Re: [Frameworks] Article: The Last film camera

2011-10-12 Thread Alex McCarron
*Please, for the love of god, let's not have another long thread about film's obsolescence. * I would however like to know what this means for the price of second hand cameras. Will forces even out? More people will want to dump them but more people will also feel the panicked need to pick up the

Re: [Frameworks] MSNBC: Report: 35mm film will be dead by 2015

2011-11-16 Thread Alex McCarron
What if you put them in a minifridge and cut a little hole in the door? On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Jay Hudson jkh30...@gmail.com wrote: consumer grade projectors will be even less resistant to heat. It gets very hot in India. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Alex McCarron alex.mccar

Re: [Frameworks] MSNBC: Report: 35mm film will be dead by 2015

2011-11-16 Thread Alex McCarron
you're being facetious. The only way to do it is through air conditioning. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Alex McCarron alex.mccar...@gmail.com wrote: What if you put them in a minifridge and cut a little hole in the door? On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Jay Hudson jkh30...@gmail.com

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm stills in LA

2012-01-03 Thread Alex McCarron
Recipes for Disaster had a good sounding solution - photo enlarger pointed at a 35mm camera with its lens taken off, use the internal light meter to judge the correct shutter speed. I tried it on my DSLR and it looked pretty good. Allie On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Daina Krumins

Re: [Frameworks] DVD to 16mm

2012-01-19 Thread Alex McCarron
Thanks all! Allie On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Herb htheria...@gmail.com wrote: If you go with this option, and would prefer a positive right away, invert the lcd image to negative. The OSX key combination is Control-Option-Command-8. Have done this with bw stock and it turned out quite

[Frameworks] Cleaning a Scoopic

2012-04-29 Thread Alex McCarron
Hey all, I took the pressure plate off my Scoopic today to clean the gate and saw that the piece of glass beyond the shutter (the prism?) is filthy. It's been two years since I had it cleaned and greased. How bad of an idea would it be to try and clean the camera myself? Just as a temporary

[Frameworks] Cheap Transfer In NYC

2012-06-22 Thread alex . mccarron
So, I have a 100' roll of Tri-X 16mm that I want an HD transfer of. It's mostly stills and little burst of video that I intended as sketches and tests for a longer project. Anyone know of lab that's not gonna give me any jive about roll minimums that I can take a subway to? Or any ad hoc

Re: [Frameworks] Cheap Transfer In NYC

2012-06-22 Thread Alex McCarron
I thought about that and was following the other discussion about this. I'd really like something that will look good when the stills are uploaded to a website later. So I guess I'm looking for the cheapest professional looking transfer in NYC or a time consuming and cheap way of achieving that

[Frameworks] Traders? Sellers? Broken Scoopics? Boulex Lenses?

2012-07-31 Thread alex . mccarron
Hey, So I've had a Scoopic 16M with a jacked up lens and a Bolex Rex-5 without lenses for awhile and I think it's about time to solve either problem. Does anyone have: A broken Scoopic with a well cared for lens? OR A need for a Scoopic with a jacked up lens (that still takes great pictures

[Frameworks] 16mm Camera In The Fridge

2012-08-07 Thread alex . mccarron
to keep exposed film in my Scoopic possibly over the course of a week or two if not longer. Any ideas? Thanks, Alex McCarron ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks