.

And if you are going to process the film by hand, the G3 Morse will work
perfectly.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:50 AM, miriam jayne martins sampaio <
email suppressed> wrote:

> heyi just looked at your images dicky and they are certainly beautiful!!
> thanks for sending me the link! it sure makes me feel better. luckily i am
> leaving for home, portugal, which is a bit closer to the czech republic than
> here, canada.
>
> if i hand process my film can i use it in a G3 Morse developer for 16mm?
> i put in bid for that too so lets see but since this is a regular 8 camera
> what use it will it for me??
> miriam
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:30:26 -0800
> From: email suppressed
>
> Subject: Re: HELP
> To: email suppressed
>
> Hi Miriam,
> There's a really high amount of misinformation on this thread. I have made
> many films with Regular 8, and am working on one right now in fact, so let
> me try and correct some of these mistakes.
>
> Regular 8 cameras do not take 16 mm film per se; you cannot just go out and
> buy 16 mm film and put it in the camera. Regular 8 film is the same size as
> 16 mm film, and the sprocket holes are also the same size, except there are
> twice as many sprocket holes and they run along both sides of the film.
> Also, you cannot just splice it in with 16 mm film necessarily... because
> there are twice as many sprocket holes, you have to be careful about this.
> You have to count and make sure that there are an even number of sprocket
> holes in a strip if you plan on putting more 16 mm film after it. If there
> are an odd number of holes, the film will not catch in the claw, get torn up
> and potentially damage your projector; I know from experience!
>
> The film is usually sold in 25 foot canisters, although there is stock from
> Eastern Europe (I think the Czech Republic) called Fomopan that comes in 33
> foot rolls. It's not the easiest film to find, but there are plenty of
> places that have it. Two that I know of off hand because they are the places
> I buy my film from are Action Camera in San Francisco and Yale Film and
> Video in Los Angeles.
>
> And if you'd like to just see what the film looks like if you leave it
> unslit, I have some stills from single and multi-projector works I've done
> with regular 8 film here:
> http://flickr.com/photos/thedicky/sets/72157608341201326/
> The only one that is in color, for instance, is a single projection of
> un-slit regular 8.
>
> Best,
> Rick Bahto
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez <
> email suppressed> wrote:
>
> 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 Rodríguez
> Film/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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