Nizo 6080 Service Manual
I recently found the service manual for the Nizo 6080 in the inherited documents of a specialist workshop and have now finally scanned it. This electronic bomber is considered to…
Category Practically
Boxed!
Boxed! Orphaned film reels get a home That's how you know them. Lonely, small film reels.Sometimes cut, or still completely untouched, sometimes half-full with scenes that have fallen victim to…
Making DIY prints from color negative film
I am an analog filmmaker. Therefore, I also want to project my films. Of course, I also scan them and then publish them where everyone else does these days, but…
Buch: Filmton mit dem Tonbandgerät
Dieses kleine Büchlein von 1981 ist mittlerweile kaum noch zu finden, und wird ob seiner Irrelevanz in der heutigen Medienlandschaft mit Sicherheit nicht erneut aufgelegt werden. Es als Abandonware betrachtend…
Vintage Agfacolor Umkehr Ultra T (1960) developed to color
Since 2018, after buying a roll of each Agfachrome 50S and 50L, I found out that there were various predecessors before E-6 development, and I couldn't send my films in…
Super 8: “AGFA – A color picture evolves”.
...let's continue with part 2 of these unknown films that Agfa-Gevaert must have sent to dealers back in the late 70s, or at least planned to do so. This flick…
Quarz DS8 – die heimlichen Zweiformat-Kameras?
Eine Kamera, die Doppel-8 und Doppel-Super-8-Film belichten kann ? Da fällt einem nur die Elmo C-300 ein, die mit dieser Besonderheit ausgestattet ist, hierfür aber für jedes Filmformat eine spezielles…
External light meters
The question arises again and again as to whether external light meters are "more accurate" than those integrated into the cameras. Or whether you can use external exposure meters to…
Building a Regular 8mm Optical Printer
I had never heard of an optical printer with a Regular 8mm film camera. I had the idea that there ought to be one (at least) and that I could…
Building a new light meter for the Bolex D8L
The components of cameras age and lead to a loss of functionality, but some cameras, namely those from Bolex, Leitz or Beaulieu, to name just a few, seem to be…