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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 17, 2011 06:35 PM

It comes to my mind if those film makers also love to collect films like we do.

So I raised a question in film makers forum (filmshooting) about that and let us see what will be the respond.

cheers

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Winbert

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted October 17, 2011 08:04 PM

Winbert,

I collect some, but not as much as many. I have my prints from the 70es, some of which are red, and I do run the good ones.

For me, both aspects (shooting and collecting) are great, but I find that I have reached the point where I have much lower tolerances for bad prints (Super-8 and 16mm) so I buy slowly and carefully.

The shooting end, for me, is a matter of keeping the only semi-affordable home film format alive for as long as possible; I am still blown away at the kind of quality the latest Vision3 negative stocks offer for Super-8.

Claus.

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David Michael Leugers
Master Film Handler

Posts: 264
From: Fairfield, OH, USA
Registered: Feb 2004

posted October 17, 2011 09:21 PM

I used to shoot a lot of film, but not so much anymore since the kids grew up and left the nest. I have a very modest collection but like everyone else, I wish I could get more but have to balance purchases with a small budget. To me, it is all the same hobby and I love it.

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 654
From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted October 17, 2011 10:29 PM

I'm more interested in shooting and projecting home movies than collecting films. The main reason I joined this forum is for help with projectors and film handling. The collecting bug has bit me a few times, I've purchased a few prints on Ebay. I got 400' super 8 sound digests of The Sound of Music and North by Northwest. I bought them after I found a near mint Elmo 180 sound projector at a sale for $15. I have also picked up several old 8mm horror movies to project on Halloween. I have an old 8mm travel film for Paris that I picked up before my wife and I went there last year. My collection is very small, it all fits into one of those old metal film storage boxes that hold twelve 400' reels.

If I find old home movies at estate sales I usually grab them. I started out buying them for the reels for my own movies but discovered that they can be fun to watch. I just don't want to mix them up with our own old home movies, that could get confusing when I get older and start losing my mind. [Big Grin]

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