Shooting it old school…
With everything going digital nowadays, most people tend to forget about the older way of filmming things with, well, real film. Of course, most of the film equipment that was used on Hollywood sets is still priced way outside of the range of a novice filmmaker. Most Hollywood films were and some are still shot on 35mm film which is expensive in and of itself. However, there are some interesting 16mm cameras out there in the world. Many professionals and film schools like the Bolex 16mm cameras, but they are quite expensive. Another option is a camera called the Krasnogorsk-3. The K-3, as it is also known, is a Russian made 16mm movie made up to the early 1990′s. There’s very little electronics in the camera as the motor system to drive the film is powered by a hand crank, making it a very rugged camera that can be taken pretty much anywhwere without having to worry about electrical access. The other neat part about this camera is that the newer models use the Pentax lens mount so you can use standard 35mm slr lenses. Besides the camera itself, if you look for it on eBay, you’ll find that most of the time the K-3 is sold in an entire kit full of filters and accessories for usually under $300. This camera may just give you the opportunity to shoot some creative footage on real film that won’t cost you an arm and leg.
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