well, i finally got the feckin battery, so now the 16mm is a go. as noone reads this blog anyway, and the bbcs glastonbury coverage is uninteresting, i thought id indulge myself and prepare a guided tour of my 16mm kit...
1) Beaulieu R16...the actual camera. a lovely automatic reflex design, which would be great if the meter worked. probably the best part is the frame rate adjustable between 2-64 fps. Working well, but the mirror could do with a proper clean, and its missing an eyecup.
2) som berthiot pan-cinor lens (17-85mm f3.8). Nice an compact, but ultimately one to be replaced methinks. from what i can tell its equivalent to about 35-170mm on an slr, which is alright, but not really as wide as i'd like. Also, an aperture of f3.8 seems quite slow compared to most other c mount lenses on ebay.
3) promotional samsung lenscloth stolen from work (only joking...)
4) Sekonic l308s lightmeter. probably fecked up my first readings by stupidly not realising the frame rate isnt the same as the shutter speed...
5) Brand new power pack, working wonderfully. thanks to the canadian chap who made it!
6) old power pack. not working. i realised this after eagerly putting in my first reel of film, only to find the camera slowly winding to a stop.
7) kodak vision 2 100T. The first reel ive shot. nice fine grain, but its tungsten balanced, so all my shots of the gorge will be nice and cold
8) kodak vision 2 250D. The second reel, currently in the camera. I was thinking of shooting an entire reel of slomo footage, but then i realised that would work out to about £1 per 3 seconds. 2fps timelapse instead for now...
so yeh, its in use! gimme a bell if youve got anything you want filming, or you just think of something i should do with it.
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