<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Pathé's 9.5mm was popular because it was cheap and caught on. <div><br></div><div>But as mentioned, the boss definitely had 16mm—and that meant that he was really monied. It's a small, but important, detail in the film's class discourse. </div><div><br></div><div>Judging from the shape of the camera and how he's holding it, it's probably a Bell and Howell. But I think Bolex was making cameras with this vertical profile. </div><div><br></div><div>If you really need to figure it out, there are a lot of crazy camera collector pages out there like this one: <a href="https://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/cinelist.html">https://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/cinelist.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Markus<br><div><br><div><img src="cid:ii_kea5ppka1" alt="Screen Shot 2020-08-25 at 10.21.29 AM.png" width="412" height="301"><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kea5o13q0" alt="Screen Shot 2020-08-25 at 10.20.12 AM.png" width="412" height="316"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 3:28 AM Jasper Sharp via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">




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I think the 9.5mm Pathe Baby was the home cinema camera of choice in 1930s Japan.</div>
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<div id="gmail-m_6500322166647612629divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>> on behalf of Desser, David M via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 August 2020 18:33<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Desser, David M <<a href="mailto:desser@illinois.edu" target="_blank">desser@illinois.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [KineJapan] I was born but... film gauge</font>
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Can anyone tell me the film gauge of the home-movie in I Was Born But...?  It seems like it's too small for 16mm.  Is it 9.5?</div>
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Thanks.</div>
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You can reply to me privately if you'd like: <a href="mailto:desser@illinois.edu" target="_blank">desser@illinois.edu</a> or to this list in case there is controversy.  <span id="gmail-m_6500322166647612629x_😄">😄</span></div>
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