Mark LaPore was a stalwart advocate of the Canon Scoopic and sang its praises to me one day long ago, describing it as basically a pumped up Super-8 camera (specifically a pumped up Canon 814-XLS): basically the thing is--unlike e.g. the Bolex and other 16mm cameras) a portable self-contained unit--automatic in-the-camera light metering, permanently attached zoom/macro lens and--best of all for LaPore (and for me) battery powered and thereby capable of long takes, up to the length of the 16mm roll (a little over three minutes). It's my understanding that most if not all of Mark LaPore's 16mm films were shot using this camera including *A Depression in the Bay of Bengal*, *The Five Bad Elements*, *The Glass System*, *The Sleepers*, *Kolkata*. Many (well, three) of these are available from Canyon Cinema: http://canyoncinema.com/catalog/filmmaker/?i=188
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to find examples of important films, or considered seminal > works in the history of experimental cinema, made using a Canon Scoopic > 16mm camera. > Thanks for your help! > Best, > > Adeena > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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