WOW ! What a wonderful piece of not only movie making history but of history period. I don't know what else to say about it. Thanks for showing this amazing camera. Thanks for preserving this camera for future generations.
Sir. In the age of digital, where you can shoot anything on a digital cinema camera with dynamic range bigger than the planet, and add any classic film look you desire, making it look very cheap, fake and unoriginal, why can't we just shoot on the medium we like the look of? I mean, if I had the budget and time for a project and I wanted to make a 20s era silent horror noir film, Id shoot with a 20s camera, even the first ever which I suppose would be colossal in size and hardest to handle, but not if there is less camera tracking and more of looking around when necessary and you can always have tracks laid out for movement. People still did it back then out of the need and they made excellent films that stand out even today, not just for the look and flicker and low frame rates, but also the performances, lighting, direction and the sets. Just beautiful work. The only problem is, they dont make those cameras and sadly they dont even make ANY film cameras. There have been fans 3D printing old camera parts to repair their broken cameras and one fan from Asia actually 3D printed a whole 8mm camera. This only proves how companies have left us with no other option but to build our own and I think at some point, personally building something would be better than relying on companies. But its a lesson for those companies who have seized production, just to let digital in. You cant stop digital, but you can be open minded towards older equipment. Why have a lot of modern people preferred ease and comfort over originality. I am not saying everyone should shoot on certain cameras, they dont matter, the person behind them does, but that person behind them is making fake choices. It may not be possible to shoot every single film with old equipment, but that stuff was built like tanks, as they say and if rebuilt or repaired can work perfectly well. I think people forget that art is boundless and you can paint on paper, canvas, glass or digitally, it doesnt matter. When people say medium doesnt matter, why do they always say it when its against Film? Thats the hypocrisy. I say it for all mediums. Shoot any you like. There are internet articles trying to prove why digital fake look is chosen, considering costs and hassle, (I say fake when they try to make it look like film and some achieve it). I dont know why im posting such a big comment, but as a lover of art, I do not think people should be restricted to only modern equipment, just because its faster, easier. You could also choose to shoot on these old cameras to get the real look. Art can never be redefined to "only use what's easy", that's very unprofessional in my view, unless the budget and deadline doesn't allow.
M*A*S*H* was shot on the later 35mm Mitchell models, using spherical lenses in the 70's. I would love to own a Mitchell, they are so historically important and iconic. The Mitchells are still referenced in the ASC manuals as well. In fact Mitchell engineering was so popular that the movements were incorporated into other camera bodies such as the (Fries 435) .
WOW ! What a wonderful piece of not only movie making history but of history period. I don't know what else to say about it. Thanks for showing this amazing camera. Thanks for preserving this camera for future generations.
Sir. In the age of digital, where you can shoot anything on a digital cinema camera with dynamic range bigger than the planet, and add any classic film look you desire, making it look very cheap, fake and unoriginal, why can't we just shoot on the medium we like the look of? I mean, if I had the budget and time for a project and I wanted to make a 20s era silent horror noir film, Id shoot with a 20s camera, even the first ever which I suppose would be colossal in size and hardest to handle, but not if there is less camera tracking and more of looking around when necessary and you can always have tracks laid out for movement. People still did it back then out of the need and they made excellent films that stand out even today, not just for the look and flicker and low frame rates, but also the performances, lighting, direction and the sets. Just beautiful work. The only problem is, they dont make those cameras and sadly they dont even make ANY film cameras. There have been fans 3D printing old camera parts to repair their broken cameras and one fan from Asia actually 3D printed a whole 8mm camera. This only proves how companies have left us with no other option but to build our own and I think at some point, personally building something would be better than relying on companies. But its a lesson for those companies who have seized production, just to let digital in. You cant stop digital, but you can be open minded towards older equipment.
Why have a lot of modern people preferred ease and comfort over originality. I am not saying everyone should shoot on certain cameras, they dont matter, the person behind them does, but that person behind them is making fake choices. It may not be possible to shoot every single film with old equipment, but that stuff was built like tanks, as they say and if rebuilt or repaired can work perfectly well. I think people forget that art is boundless and you can paint on paper, canvas, glass or digitally, it doesnt matter. When people say medium doesnt matter, why do they always say it when its against Film? Thats the hypocrisy. I say it for all mediums. Shoot any you like. There are internet articles trying to prove why digital fake look is chosen, considering costs and hassle, (I say fake when they try to make it look like film and some achieve it).
I dont know why im posting such a big comment, but as a lover of art, I do not think people should be restricted to only modern equipment, just because its faster, easier. You could also choose to shoot on these old cameras to get the real look. Art can never be redefined to "only use what's easy", that's very unprofessional in my view, unless the budget and deadline doesn't allow.
You is the big expert in cameras.
M*A*S*H* was shot on the later 35mm Mitchell models, using spherical lenses in the 70's.
I would love to own a Mitchell, they are so historically important and iconic.
The Mitchells are still referenced in the ASC manuals as well.
In fact Mitchell engineering was so popular that the movements were incorporated into
other camera bodies such as the (Fries 435) .
Thanks for the comment. It's my pleasure to rescue these cameras and find a new caretaker for them.