Re: [Frameworks] Polyester Base Stocks
I have run above mentioned estar based wittnerchrome/aviphot 200D through an Auricon Cine Voice without incident. I was less than impressed with the color unfortunately. On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Charlotte Taylor wrote: > Hey Frameworks! > > Has anybody used a stock on polyester base instead of acetate in their > Bolex? What was your experience? > > And also, has anyone tried bi-packing it? > > Asking for a friend. No, really. :) > > --charlotte > > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Polyester Base Stocks
Hi Charlotte, As mentioned in a post earlier this week I have ran several different polyester stocks through my bolex with out a problem. I have also bipacked a polyester and acetate a couple of times. The trick is to line up the sproket holes which you can do just as your about to load by cutting the end of the film together while the sprokets are synched up. In both shooting and printing/bipacking I've shot at 12fps to in theory let in more light and I guess now that you mention it, keep it slow in case of a problem, particularly with printing. Good luck! -- Forwarded message -- > From: Charlotte Taylor > To: Experimental Film Discussion List > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 22:17:57 -0400 > Subject: [Frameworks] Polyester Base Stocks > Hey Frameworks! > > Has anybody used a stock on polyester base instead of acetate in their > Bolex? What was your experience? > > And also, has anyone tried bi-packing it? > > Asking for a friend. No, really. :) > > --charlotte > > ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Polyester Base Stocks
I have run polyester stock, both long and short, through a Bolex H16. The good news about this is that the spring on the H16 doesn't really have a lot of torque, so it's not apt to tear things up when the camera jams as much as with some other cameras. In addition, the Bolex doesn't have a registration pin, which both makes jamming less likely to happen when something goes wrong, and is one less thing to damage if the camera does jam. Now, I would not personally say "go ahead and take the risk" because there's still a good bit of risk and it is still up to you. I have done it on a few occasions and it has been okay but it is your decision to take that risk. Right now if you want to shoot color reversal, the only available stock is estar-based. So you don't get much choice. We're still hoping for Ferrania to change that but things are happening slowly. --scott ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Polyester Base Stocks
I've not tried it but is it for hand cranking the bolex? It might be a different matter depending on how you drive the bolex because the Polyester film is much stronger than acetate which sounds like a positive thing until something goes wrong and your motor is still trying to drive the polyester film through your camera! There are a lot of options for driving the Bolex so it might depend what you have in mind. I've not tried it personally though and while you hear horror stories about polyester base film in cameras it would seem that hand cranking the film should be more safe in theory because there is more chance to feel if something has gone wrong and to stop cranking. Do you mean bipacking polyester alongside acetate. I guess if the two films are different pitches (print/neg) that might also work in your favour. It does sound scary though. ;) I send the best of luck out to your friend. I hope it goes well for her. ;) Freya On Sat, 8/19/17, Charlotte Taylor wrote: Subject: [Frameworks] Polyester Base Stocks To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" Date: Saturday, August 19, 2017, 4:17 AM Hey Frameworks! Has anybody used a stock on polyester base instead of acetate in their Bolex? What was your experience? And also, has anyone tried bi-packing it? Asking for a friend. No, really. :) --charlotte___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks