Re: Eclair ACL Merry Christmas!

[Mark <super16acl@aol.com>]

The Angeneux primes aren't great. While in theory a prime should be sharper 
than a zoom (all things equal), I'll bet that the zoom can't be any worse. 
But I've never done a side-by-side.

There are two great cost advantages to Super 16 over 35mm. At a shooting 
ratio over somewhere around 8:1, you are saving big money even with the cost 
of blow-up figured in. Also, impovershed indies tend to start a project 
without having the entire budget up front, and shoot over time as the money 
comes in. Super 16 allows you to defer a big chunk of cash to the very end 
(the blow-up). Also, some projects (like "Leaving Las Vegas") benefit from 
the style that is given by extreme camera mobility. Many indie filmmakers 
like to operate themselves; my body can barely handle the weight of S-16 with 
a 400' mag (-wimp-, I know) --- 35mm would be out of the question. In fact 
I've done a prototype conversion of an ACL 200' mag to accomodate 350 feet of 
film just to get the camera even lighter still! (the conversion is way too 
much effort, machine work and $$$ to be practical).

Happy New Year to all. Mark.

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