German MDR’s “Mediathek” presents a beautiful, ten-minute short documentary about Orwo yesterday and today. There are glimpses into yesterday, today, dark rooms and a perforator in action can be seen as well.
Worth seeing – even though in German only…
100 years of Eumig – 1919, the company was founded, and with up to 7,000 employees in the 1970s was the largest company in Austria. In particular, film cameras and film projectors were manufactured by eumig. In 1981, the abrupt end came because the market for narrow film equipment collapsed worldwide. The famous brand, which would have turned 100 this year, is to be commemorated in May with a large film installation titled eumigFlimmern. That is why the municipality of Wiener Neudorf is calling on fellow citizens to make private small format films available for the project. About life in town and country, about family gatherings or excursions and especially about everything to do with Eumig.
Everyone who works with the Lomo tanks probably knows the problem of film jamming and improper winding, often leading to double layers, which then do not get developed properly.
Using a turntable has been mentioned many times as a valuable help against these problems, since its much more uniform rotation makes it possible to easily load the Lomo reel within a few seconds.
Die Anonymen Analogiker des Filmvorführerforums trafen sich auch 2015 für ein Wochenende in Kreuzberg, um ihrem Hobby zu frönen. Diesmal verteilte ich sechs S8-Kassetten beladen mit Fomapan R100, die nach der Entwicklung dann von Thorsten zu dieser schmissigen Collage verarbeitet wurden.
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I wrote the following article in August 2015 and then never published it for some reason.
Nevertheless, it has not become less interesting, because it shows that Wittner would still be able to produce DS8 film – provided, of course, that they can find unperforated 35 mm film.
Even if Super 8 bulk loads are difficult to get, a reload-able Super 8 cartridge still makes sense: It is ideal, for example, if you want to develop short test pieces of a film stock before exposing the entire film.
Digital synchronous sound for 8 and 16 mm film, finally made easy!
Are you tired of projecting silent films? Did you ever consider one of those old school methods with magnet tape and proprietary synchronisation devices that looked (and smelled) like the 70s?
No need for this anymore.
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If you want to know when (and where) a film was produced, you can usually do so via so-called edge markings (or “edge codes”). However, the information on deciphering the small symbols and characters is somewhat scattered, hence here the attempt of a compilation:
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John Rizzo plans to open up a new lab for 8 and 16mm film on the east coast.
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© Foto: Protel
Wer in oder in der Nähe von Ulm wohnt, sollte vom 2.-6. Januar die Ulmfilmtage besuchen, denn dort gibt es ganz besondere zwölf Super 8-Minuten zu sehen: “Tollkühne Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten”, aber quasi als Amateurversion — eingerahmt in zwei Stunden neue und alte Kurzfilme mit Ulm-Bezug.
