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Topic: The UniveX Cine 8
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Wade Rupp
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Los Angeles, USA
Registered: Aug 2008
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posted September 01, 2008 06:18 PM
I tested my father's A8 last month using Svema 1X8 which John Schwind sent to me free of charge since he was doubtfull it was any good. It wasn't. It wasn't completly clear due to age, even though Mr. Schwind kept it on ice, but the images were faint, ghost-like. About 80% of the footage was framed adequately, the rest I aimed too high. I will have to get used to the crude popup viewfinder it has on top if I were to keep using it. The last few feet were extremely jittery, (possibly 'cause I let it wind down too long) the other footage looked fine in that regard. The lens only opens to f5.6 so the ASA 50 film could only be used outdoors. Supposedly Univex made lenses for these as fast as f1.8 or so. I've yet to see any such lens anywhere. The camera runs at about 16fps. One wind will last almost 1 minute, but the instructions say to go no more than 30 seconds, (possibly causing the aforementioned jitter on one shot.) The camera apparently has no governor, and will wind down slower and slower after about 30 seconds. The film has to be loaded on the Univex proprietary spool, (emulsion in, sprokets up), and the film from Mr. Schwind was on tiny cores, and was a real pain to load and get it right. I ended up getting some lint on the film, but I found I can just remove the interchageable lens while shooting and take a pair of tweezers removing the lint or hair right off the film at the gate. Amazing! I did try taking some sound footage--wild synch-, but the images were too faint to really see the results. I expect some difficulty synching, except that the shots are all 30 seconds or less. Because the camera is so simple and small it is fun to use. It's heavy for its size, being all metal--it's some zinc, stainless, aluminmum and brass alloy. I will try one more time probably with slit regular 8 either from Schwind, or from my local lab who said they'd be glad to do it.
-------------------- Wade Rupp
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