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16mm anticipation starts to set in

August 11, 2019August 12, 2019 L.T. HanlonLeave a comment

Photo of typewritten page containing the following text. Waiting for the film to come back. I spent far longer than I expected shooting test footage at Chicago's Oak Street Beach  yesterday. This was the first time I've used my vintage Cine—Kodak K—IOO 16mm camera since having it converted to shoot 16:9 widescreen. The test took several hours because I underestimated how picky I'd be in selecting what to photograph. At 24 frames per second, 100 feet only gives you about 2 minutes, 45 seconds of screen time, so you can't shoot with digital abandon. Another reason I spent so time on the beach is that at least a dozen people wanted to know about the camera. I guess it doesn't look like  something most folks see every day. The best conversation was with a couple of film students who asked interesting questions about how I calculated exposure. And now I'm experiencing something I haven't had to deal with for a long time: Waiting for the film to be processed and returned by mail. Talk about a blast from the past!

Photo of a bright yellow box made to hold Kodak 16mm film. Yellow is Kodak's longtimt corporate collor.

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Cine-Kodak K-100, Ultra-16, and Bigfoot!

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 L.T. Hanlon4 Comments
Photo of a 1950s-era Cine-Kodak K-100 turret movie camera. This 16mm camera has three lenses on front and a leather-and-polished aluminum body.
Cine-Kodak K-100 16mm movie camera.
Photo of a typewritten sheet of paper with the following text. Friday, August 9, 2019. Chicago, USA. It's a big, wide, wonderful world! Smith-Corona Galaxie Deluxe. Assuming the weather cooperates Saturday and Sunday, I'm going to give my Ultra-16 movie camera a whirl. The camera began life in the 1950s as a Cine-Kodak K-100 Turret, an amateur camera famed for filming countless high school and college football games. A cousin of this camera, the CineKodak K-100 non-turret model, was used to capture the Patterson—Gim1in bigfoot film in 1967. These 16mm cameras come equipped with a standard gate giving an aspect ratio of about 4:3. However, the Cine—Kodak Is one of several camera models that can be modified so that wasted film space is exposed to create a 16:9 image. I had this updating done just after we moved down to this condo — or up, actually, since we're on the 54th Floor. Until now, however, I just haven't had the time, interest, or inclination to lace up the camera and put it through its paces. I only have one 100—foot roll of film, so I'll have to be fairly selective about what I film. I'm thinking maybe Lake Shore Drive, North Michigan Avenue, and Oak Street Beach, then some street photography if there's film left. After this project, there's Russian windup Super-8 camera I need to try out.
Oops! That should read “Patterson-Gimlin film.”
Here’s a fascinating Cryptomundo item about the camera and the famous film.

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