Slothorp Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 "A man of his time", a French film which was part of the official selection at Cannes and was very well received, was shot entirely on a digital Bolex. https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-man-of-his-time-review-a-superb-swann-arlaud-powers-emmanuel-marres-ambitious-overlong-vichy-france-drama/5217030.article Andrew - EOSHD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Nikolai Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Pretty cool. I found this article about the cameras used in each of the films at Cannes. It's pretty interesting. This film is shown. (Alphabetical under M. About two-thirds of the way down. ) https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/cannes-2026-cameras-lenses-arri-alexa-35/screenshot-231/ There's a picture of the director holding a camera. It's so rigged up that it's hard to see but looks like a Digital Bolex with the PL mount. It says they used two of them, a PL mount one and a C mount one. The second one not rigged up and hand held. Looks like they used a variety of lenses too. In the picture it looks like a vintage Angenieux zoom. There's mention of a TV lens and CCTV primes. Here's a quote. Quote I think we really enjoy the process of finding the right tool for each project. The Digital Bolex D16 quickly emerged as a great choice as it offered something both close and different from 16mm film. We made our B camera very small, handheld… It allowed us long takes with a feel similar to footage shot with an original Bolex film camera. That's been my experience as well. I shot 16mm some decades ago on a 1970s Bolex and a 1930s Victor (that had been fished out of a dumpster behind an NFB office.) so I'm familiar with that and of course many different video cameras over the years. The Digital Bolex is closer to a 16mm camera than to a video camera in both how you operate and how the image looks. kye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier Vanaschen Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 https://www.afcinema.com/Emmanuel-Marre-director-and-Olivier-Boonjing-SBC-director-of-photography-discuss-the-technical-and-aesthetic-choices-made-for-Notre-salut.html?lang=en Andrew - EOSHD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Nikolai Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM 3 hours ago, Olivier Vanaschen said: https://www.afcinema.com/Emmanuel-Marre-director-and-Olivier-Boonjing-SBC-director-of-photography-discuss-the-technical-and-aesthetic-choices-made-for-Notre-salut.html?lang=en Good article. Interesting discussion of both the technical aspects as well as how they support the story. Thank you. At the bottom, the article shows the camera set ups in this image. https://www.afcinema.com/IMG/jpg/les_outils_du_tournage.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew - EOSHD Posted 3 hours ago Administrators Share Posted 3 hours ago Great to see it's still being used at this level. Looking at the linked image from above, I much prefer the handheld setup! I really wish someone would revive the same form factor and Kodak CCD sensor. Is it really doomed to be a one off? Can the same look ever be revived with a modern CMOS sensor? I have my doubts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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