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Film Crew: 1974
Submitted by tterrace on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 6:36pm.
On location in Santa Cruz, California, my brother and me, garbed appropriately for the period. My Braun Nizo was something like the BMW of Super-8 movie cameras (the Bolex being perhaps the Mercedes): f1.8 11-to-1 zoom lens, lap dissolve function, 18, 24 and 54 fps filming speeds, auto and manual exposure. I see I haven't yet gotten my Bilora tripod with the super-smooth pan head. I'm 28, and already wisps of gray hair are appearing. Cropped from a 35mm Ektachrome shot by my sister-in-law. View full size.
Triple Farked
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 4:05pm.
The latest entry, posted by CiliarySpasm.
Double Fark
Submitted by tterrace on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 3:12pm.
Particularly clever is this one, where someone grabbed me from another Shorpy shot and stuck me into it, so I'm taking a picture of myself getting my picture taken.
Oscars? Meh. Farksters? Yeh!
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 2:58pm.
Farked again! Thanks to Geo and mrdj for the alert. Be sure to check out the voting results.
Great Heavenly Days Dude!
Submitted by landtuna on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 2:19pm.
Did we really dress like that?
Super-8
Submitted by PatQ on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 2:11pm.
I had a Beaulieu Super-8 camera with a moving mirror for true thru-the-lens viewfinder, but the exposure time was only 25% of a frame, losing a precious F-stop of speed. The F1.8 Angenieux lens was water-clear, but I ended up getting a Canon with regular beamsplitter viewfinding, normal 50% shutter, and f 1.4 lens, which offered 2 f-stops more low-light, invaluable even after Kodachrome 40 came in.
re: Central Coast Locale
Submitted by tterrace on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 3:45am.
Right you are, foodmonster. Just above La Selva Beach, as a matter of fact. No way I could have remembered the exact spot after all these years, but thanks to your hint, I tracked it down.
Central Coast Local
Submitted by foodmonster on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 11:25pm.
I'm pretty sure that this was taken on the rest stop on Highway 1 just south of Soquel
Delivery Requirements
Submitted by TahoePines on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 9:11pm.
(Hint_Hint_Hint)
YouTube might be a dandy place to upload all that converted footage that you shot, developed, and so carefully edited.
Super-8 telecine is cheap nowadays - lotsa folks doing it.
I play a bit with 16 and 35 myself, but not as my prime business.
In '74 I had finally completed my military obligations and was soon to be involved in the design and implementation of various discos and a few recording studios - so I, too, looked the part.
I grokked.
Can you relate?
Groovy Look
Submitted by DoninVa on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 8:12pm.
In 1974 I was graduating from college in San Francisco, one of the few GI Bill students, and I looked much like your brother with cranberry cords and a pseudo-sheep skin jacket over a turtleneck. Color the hair and mustache red, and it's me.
Santa Cruz local
Submitted by Creading on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 8:06pm.
Tterrace,
Where in Santa Cruz was the picture taken?
Pay no attention to that man ...
Submitted by tterrace on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 7:59pm.
He's not the man behind the site. It's me, just a user like you.
The man behind the site
Submitted by neillk on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 7:47pm.
Nice to finally see who's cranking out the cool old photos.
Keep us the great work!
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