Can anyone recommend a good transfer facility in New York City experienced in working with archival 16mm material? It's been a long time since I've done a film transfer, and I don't know what companie

Hi all, first time posting. I hope this is the right sub group. Is anyone aware of any movie theaters still using film projection (ny/nj)? I am too young to have ever seen an actual film projection an

Hi All, Hope everyone is surviving during these odd times. I just got off the phone about the possibilities of doing a shoot on the Ektachrome 16mm stock which I am very excited about. I actually don'

Dear All, - A friend is working on a 65mm time-lapse camera and is looking for 65mm rolls from 30 ft (10m) to ideally 1000 ft (305m) or more, for mechanical testing of the camera. The negative materia

I have found this old Newman and Sinclair Director's viewfinder. It has the name Jason Lindsey engraved on the side as seen in the pic. I would be interested to know of any information about this pers

Received a wonderful Christmas present: scans of 16mm film shot by my Grandfather between 1936-39. Some of the colour footage has a distinct woven pattern and I'd guess it's early Kodachrome. Would li

Looks similar to a 3 pin mic connector but they have a fine thread. The pin to pin center is about ¼” and the body diameter is a few thousandths under ½”.

Hi All I am looking for the 3 pin connector for the back of the Fries Motor. On the motor it is a sunken 3 pin male connector with a coarse thread for attaching quickly. Square thread 2mm pitch. I hav

Any advice on traveling through US airports with motion picture film? I'm aware that you should travel with a changing bag & ask them to hand check it. Is it too big of a risk, should I look into ship

Hello A few questions about the Wicam analogue to SDI converters for everyone. First, some background info. The school I teach at has a Moviecam Compact Mk2 3 perf, an Arri 416 Plus and an Arri SR3-HS

I am looking for a working Erneman Model E. Does anybody know who might have one and hire it out to be used by me. I am very experienced with old hand cranked cameras of the time, 1920s. If anyone kno

Hello I was recently asked an interesting question. Is there a lab in the U.S. or Canada that offers an optical printer reduction service from 35mm 4 perf to standard 16mm? A filmmaker friend of mine

These are slides shot in Santiago de Chile, with the latest Eastman Kodak Company / Kodak Alaris 100 ASA daylight color slide film stock. This is an "extremely fine grain stock" (rms: 8) and with very

We have a rental client interested in shooting 16mm color negative. Looking for recommendations on processing/transfer facilities in the USA. We're in the Midwest, so any direction works. The client m

Hi all, As part of a work about mixing black and white and color in post-Stalinist Soviet cinema, I am interested in Sovcolor film and its differences with Eastmancolor (both used in the USSR at the t

A great presentation from Daniel, thank you. It looked for a while as if it wasn't going to happen, I was rebuilding the machine I use for Zoom after a major crash as we started. My audio was via my c

Daniel Henríquez Ilic, a staunch film supporter, is going to do a presentation on Wednesday 15th July on shooting a short film on Super8. He will be showing clips and discussing methodology. I’m looki

The International Cinematographers Guild Magazine is hosting an "as me anything about filmmaking" on-line discussion with master cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC, as part of NAB Express on May

This article, from IndieWire by author Bill Desowitz and published Feb 26, 2020 refers to the actual situation of motion picture film: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/02/large-format-film-kodak-2020-no

Seems quiet in the film section so how about you see some stills of my latest personal project....its a piece on my father, still an athlete at nearly 82 years of age and Im doing it as a visual famil