[Konvas] Bolex reflex lens? (off-topic)

Adam Frey thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com
Wed Feb 25 13:54:58 CST 2009


I have a friend that's wants to do a shoot this summer. He will be 
shooting in HD, but wants to rent one of my 16mm cameras for a certain 
shot. He wants something that can go high speed for one of those 
slow-motion effects to make a punch look very cliché, kinda like in the 
old Rocky films (it's a comedy). Btw: Can anyone tell me what kind of 
frame rates they were doing to shoot those punches? I was thinking about 
120-150fps?

I'm not in a hurry, since the shoot is this summer, but I'm looking for 
an inexpensive c-mount through-the-lens-viewing lens (like the old 
non-reflex Bolex cameras sometimes had), for my one high-speed 16mm 
camera rig. Preferably a zoom in good condition (and hopefully fairly 
fast). Like the old Bolexes, this high speed camera is non-reflex.

Can anyone tell me what viewing-thru-the-lens makes/models are out 
there, especially those in c-mount? Anyone know what the older lenses in 
decent shape usually run so I can start budgeting?

It should look something like this, except, of course, in C-mount:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170305517940


Thanks,

Adam Frey
Director/Cinematographer
Crimson Chain Productions
http://crimsonchain.com
Cell:301-639-7146

Crimson Chain Productions
PO Box 35
Libertytown, MD 21771



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