Look what I found in a junk shop

Tim - how cool is that - they don't make 'em like they used to - amazing that it still works just fine :)

You look nothing like your avatar by the way ;)

That AGFA looks cool - very similar look to the Eumig - must have been the style and colour of the day.

I found an 8mm forum here if you're interested to take things any further: http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi
 
Wow!!! Since getting into photography, it blows my mind!! Movies! Film! Digital! It's amazing. Im nearly 2 years away from 30, and I can't believe how much vintage and retro grabs my interest so much, I seem to be going backwards! Modern tech is great, but no where near the essence of history!! Good find chris!! Made my day!!!!!
 
That's a thing of beauty!
I have bolex paliard d8 (I think that's what it's called) somewhere ...
It was my nans, comes in it's own leather case etc
Bought a pistol grip for it and for a while was trying to source a lens to replace a ceased one
I was under the impression that getting film was a nightmare ... And getting it deved was worse?
I'll dig it out and take some shots of it...
 
Hamish - I think being in the US I might have a better selection of sources for film and dev - still not cheap though!

I think I also have a Bolex somewhere - will dig it out so I can post some more retro camera porn for Dan ;) LOL
 
ok - just ordered 2 rolls of Cinechrome 50D (compare to Fuji Velvia 50D) Color Reversal Film :)

Cinechrome 50D is a professional, high-image quality, daylight-type color reversal film with superb granularity, and world-class levels of image color saturation and vibrancy. This highly acclaimed film stock is new to Regular 8mm and the best choice for automatic exposure cameras that do not recognize anything above ASA 40. Not to over-generalize, but this one is a winner for any camera! Processing not included.

http://www.myoldcamera.com/Regular8mm.html

Regular 8mm (Standard 8mm) 25ft. - $20.99 a roll (50ft total filming length per roll)

I'll be staking out the posty now, waiting for my film to arrive!
 
Hold the presses chaps (and chapesses) - I've just snagged a mint looking Eumig C3M on FleaBay for 50 quid! :) :)

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This is getting way out of hand!

The C3M was the next iteration of the C3 after the C3R - with a better integration of the lens turret, the pistol grip as standard, and a single focus ring that was independent of the lens being used. The one in the EBAY sale looks like a late model based on the 'modern' polystyrene packaging (Rather than the old school leather case of the early models).

Will be shipping from Blighty via DHL as soon as I can arrange collection - can't wait!
 
Slippery Slope Chris!!

I find that old gear that was made well just oozes superlative build quality. Much of it was made by hand and just has thousands of parts. I rarely get the same warm fuzziness from modern equipment.
 
Just booked DHL (Interparcel) to collect on Thursday, so I might have it by Friday - depends on US customs.

Interparcel have been excellent in the past - good price and fast delivery - I had some hifi delivered from Blighty that was collected in Leicester at lunchtime thursday, and was at my door by Friday afternoon!!!
 
Soooo, played with the C3R this morning, and checked out the light meter before putting film anywhere near it.

The metering is 'electrical' - with a 'magic eye' that measures the incoming light, and drives an exposure pointer in the viewfinder.

I knew it moved, but that was about it.

Took it outside and tested it against my Sekonic light meter, which has a 'movie' mode on it for just such occasions!

As expected, after 50+ years, the meter is wayyyyy off - it would lead to massive underexposure of the film by the looks of things, as it's showing over exposed in sunlight at f16 ISO50. My Sekonic says f16 in full sun, which looks about right.

The approx shutter speed of the camera at 16 fps is 1/36 - so there's another quick test you can do with your DSLR, setting shutter speed to close on 1/36, and ISO50 - then checking the f stop.

So, manual metering and setting of the appropriate f-stop will be required - so I'll be doing my best Spielberg, poncing about with my light meter around my neck yelling 'cut' and 'action'... ;)

The C3M will hopefully be in better shape, and 'just in case', I bought another one on FleaBay last night, after I forgot to cancel my AuctionSniper after bagging the first C3M!!! Doh!!

SWMBO is going to kill me... LOL
 
LOL!

Chris, I've discovered our old movie camera was an Agfa Movex 88, like this one:

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Much more basic than yours, I think.
 
Here is some more 8mm cine film porn from our family archives:

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...and here is something you might need Chris:

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Certainly plan to shoot/dev/scan to disk - then Edit up o the Mac an put it online :)

Assuming anything comes out of course!

Tim, that camera is cool looking - like a Dr Who robot ;)

Somewhere in my past is a very similar 8mm splicer block, and those pre-perforated splice tapes - but attached to an editor/viewer set-up, that allowed you to hand wind your movie backwards and forwards, and view it on a small screen as you selected the edit point.

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I used to shoot sci-fi movies with my best friend Jonathan, and edit them together - we must have been 13 years old or so, and we used the (then new) Lego space models for our props.

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Seem to remember we had a 'huge' moon base set in the garage, with real moon dust made of talcum powder and grey powder paint. Space was just a huge sheet of black velvet material which absorbed light nicely - and we had 2 or 3 photoflood lights.

We employed my sister as a special effects extra, she had to blow a bicycle pump at the right moment to simulate the jet wash for a landing spacecraft LOL

We made 'laser beams' out of shiny Christmas wrapping tape, and even made proper titles using stick on vinyl lettering on black card.

We were super pro! :cool:

We even filmed a crashing lego spacecraft at double speed, so it would play back in slow-mo as it disintegrated.

I had inherited my granddads Eumig C6 so that was the camera of choice

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it was great fun waiting for the film to come back from Kodak and having a 'rushes' screening in the dining room on the Eumig projector.

Our follow-up space classic, about an asteroid on course to hit the earth, and a fleet of space shuttles launched to save mankind with huge nuclear bombs, was never made...

Well not by us any way!

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If anyone has it, it would be my parents back in Blighty - will ask :)
 
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