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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted May 22, 2009 01:38 PM
Hello Jacques, and welcome to the forum.
A film camera will make noise. It is a mechanical transport incorporating the loops and pull-down of the film mechanism, and those will never be as quiet as a video camera (unless you find a way to make a sound-dampening cover.)
The dedicated Super-8 sound cameras were somewhat quieter than the silent-film models (so they wouldn't interfere with sound recording.)
Still, I think your reaction is simply also one of never having had such a camera before, and not being used to 'running noise'.
There is the possibility that the camera may have a defect or be 'clacking' loudly due to, perhaps, lack of lubing, but there is no way to determine this from your description.
Best way to find out if the camera is ok, is to load a roll and go at it.
Dwayne's Photo has Ektachrome, which is the cheapest way to start:
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/common/3Super_8_film_for_sale_ad.pdf
Good luck; let us know how it works,
Claus.
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"Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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Simon Wyss
Film Handler
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From: Äsch, Switzerland
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 26, 2009 04:58 AM
My advice: Switch to Double-8
Open cameras (mean you can screw on lenses), spring drive (never let you down with lack of electricity), attachment electric motors, larger capacity, serious metal film guidance, purring often very silently, surprising choice of raw stock: positive, reversal black and white, negative black and white, reversal chrome, virtually everything available in 16.
And then the projectors. No Super-8 projector compares to a Bolex-Paillard M 8 or a Eumig Mark S or a well maintained P 8 or the Bell & Howell Autoload in caring hands.
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