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Author Topic: 16mm cinemascope attachment Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 09-19-2002 09:42 PM                        Is there any way to use my 2 extra Baush and Laumb Cinemascope 2 attachments on my elmo 16-CL, and how do I do so? This is for my personal viewing so it doesnt have to be perfect, just so i can watch scope prints decently.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 09-19-2002 10:24 PM                    Yes it should work provided the prime lens is not too short but I think the typical 2" lens ought to "fit through." It's just a matter of creating something to hold it in place. Of course it has to be able to focus down to whatever your throw is. Sometimes the outer ring can be removed and the internal stop filed down so you can focus to a shorter throw.  |  IP: Logged John Anastasio Master Film Handler Posts: 325 From: Trenton, NJ, USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-20-2002 05:45 AM                        Some of the 16mm guys just build "cradles" that sit in front of the projector to hold their 35mm anamorphics. The lens lays in the cradle. If you're really handy with tools, you can build an adjustable one.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 09-20-2002 06:50 AM                     A retort stand, boss and clamp, borrowed, or otherwise obtained, from a school or college chemistry lab works well for this.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-21-2002 09:08 PM                        The problem with getting the anamorphic attachment to sit correctly in front of the prime is that, once you achieve this daunting feet, you have to sit and actually watch a 16mm anamorphic image....a very painful experience.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 09-22-2002 04:03 PM                     They even make 8mm Scope prints, some with 4 channel magnetic sound. It's not true 4 track, it's matrixed onto two tracks, as with 35mm optical.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-23-2002 06:41 AM                        Yah, and when they release full S8mm versons (not those "abridged" abortions), they usually cost more than most used 35mm prints of the same title. And from what I understand, people who are into the 8mm format claim the labs that print them, mostly in the UK I think, are top notch, high quality labs and thus the prints evidently look quite impressive (compaired to what, asks I). Not that I am knocking it -- if someone has a passion for film and has chosen to go with film over video, even if it is the 8mm route....hey, more power to him.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-23-2002 02:07 PM                     Nothing against Elmo's in general, but if you've ever used an Eiki with the flip up scope lens mount you'll never use anything else. You can even build up a flat cartoon/trailer/ scope feature show on a reel and just flip it up like turning a turret when you go from the flat trailers to the scope feature with barely a "hiccup". Great design.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Atkinson Expert Film Handler Posts: 129 From: Birch Run Michigan Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-23-2002 03:51 PM                        Nothing against Eiki's in general, but if you've ever used an Elmo with the flip up scope lens mount you'll never use anything else.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-23-2002 04:21 PM                     God...I wish I'd said that!  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-24-2002 07:34 AM                        Does any studio still release anamorphic 16mm prints? Or even "letterboxed" flat reductions?  |  IP: Logged

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