[Konvas] High Speed shooting and Konvas 1m

[Steve Zimmerman]

I was definitely planing on just using something like steadytracker or smoothcam, or whatever Final Cut has as post plugin for steadying the picture.  I have no plans on making a contact print, just 2k scans at best, and a 1080p master  The shorter shutter speed should give a sharp image for the software to lock onto right?  I may just order the 50fps motor because it's cheaper too.
 
Steve Zimmerman

--- On Mon, 3/8/10, Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com> wrote:


From: Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com>
Subject: Re: [Konvas] High Speed shooting and Konvas 1m
To: "Konvas Discussion List" <cinema at konvas.org>
Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 11:21 AM


Steve Zimmerman wrote:
> I'm curious to hear others experiences or tips with shooting high
> speed with a Konvas.

I don't want to swear to it, but I think anymore than about 40fps will not be good. The 1M/2M design just isn't ideal for high speeds, especially with the rotating mirror.

The TEMP SKL was made for higher speed work - and may work a lot better than the Konvas.

If you really need the higher frame rates, but don't have a lot of extra cash to plop down on a TEMP SKL, then look into cheating on your Konvas with 16mm and using something like a Filmo, which does up to 64fps, and modifying it for Super16 (or Ultra16) for better blowing up to 35mm.

I can't remember what frame rate you can get the Krasnogorsk up to, but you may want to look into that as well...


Cheers,

Adam Frey
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