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Rob Koeling
Master Film Handler

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From: Brighton, UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 25, 2005 05:08 AM

I bought a 16mm cinemascope print at the BFCC. I absolutely love the combination of B&W and scope. I used to have aahandful of 35mm B&W scope prints and now a few 16mm prints, but can't think of many S8 titles printed that way. As a matter of fact, the only title I've ever seen is a print of David Lynch's 'The elephant man'. Can anyone think of any other titels? It used to be a quite popular format in France and Japan in the 60's. Did any titles of those titles ever make it on S8? Full features or abridged versions.

- Rob

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Colin Edwards
Junior
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From: London,Uk
Registered: Mar 2004

posted October 25, 2005 05:57 AM

I Married a Woman (1958)

b/w 4x400ft Diana Doors

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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted October 26, 2005 05:59 PM

Rob-

I agree. I love black and white cinemascope! And also black and white panoramic stills.

Since there is almost no b/w subjects on super 8, I just recently started shooting my own cinemascope stuff with the b/w Kodak stock. Looks great on a big 10 foot wide screen!

Nick.

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Barry Johnson
Master Film Handler

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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2003

posted October 30, 2005 12:07 PM

This really is a refreshing topic.Black & White AND in cinemascope too! B&W really does have a lot going for it and,as the filmstock is readily available one can film with it too.What is more,fast film stocks allow you to shoot in almost impossible conditions.B&W panoramas really do look stunning in my opinion.
Great to see there is support for this combination. [Smile]

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Standard8 rules!!

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 30, 2005 01:34 PM

In a related topic, I decided to research Black and White 35mm Slides last week, and found out that there is a readily available AGFA stock and processing mailer

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home ?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=100348&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

It's billed as the world's only B&W reversal film, but we movie folk know differently.

I figure on shooting some of these and using them as filler between films, maybe modifying the slide mounts to crop them down to 16:9 so they completely fill my screen.

Opinions of this film I've found on photo forums seem quite positive!

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Rob Koeling
Master Film Handler

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From: Brighton, UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 31, 2005 03:59 AM

Well, shooting in B&W scope.... that's a thought!
I recently dusted off my Bauer S8 camera and just started shooting my first roll of film in years. Yesterday I had a look at how to mount a scope lens on this camera. Not sure how to do that yet.
But then it occurred to me that when you're shooting, you have to keep not only the prime lens focussed, butthe anamorphic lens as well. How to do that? James?

- Rob

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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted November 01, 2005 06:46 AM

Rob, I set both lenses to infinity, and it comes out perfect.

I havent done much experimenting with close-ups yet, but as long as the subject is at least three feet away, the focus is sharp.

Nick.

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