Coloring B/W film – An attempt with Colorvir
Since the invention of film, black and white film images have also been brought in color. Monochrome toning of entire silent film sequences is well know, e.g. in blue for…
Since the invention of film, black and white film images have also been brought in color. Monochrome toning of entire silent film sequences is well know, e.g. in blue for…
In July, Lina Gasser from Switzerland interviewed me for her Matura thesis SUPER 8 - AN ANALOGUE SHORT FILM. I answered her questions. How did you come to filmmaking? What…
Die "Elmo Album" ist eine recht seltene Super 8 Kamera — und das ist schade, denn sie hat einige wirkliche Besonderheiten. Das besonderste (und zugleich heute irrelevanteste) ist wohl, dass…
Perhaps others here also know the chronic problem of too-dark b&w reversal films. At least for me, b&w reversal films turn out much more often too dark than too bright.…
Since my childhood I am fascinated by the sea: the view into the sheer infinite, full of reflections, wild and full of life. It leaves no human soul untouched, everyone…
Alberto Vangelisti is more than a tinkerer — he is apparently a gifted engineer: He managed something that the most proven machines failed in recent years: Design, construction and operation…
Many amateur lab workers have their darkroom in the basement or in the attic, but at least in places that are otherwise rarely used. In addition, there is often a…
Those who splice their film with tape know the air bubbles that occasionally gather under the adhesive film. From Würker (and later Wittner) there was the practical tape roller with…
Many small gauge film makers do not even know that there is a Double-X between the (now discontinued) Plus-X and the still very popular Tri-X. As the name suggests, its…
For some time now, one of my cameras piling up is a Agfa Microflex 100, which seems to be still working flawlessly. At the very least, test shots with…