[KineJapan] I was born but... film gauge

Steven Elworth steven.elworth at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 22:51:29 EDT 2020


I want to thank everybody of hoe the choice of the equipment tells us about
the class of the boss

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 7:46 PM Desser, David M via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

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> Thanks.  That close-up image of the film reel clearly indicates 16mm.  It
> was not necessarily a crucial question, but Markus' point about it being
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> *From:* KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of
> Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 25, 2020 9:53 AM
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> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
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> *Cc:* Markus Nornes <nornes at umich.edu>
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> *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] I was born but... film gauge
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> Pathé's 9.5mm was popular because it was cheap and caught on.
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> But as mentioned, the boss definitely had 16mm—and that meant that he was
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> 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
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> If you really need to figure it out, there are a lot of crazy
> camera collector pages out there like this one:
> https://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/cinelist.html
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> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 3:28 AM Jasper Sharp via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> I think the 9.5mm Pathe Baby was the home cinema camera of choice in 1930s
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> *From:* KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
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> on behalf of Desser, David M via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
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> *Sent:* 24 August 2020 18:33
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> *To:* kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
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> *Cc:* Desser, David M <desser at illinois.edu>
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> *Subject:* [KineJapan] I was born but... film gauge
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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?
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> You can reply to me privately if you'd like:
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> desser at illinois.edu or to this list in case there is controversy.  😄
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