Apparently, The big three motion picture camera manufacturers — Aaton, ARRI, and Panavision — have all halted production on traditional 35mm cameras. It's only digital film; all those reels are no more. That means that film will become increasingly scarce. It's scary that most of the movies from the 1990s are now considered bygone as a result of this. This includes celluoid, which was used to create drawings for cartoons; 2D animation is still around, and doable in a "cel-inspired format", but this is another victim. My condolences to the original inventors/developers of this groundbreaking device.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/big-screen/2011/oct/14/dig-a-hole-the-35mm-movie-camera-1888-2011/

Another breed from the Industrial Age gone to waste; and there isn't much remaining.

Porn made the transition nearly thirty years ago.

Up until the late 60's, "stag films" were done on grainy 8mm stock.  Then in the late 60's and early 70's they upgraded to the much more expansive 16mm format as Porn became "chic".

Then came the Golden Age of the mid to late 1970's... porno flicks shot in glorious 35mm film stock.  But that era lasted only 4 or 5 years, when video took over.  :-\\

Porn made the transition nearly thirty years ago.

Up until the late 60's, "stag films" were done on grainy 8mm stock.  Then in the late 60's and early 70's they upgraded to the much more expansive 16mm format as Porn became "chic".

Then came the Golden Age of the mid to late 1970's... porno flicks shot in glorious 35mm film stock.  But that era lasted only 4 or 5 years, when video took over.   :-\\


Yeah I remember the 35mm being used in loads of porn in the 1970's and early 1980's,Now how are they gonna shoot porn flicks? ???

Yeah I remember the 35mm being used in loads of porn in the 1970's and early 1980's,Now how are they gonna shoot porn flicks? ???


Videotape or direct-to-digital

Porn made the transition nearly thirty years ago.


You watch so much porn, I am starting to wonder if you are Ron Jeremy in disguise :D

You watch so much porn, I am starting to wonder if you are Ron Jeremy in disguise :D


Actually it's been years since I saw a skin flick.

But the Ron Jeremy thing... yeah, I get that alot...

I remember cheap skin flicks from the eighties when they switched to video cameras, you could see vapor trails in the bad lighting!
:D

Videotape or direct-to-digital


and DVDs.

You watch so much porn, I am starting to wonder if you are Ron Jeremy in disguise :D


Nah,I'm not that hairy,the difference is he's had sex I just had foreplay (with clothes on) ::)

Actually it's been years since I saw a skin flick.

But the Ron Jeremy thing... yeah, I get that alot...


I have videotapes of porn anyone want a few?  ;D

I remember cheap skin flicks from the eighties when they switched to video cameras, you could see vapor trails in the bad lighting!
:D


and so many close ups too. :o ;D

Back on topic:

Um, April Fool's Day is April 1, not October 18/19.  ::)

Seriously, this must be a joke. The death of 35mm would kill my directing career before it even begins.  :\'( I will shoot most everything on film. I guess Nolan is gonna quit directing too. He swears by film, and so will I.

We shall rise, and we shall keep 35mm film alive. Film or die.

http://media.sdreader.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2011/Oct/14/Panavision1_t400.jpg

Then came the Golden Age of the mid to late 1970's... porno flicks shot in glorious 35mm film stock.  But that era lasted only 4 or 5 years, when video took over.   :-\\
those were the days. it actually survived until around 1985 or so, boogie nights simplified the equation for dramatic reasons but there are a lot of glorious porn flicks from the early 80s shot on 35mm. "cafe flesh" is a life-changer.

cafe flesh even had a slow-motion camera! those were high maintenance for a bunch of reasons. very expensive, lots of moving parts, and if you blow a take (sorry!) you've just wasted like three times as much film. people these days don't realize how hard it was to capture even the most rudimentary effects like slow motion before computers became a big part of the equation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGyWmcfIVU

Back on topic:

Um, April Fool's Day is April 1, not October 18/19.  ::)

Seriously, this must be a joke. The death of 35mm would kill my directing career before it even begins.  :\'( I will shoot most everything on film. I guess Nolan is gonna quit directing too. He swears by film, and so will I.

We shall rise, and we shall keep 35mm film alive. Film or die.

http://media.sdreader.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2011/Oct/14/Panavision1_t400.jpg


I've been waiting for quite some time to see the world's first porn flick filmed in the awesome 70mm IMAX format.  Let's hope I live to see that day...  :P

those were the days. it actually survived until around 1985 or so, boogie nights simplified the equation for dramatic reasons but there are a lot of glorious porn flicks from the early 80s shot on 35mm. "cafe flesh" is a life-changer.


Then people shot film a diffferent way.

I've been waiting for quite some time to see the world's first porn flick filmed in the awesome 70mm IMAX format.  Let's hope I live to see that day...   :P


Why don't you buy one LB?  ???

Why don't you buy one LB?  ???


Well for starters because an IMAX camera costs something like $300,000.  And the film is ridiculously expensive.  :P

Well for starters because an IMAX camera costs something like $300,000.  And the film is ridiculously expensive.  :P


C'mon you make money go buy a tape.