Re: B&W Camera picks up IR??

[rrosener <rrosener@xxxxxxxxxx>]

p geller wrote:

> Luvdove6@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Well...  like I said, they called it a CP-16 film camera...  so its 16mm of
> > some kind!?  And you know how the Blair Witch Project was all on home video
> > type of equipment because they were kids with a LOW film budget so I'm
> > assuming they didn't use all those expensive tricks  ;-)   The camera was
> > really big I remember...  with a huge round lens...  that is about all I
> > know!  I fell in love with the results though  ;-)  If no one knows what I'm
> > talking about then maybe it was all effects!  Anyway thanks for the reply!
> > ~Holly~
> OK enough already!
> A cp 16 is a CINEMA PRODUCTS 16mm reflex single system
> crystal sync sound film camera.
> I used to use one as did about every TV station in the US.
> It was the camera of choice for news gathering. It weighed about
> 12 pounds with a self contained battery and a 400 foot film
> magazine that would let you film for 12 minutes before you ran
> out of film and had to reload.
> As to the film stock. Kodak will , for a price, make any format
> available by cutting it down from a larger roll (as some list members
> know).
> Movie makers have multi=million$$$ budgets and can afford such things.
> Another scenario - they could have shot hie in a 35 mm film camera and
> had a 16 mm print made.
> Phil
>
>

Although I've not seen the film, it's possible they used another manufacturers
film and printed it. Ilford does make black & white cine film, and if I remember
right, the SFX near IR films were produced for automated motion picture traffic
booths. It stands to reason that this could be what was used for many of the film
and TV commercials we've been discussing.

Russ Rosener



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