<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Justin,</div><div><br></div><div>The Japanese cinematographer/engineer's name is Yasuharu Araki. I am not sure if he is selling his VistaVision cameras. Are you on Facebook?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2248960670/user/100008107334482/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2248960670/user/100008107334482/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Nicholas </div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 00:10, Justin Skrundz via Cinema <<a href="mailto:cinema@konvas.org">cinema@konvas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hey there, I've been making (independent) films myself on an Arri 3. Are you in touch much with the mentioned "Japanese cinematographer/engineer" with the custom vista vision cameras? I've been looking to shoot sections of a long form documentary I've been working on with a larger format. Think I'd have a chance at buying one? Long shot, but had to ask, sounds interesting</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-J</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 9:56 PM Nicholas Kovats via Cinema <<a href="mailto:cinema@konvas.org" target="_blank">cinema@konvas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Greetings from the frozen tundra.<div><br></div><div>I continue to create films with my Bolex UltraPan8 2.8 R8 camera. Les Bosher made a PL Mount adapter for it. Shoot some 35mm with an Arri III. Touched the French hand of God when I shot 16mm with an Aaton XTR Prod. Purchased two (2) Photo-Sonics Actionmaster 500 fps pin registered cams. Converted one to PL Mount. Both run on much smaller powerful LiPO batteries (28.8 - 30V). Purchased a French legend regarding the tiny whisper quiet reflex Eclair ACL II. Restoring my unique UltraPan8 projector. Discovered a Japanese cinematographer/engineer who had six (6!) custom FF VistaVision cameras made in the nineties. Tiny things with standard Arri 400ft mags. Logmar built 5-6x new 25 lb handheld 5-perf 65mm cameras sold to rental houses. One was used on Christopher Nolan's recent Tenet IMAX film. Logmar is also developing new pin registerd Super 8 and 16mm cameras with video HD viewfinders. My friend trashed his new stereo IMAX projector. Another Japanese filmmaker/engineer 3D printed a handheld 35mm camera absent pulldown (direct drive motors cpu controlled) and rego prints and has been testing 136 rolls of 35mm Ilford HP5. <div><br></div><div>Prices for 16mm cams such as Bolex, Eclair ACL(s), Aaton and Arri have gone through the roof and are in very limited supply globally. Even the Leitz Leicina Special Super 8 camera w/ M Mount has gone crazy price wise. </div><div><br></div><div>Someone has built a small scale dye transfer machine in his backyard and is working on improving transport and process. I suspect that "micro-engineering" projects will scale dramatically as metal based 3D printing drops in price. It is used even for military spec jet engines. </div><div><br></div><div>Take care good people of the list.</div><div><br></div><div>Nicholas </div><div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 at 22:26, Bruce Taylor via Cinema <<a href="mailto:cinema@konvas.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">cinema@konvas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">Wow! So good to see all these familiar names! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Andrew, the list has been dormant for some time. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am starting to go through my storage and will see what I can get for the old Kinor/Konvas gear. So much good stuff! It was fun. At least the optics were and are quite desirable- sold the good stuff a few years ago. I have a few oddball lenses left, mostly OCT18- I should put them on a mirrorless body and see how they look.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bruce Taylor</div><div dir="ltr">formerly Indi35.com</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"new times",serif;font-size:16px"><span></span><br></div></div></div>
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