Testing a Canon Scoopic at the 2023 Antelope Island Roundup
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- Опубликовано: 17 фев 2024
- I took a Canon Scoopic Gray with me to the Antelope Island Roundup in 2023. The camera was untested. The footage came out blurry, the action happened way too far, and there is flickering throughout the film. That’s what happens when you shoot with a camera that hasn’t been serviced in 60 years. At least it was a chance to practice shooting film and enjoy a day on the island. Now I know the condition of the camera.
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Nice camera, and a nice video. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for watching!
No hay primera sin segunda. La experiencia del filmar a la vieja escuela no tiene precio.
Así es Wildo, cada vez que filma uno con película es una experiencia. Un miedito, mezclado con emoción que generalmente se torna en una gran sonrisa al ver las imagenes ya procesadas. Saludos.
The footage looks very nice! The lens of the Scoopic is of course known for producing very sharp images. I am sure that once properly adjusted and collimated, it will render great images. Yeah, rough noises are never a good sign. Something will give sooner or later unless the camera is fully serviced. I can only see some flicker, but no instability or jitter. I can see that the shutter angle is rather narrow, resulting in a strobe effect in movement. I actually like that. It's a pity that Carlos' cameras had issues. I trust he will be able to fix them. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Thanks!. The camera was working intermittently before I used it to film this, so I can't complain really. I knew the camera needed work. I think the lens is capable of creating beautiful images and bokeh. I like what I saw, but I have some Scoopic M and MS cameras that are actually serviced. This one is going to a better home now.
The footage is surprisingly stable for a camera that doesn't have a registration pin. It doesn't even have a spring pushing the film to keep it in place from the side as newer cameras have. What I meant about motion issues was a "Chaplin" like effect in some shots. The camera runned at a lower speed and that resulted in fast motion in the final product. Nothing terrible for the condition of the camera. The strobe effect is pretty obvious. I think the shutter is out of time. And the out of focus images are the result of a lens that is not set at the right distance. I saw those images clearly in focus in the viewfinder, but the outcome on the film was very different. Just another day working with old, un-serviced cameras.
Color grading the film was a pain. The entire film had a green cast that was very difficult to work with. I don't know if the cast was caused by the scanner or the lens. I think it was the lens actually. I can see an exaggerated green tint on images that are out of focus, similar to fringe in chromatic aberration which makes a lot of sense on an out of focus image.
Thanks for the information. I was wondering about the strobing. Shutter timing off makes sense. You were lucky, you could have some vertical streaks. Green cast makes sense. I had a 16mm projector (Bell and Howell TQI) and the stock 50mm lens had green chromatic aberration, which was obvious with black and white movies. I got a much better zoom lens. So yes, the green tint might come from the lens.
@@truefilm6991 Yes, a lens can cause that. Green chromatic aberration is more obvious when the light is not collimated (in focus). I just checked another film I got from the same batch and the other one doesn't have that.
I also did some research to corroborate and I was right. The lens has at least one element made of Thorium. Thorium is a radioactive element that turns yellow as it oxidizes. I'm going to expose the lens to UV light. Hopefully that will reduce or eliminated that green cast.