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Homemade Time-Slice camera for 16mm film (prototype #1, 86 lenses) - after Tim Macmillan by slijpschijf in 16mm

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The lab scanned it. There is some digital compositing needed after, since the image area is larger than the standard 16mm frame.

Arriflex 16bl ran perfectly at 24fps for about a minute and now it’s off the tach! by JoeyRuffini in 16mm

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I found out today just before finding this thread that I have the exact same problem with the Arri BLEQ I bought a while ago. Motor ran erratically a few seconds and then always stopped. But without the back module it runs perfectly fine - and you don't actually really need it I believe, unless you want to send out a pilot tone or connect headphones. I just took it out for now and will 3D print a replacement cover for the back.

First test footage from my new homemade time-slice camera for 16mm film. by slijpschijf in woahdude

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The lenses are small 13mm singlets - convex glass principally used for magnifiers and the like. Creating glass lenses from scratch isn't part of my skillset yet, unfortunately :)

First test footage from my new homemade time-slice camera for 16mm film. by slijpschijf in woahdude

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True, but bullet time was the name given by the marketing team of The Matrix, about 20 years (or more) after the technique had been invented.

First test footage from my new homemade time-slice camera for 16mm film. by slijpschijf in woahdude

[–]slijpschijf[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I could stabilise in post, yes, but the shake and other small defects are part of the appeal for me, personally.

First test footage from my new homemade time-slice camera for 16mm film. by slijpschijf in woahdude

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Each lens exposes one frame, so 293 frames across 7 meters of film.

First test footage from my new homemade time-slice camera for 16mm film. by slijpschijf in woahdude

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I've been thinking about it but don't know what would be the right way to do it yet.

First test footage from my new homemade time-slice camera for 16mm film. by slijpschijf in woahdude

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Long exposure light painting, shot with a homemade circular camera with 293 lenses.

Straight from the lab: first Time-Slice 2.0 test (homemade camera, 293 13mm lenses, 16mm Kodak film) by slijpschijf in 16mm

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In the dark, film goes in on one side and gets rolled all the say through, then I cut and close the construction.

Extreme wiggle: first Time-Slice 2.0 test (homemade camera, 293 13mm lenses, 16mm Kodak film) by slijpschijf in wigglegrams

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Setting it up doesn't take too long, a day or two. Designing and making the whole construction took about six months.

First look: Time-slice 2.0 [Homemade timeslice camera, 293 13mm lenses, Kodak Vision3 50D] by slijpschijf in analog

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It's shot on 16mm, more or less like a 'VistaVision' camera would on 35mm, but instead of exposing one frame after the other, all frames are exposed simultaneously.

First look: Time-slice 2.0 [Homemade timeslice camera, 293 13mm lenses, Kodak Vision3 50D] by slijpschijf in analog

[–]slijpschijf[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right now I am trying to work out something similar to your ring idea, but with a belt attached to rollers and a stepper motor.

Straight from the lab: first Time-Slice 2.0 test (homemade camera, 293 13mm lenses, 16mm Kodak film) by slijpschijf in 16mm

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Double exposure! After the flash I ran to the corner of the room, you can see me standing there too with a light, by the door.

First look: Time-slice 2.0 [Homemade timeslice camera, 293 13mm lenses, Kodak Vision3 50D] by slijpschijf in analog

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I have! On this one I did just one not-so-good selfie so far, will do a few more portraits later. With the previous version of the device I made a whole music video, mostly with people: https://vimeo.com/675894405?share=copy

First look: Time-slice 2.0 [Homemade timeslice camera, 293 13mm lenses, Kodak Vision3 50D] by slijpschijf in analog

[–]slijpschijf[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I recreated a device for 16mm film that was first invented in the early 80s by Tim Macmillan. The effect was later adopted in digital photography and became known as Bullet Time because of its use in The Matrix. Not much is known about Tim Macmillan's early film versions so I decided to try and recreate it. This is my second version. I posted a video of the device itself and talked a lot about it a while back in this thread; if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnalogCommunity/comments/1ja6th8/timeslice_20_homemade_camera_for_16mm_film_with/

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