it will be released by winter i imagine. i think it will be better than the chinon bellami hd 1 also it will not make you bitter inside
On Thursday, July 13, 2017, Dave Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mindless design. No optical viewfinder, just a flip out video screen. > Plus, it is overpriced. > > The projected price of the initial "limited edition” version is $2000, > with a less expensive “standard edition” supposedly to follow. It’s a film > camera, so the real cost is in the stock and processing: > > > Filmmakers using the new Kodak camera can send the 50’ cartridge to > Kodak for developing and for a $100 developing fee Kodak will mail back to > the filmmaker the developed film on a reel as well post a scanned digital > version of the 2.5 minute film in a password protected cloud file. > > I’d have to guess the concept and pricing reflect a similar approach to > The Impossible Project’s new design Polaroid film camera, also very > expensive. These things seem targeted at cost-no-object users in Hollywood > and hipsterdom, who get off on having whatever tool – vintage or > new-fangled – has been used by some cel;ebrity maker in some high-profile > project. > > > Before the reborn Super 8 camera has even hit store, big Hollywood names > such as directors Steve Spielberg, Christopher Nolam, and J.J. Abrams have > endorsed the product. > > For reference, Pro8mm in Burbank sells rebuilt Beaulieu 4008’s for $2000. > > I’d expect folks who want to do experimental work in S8 to stick to old > Canons and Nizos or whatever shows up in decent condition at the local > thrift store or on eBay. > > Jeff: what’s the problem with having what amounts to video assist versus a > dim optical finder? Isn’t the good news here for photochemical filmies that > some sort of stock and processing options will remain available from Kodak > a while longer now that they have this thing to support? > > There’s a 46 second test clip from a Kodak prototype on YT [ > http://tinyurl.com/yayv8yok] complete with plastic pressure-plate > registration flutter, dust and scratch in the negative glitches, and a nice > chunk of crud in the gate. Ahh, the memories... > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com <javascript:;> > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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