[Konvas] loading BW film

[Adam Frey]

I placed the answers under your questions:

Brandon Esten wrote:
> Oh oh. I made an assumption that may be wrong; doesn't the reel from the 
> Koodak can load straight into the Konvas 400ft (120m) mag?

Yes.


> My arri16sb loads this way... I just don't understand why you are
> 'cutting' with scissors? I may not have all the necessary pieces
> then... besides the fact I definately need a handful of takeup reels
> it seems I need feed reels too?

If you want to shoot only 100' of the 400' of film, then scissors are 
more or less necessary to make that happen... Unless you want to pay 
extra money for no reason.

> Here is another nooby question I had better ask up front: on the feed 
> reel, you take the lead from the right hand side of the reel and feed it 
> from 'underneath' to the first sprocket right? Yea, it can't go the other 
> way otherwise it would run backwards... Never mind. 

???? Huh????

I think you are asking how to load the camera. See my previous post...

> More about the cutting you mentioned: we are probably going to shoot all 
> of this film, start to stop. Does the 'big' Konvas mag handle an entire 
> 400ft load, or do you need to trim some of it off? This may be what you 
> mean by cutting the film... I'm not messing with the 'small' mags I 
> don't have the moded takeup spools anyhow.

No trimming. You just won't alway shoot all that you think you will. OR, 
you will shoot all that you think you will and then a few hundred feet 
extra... But then you'll still have that extra 250' left over and 
sitting in your fridge waiting for you to use it when you are ready...

> Then, once you are done shooting, you just send the takeup spool to the 
> lab right? You don't have to rewind it or anything right? 

No rewinding.

If you've never shot film, it's easy:
You load raw film into the magazine.
Load the mag into the camera.
Shoot the film (be sure to check the gate for hairs).
Unload the film (take-up spool) from the mag.
Take it to the lab.
Sit back, watch, and enjoy,

You really should ask the lab to make a positive print. That way you can 
watch it on their projector. You will seriously fall in love with film 
at that point...

Cheers,

Adam Frey
Director/Cinematographer
Crimson Chain Productions
http://crimsonchain.com

Crimson Chain Productions
PO Box 35
Libertytown, MD 21771