70 Years and Still Going Strong – Adding Sound to the N8 with Movilux and Moviphon
(Title loosely based on Evelyn Künneke and Curd Jürgens) How I Ended Up with the Moviphon A little over 40 years ago, I purchased a Movikon 8B Double-8 camera and…
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4K Frame Scanner Kit: How to Digitize Films
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…
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…
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…
Lubricate sintered bearings correctly
Shafts in projectors and cameras are often held by sintered bearings - and nowadays these are usually completely dry and often resinous on the inside. Adding a few drops of…
Nizo Professional – Surgical intervention on the trigger button electronics
After I was able last fall to put my H8 RX in the closet as repaired, I now turned my attention to the defective Nizo Professional at the beginning of…
Prototype of a cheap screw-in battery for the Beaulieu 4008 ZM I-IV
Some time ago I built a 12 V battery for the Bolex ESM handle from a 2" drain pipe for a forum member because, among other things, the original large…
Colorgrading of color negative films with Davinci Resolve
In the following I would like to describe how I convert scanned color negative films with the free software Davinci Resolve into color-correct, beautiful positives. There are many paths here,…
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…
