[Frameworks] Digital 8mm

2016-06-06 Thread George, Sherman
Interesting DIY project: http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/building-a-diy-digital-movie-camera-with-vintage-lenses Sherman George sgeo...@ucsd.edu 858-229-4368 ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.

Re: [Frameworks] Simpson Optical lens quality

2016-06-06 Thread Scott Dorsey
Simpson was around in the 1940s through the late sixties, making classroom projector lenses. You'll sometimes see them on old 300-series B&H projectors. I would strongly suggest buying a modern lens with a modern coating, at least late-sixties grade single-coated stuff. A lot of it depends on w

Re: [Frameworks] Simpson Optical lens quality

2016-06-06 Thread Scott Dorsey
Eiki takes a 42.5mm barrel, and will interchange with Bauer, Phillips, Kinoton, Meopta, and a few others. Isco and Schneider currently make some very fine and sharp and very expensive lenses for 42.5mm mount, but if you look around you might find some late-model lenses out there at good prices.

Re: [Frameworks] audio recorder recomendations?

2016-06-06 Thread Jason Halprin
I'm partial to the Roland R-26 as a basic field recorder with built-in mics, XLR inputs, and phantom power. It's nothing fancy, but can handle some abuse, and I appreciate having independent gain adjustment for the inputs. The specs allow you to record up to 6-channels, but it's really going to be

Re: [Frameworks] audio recorder recomendations?

2016-06-06 Thread Scott Dorsey
You can buy a couple cheap models from Zoom that are unimpressive but inexpensive., You can buy a couple models from Tascam that are a good bit more money but definitely have better analogue electronics. Then you go up a huge step and you can buy stuff from guys like Zaxcom, or Sound Devices. Th

[Frameworks] audio recorder recomendations?

2016-06-06 Thread Michael Betancourt
I'm looking to buy an easily portable digital audio recorder, so this is an appeal to the collective knowledge of the list. I haven't looked at what's out there in a long time, and value recommendations of equipment that's actually been put in use. Doesn't have to be fancy, but an internal microph

Re: [Frameworks] Simpson Optical lens quality

2016-06-06 Thread Margaret Rorison
I forgot to mention the details! I need this lens for my 16mm Eiki projector --- http://margaretrorison.com/ http://sightunseenbaltimore.com/ On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Margaret Rorison < margaret.b.rori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > >

[Frameworks] Simpson Optical lens quality

2016-06-06 Thread Margaret Rorison
Dear Friends, I am looking to get a 1" lens that I can use to project in smaller venues for screenings. Does anyone know about the quality of Simpson Optical lenses? I don't know much about them and can't seem to find much info on the internet. I see that ISCO is a quality brand, but don't know m

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[Frameworks] Found Footage Magazine - Call for Papers Issue#3

2016-06-06 Thread FFM INFO
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