Let me introduce you to the Filmkorn Raw Scanner: a kit that lets you convert a film projector into a 4K frame scanner with 12-bit Raw CinemaDNG output. Another DIY…
4K Frame Scanner Kit: How to Digitize Films
B&H Character Title Writer – Titles with Filmo 70 and Bolex H8
After about a decade of enthusiastic involvement with small-format film, something has happened that some people miss every now and then when watching what they have filmed themselves: The creation…
Ancient Lore? Lovecraft in Brittany
After I had first filmed H.P. Lovecraft in THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (2017) on Dartmoor and in THE GARDEN (2019) in a cemetery in Savannah, the moment had come…
18 oder 24 Bilder pro Sekunde?
Spätestens seit der Festlegung auf 24 Bilder pro Sekunde (B/s) im kommerziellen Kino in den 1920ern sind die Amateure am Diskutieren, ob man auch mit 24 B/s drehen solle. Die…
SEPMAG (“two-tape dubbing”) a bit different
It's actually quite simple. In this article, I describe the recording of original sound parallel to filming as well as the later synchronization of the sound with the finished film.…
“Secret” electrolytic capacitor in the Visacustic (and another well-hidden one)
In April 2023, I wanted to complete a sound film from 2022 for Deidesheim. In the two-band process, this requires the active assistance of a controllable projector, which in my…
AGFA – The Agfa laboratory products
This 10-minute Super 8 advertising film with Frank Zander promotes the "AGFA laboratory range" and is a wonderful time capsule. The reel found its way to film friend Peter at…
In search of Jimi Hendrix
Developing Kodak Infrared Ektachrome (E-4) in E-1 chemistry Every now and then I dreamed of taking photos with Kodak's legendary false color infrared film. Ebay prices of over 150$, and…
Filming in times of pandemic: Three films by Patrick Müller
SPELLBOUND (2021) / INTO THE REALM OF THE NIGHT (2022) / L'HIVER DE L'ÉTERNITÉ (2022) Isolation and travel restrictions, lockdowns that came and went: the coronavirus pandemic also presented me…
Widescreen adventure: A Bauer camera in Deidesheim
I always make a New Year's resolution: to film with an attachment, or to be more precise: with the Iscomorphot 8 attachment lens! This stretches the 8mm film image during…