Buckles Blog: From Chic Silber #1

Friday, September 14, 2012

For Harry & Paul & others of their persuasion

Harry Kingston said...: Chic,
Thanks for the great pic of a real work horse of a camera with it's 400 foot magazine.
Harry in Texas; 14 September, 2012 06:16
Chic Silber said...: What's the running time of 400 ft

I recall silent was a different

speed than sound later on; 14 September, 2012 09:35
Anonymous said...: I second Harry's comment Chic, for this and the others.

Paul in shhhh NJ; 14 September, 2012 10:59
Harry Kingston said...: Chic,
All I know is sound speed as 35mm is 90 feet a minute at 24 frames.
Usually with a hand cranked camera it was two revolutions a second.
If you under cranked you got the moving real fast on the screen like the keystone cops.
The tripod had to be real heavy as with hand cranking the picture would be shaking all over the place.
All that old film was nitrate which is very flamiable.
But were those old films just beautiful when in sharp focus and exposed correct.
Harry in Texas; 14 September, 2012 11:43

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