Was just wondering what anyone thinks about the Ultra16mm format?
I found out about it about 6 months ago and made the conversion to my Bolex EBM myself but have yet to shoot any film...
If you're not familiar with it, basically, it allows those of us with older 16mm cameras to get the gate machined on both sides (instead of one side like for Super16), giving an older 16mm camera a new aspect ratio of 1:80. It needs to widened only .7mm on each side.
This way, we don't have to have our older cameras converted to Super16 (might not be cost effective and some cameras can't even be converted to Super16) and have the lens mount recentered.
The only real problem is allowing (during framing/shooting) for the additional room on both sides of the frame since you are not having your viewfinder modified...
Seems like a great inexpensive way to achieve a widescreen format with old equipment... Of course I'd much rather shoot with Super16 but I already have old cameras that are easily modified to Ultra16 not easily modified (too expensive) to Super16.
You can read more about here:
Ultra16mm Format
filmy
I found out about it about 6 months ago and made the conversion to my Bolex EBM myself but have yet to shoot any film...
If you're not familiar with it, basically, it allows those of us with older 16mm cameras to get the gate machined on both sides (instead of one side like for Super16), giving an older 16mm camera a new aspect ratio of 1:80. It needs to widened only .7mm on each side.
This way, we don't have to have our older cameras converted to Super16 (might not be cost effective and some cameras can't even be converted to Super16) and have the lens mount recentered.
The only real problem is allowing (during framing/shooting) for the additional room on both sides of the frame since you are not having your viewfinder modified...
Seems like a great inexpensive way to achieve a widescreen format with old equipment... Of course I'd much rather shoot with Super16 but I already have old cameras that are easily modified to Ultra16 not easily modified (too expensive) to Super16.
You can read more about here:
Ultra16mm Format
filmy