captured memories of a motion picture photographer, my time behind a film camera.
filmcan's Articles In Entertainment
August 24, 2009 by filmcan
  Yes, and in fact, many are. No modern movie camera is more precise than those classic pin-registered film movements. They really knew how to build them in 1926, and the cameras still work, millions of feet of film later. To get a particularly difficult shot, it's not uncommon for visual effects cameramen to dust off a trusty 35mm Mitchell GC, NC, or BNC film camera. To alter time, fast or slow, just add a stop-motion or high-speed motor. Build the camera on its r...