... was rearranging some closet space which involved organizing new and packing away (probably for ever) some old camera and lighting gear...
... which included an assortment of film and digital format cameras ( above - in no particular chronology) ...
1 - Bolex H16 EBM (electric bayonet mount) 16mm (film) cinema camera
2 - Sony PMW-EX1 HD (digital) cinema camera
3 - Olympus OM-1 35mm (film) SLR still camera - first SLR ever purchased - beat it to death and is
still like brand new to this day
4 - Focal XL-303 Super 8mm (film) cinema camera
5 - Bolex H16 16mm (film) cinema camera (dropped it once and cracked the 12mm prime lens - hence
the empty space on the lens turret - never got around to replacing the lens) - spring wound
6 - GoPro Hero HD (digital) cinema/still camera
7 - Canon EOS Rebel GII 35mm (film) SLR still camera
8 - Canon ES 4000 HI8 (video tape) cinema camera
9 - Canon GL2 SD (digital tape) cinema camera (never understood the term "digital tape")
10 - Canon EOS Rebel XT (digital) still camera
11 - Krasnogorsk K3 16mm (film) cinema camera - spring wound
... Ha!... wonder how many 'You Tube' videos you'd view now'days if ya' had to:
> ration each shot (only a few minutes of exposure on a 100ft film roll - additionally - spring wound
cameras gave ya' between 17 to 25 seconds of exposure time)
> change film rolls by feel in a black bag
> send the exposed film out to a lab for processing and wait several days to view the processed
footage - all the while hoping that you got something acceptable
> physically editing the processed "work print" by hand ("cut and paste" while tediously keeping track
of all the "clips")
> pretty much repeating the entire process while editing the film nagative
> re-submit the edited and sound synchronized (two roll if 16mm) negative to the lab for final printing
(all the while hoping ya' hadn't yet screwed something up)
... and I left out quite a few steps and associated functions to keep it short ... the majority of people now'days (including me, sorry to say) wouldn't even want to wait a day (or even one hour) to receive processed still photo prints from the local drugstore let alone view 'em for the first time...
... ya' gotta' love (and appreciate) modern technology... to a certain extent... with reverence for the old...
... Note: That old Bolex H16 originally belonged to an old WWII combat photographer and later (long retired) Hollywood cameraman who lived a few doors down from me in Silver Spring, MD - boy, did he have some Hollywood stories ...never mentioned the war...
... Note: That old Bolex H16 originally belonged to an old WWII combat photographer and later (long retired) Hollywood cameraman who lived a few doors down from me in Silver Spring, MD - boy, did he have some Hollywood stories ...never mentioned the war...
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