Hi Kevin, I'm my experience, it's fairly impractical to covert the Arri S series - The theoretical shutter, mount, and gate adjustments make it more or less the most difficult camera to consider for Super 16. Visual Products in Ohio developed a conversion process, which supposedly yielded a few successfully converted cameras, but the examples were selling for thousands, well beyond what the same camera would cost used. I saw one or two of these on the used market after initially encountering them on Visual Products' website. I've never seen footage from one. It's likely that most techs haven't done it, or would be unwilling to attempt it, and if they did, the labor costs would be huge and it would mostly likely be at the risk of messing up your Arri SB.
Bolexes have a great range of application as Super 16 cameras. With decent lenses and a good condition camera, the quality will be great. Otherwise, there are other cameras of slightly greater complexity, made by Aaton, Eclair, or Arri, that are often in Super 16 already or are at least more easily converted. These cameras are larger sync-capable systems however, and are heavier, less practical for MOS work, and more expensive to maintain. There may be folks who have developed a technique of which I know nothing, though. I hope so, because I love the S series Arris and they'd be great in that format. Bernie O'Doherty at Super 16 Inc converts everything that is readily convertable. Dieter at ProCam USA does factory-specific Bolex mods. Good luck, Isaac On Monday, August 4, 2014, Kevin Obsatz <ke...@videohaiku.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ke...@videohaiku.com');>> wrote: > Hello! > > I've heard people talk on this listserv about converting Bolexes (Bolii?) > to Super-16, and I'm curious if it's possible to do the same to an Arri SB. > > I'm based in Minneapolis, so I guess there are two questions: 1. how much > would it cost? and 2. who does it in the US? > > Thanks! > > -Kevin O > > www.videohaiku.com > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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