http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse.jpg A Film Blog from a 35mm Motion Picture Camera Rental Company Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:08:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The world of 35mm film formats… it’s a wonderful thing. So much versatility in a single strip of film! Unlike 16mm or Super8, 35mm motion picture film does not use one perforation per frame. From the beginning, standard 35mm film used 4 perforations per frame. There were a few variations, ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse/2008/09/03/35mm-film-2-perf-3-perf-4-perf-flat-4-perf-anamorphic/ Kind of shaky this morning! Today in L.A. we had a moderate earthquake, just enough to get everyone’s blood moving a little faster. Coincidentally, I was involved in a discussion concerning an image “shake” problem. The first assumption was that there may be a registration problem with the film camera. ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse/2008/08/13/maintaining-a-steady-film-image/ I read a lot of posts these days with a lot of confusion concerning film formats. In a short blog I can’t get into the smaller details, but I can provide a general outline that will at least get you started. Many young filmmakers coming up have not actually worked ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse/2008/08/13/film-formats-35mm-super-16-super-8/ This week a batch of my lenses went off to Paul Duclos of Duclos Lenses for service.  Some of them need general service, a dropped one needs to be sorted out, and the gigantic Ekran 25- 500mm zoom needs a restoration. Regular maintenance service is such a big part of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse/2008/08/05/these-arent-disposable-machines/ I have to admit, I have more of a “tech geek” in me than I like at times. This whole thing got started when I bought a Russian 35mm camera from a guy in NY that couldn’t get it to work for a music video he was trying ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse/2008/07/23/shooting-a-film-in-35mm-the-trick-to-doing-it-cheap/   Browsing Ebay one day when he should have been working on spreadsheets, The Camera Rental Guy discovered late model “Iron Curtain” era Russian motion picture cameras. It looked like Mosfilm was doing a little housecleaning. The nutty belief that a few people in Hollywood would want to rent them to ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse/2008/06/30/the-camera-rental-house/