First shots with new adapter!
 

We are now finally finished with our spinning GG adapter. Some small adjustemts are needed, but we are very happy about the result! We are using a panasonic GS120 (3 chip) camrecorder. We lost a lot of fstops so we used a lot of light in this shot! More pictures of the adapter are coming later, but here is the shot:

http://arez.vestlan.com/dof/smoking.avi

We're glad for all replies, and hopefully you guys can help us become better!

that was awesome!

looked like those 70s 80s 35mm films

cool look

thanks! it's true, it looks a bit old! i think it's because the gg is a bit too much gritted.

Rune,
What are you using as your GG disk, and how are you spinning it?

Thanks,
Wayne.

this i by the way a shot with my old adapter.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=46518

Wayne,
I must admit, I cheated! I found a gritted cd in the bottom of a cd spindle i had! I don't have the name of the spindle type but I can come back to it.

the cd is spinning with a cd player motor (diskman) with two 1,5V batteries.

interesting look there, very reminiscent to the original Agus35 shots of himself smoking the cigarette. Could be just the look your after, depending on your project.

Keep it up.

Wayne.

Wayne,
It's a long time since I saw that Agus35 shot, but you might be right. do you know where i can find that shot with him smoking?

Ive got a copy of it Rune, I was so impressed i made a folder and kept all the initial agus stuff. I still reckon the grain on those looks cooler than all the stuff now with no grain.

I will ftp it for you if you give me an address.

Cheers,
Ben

ps
Agus where are you? Also what is your opinion on everyone ca$hing in on your idea

Agus lives. the Daddy of the 35mm adapter.
I talk to him on msn daily. Infact, i offered to send him an SG35 unit with no charge to say thankyou. He only wanted the GG and mechanism though. He doesnt come about much here anymore as he is very busy with projects.

Wayne.

Does anybody have any footage of someone breathing and speaking through a hole in their larynx after throat/lung cancer, shot on a 35mm adapter?

Don't be like that dude. We don't need this to turn into one of "those" message boards. Just keep it to yourself.

What was that for?

Spoken like a true smoker! ;-)

Michael, it was a reference to how so many test shots with 35mm adapters, are of people smoking cigarettes. Those who have been lurking since the days of the Agus35 I am sure got the joke.

i was one of those agus lurkers and i didn't get it at first either... and with one of my first 35 tests being a guy smoking, i'm guilty too!

btw, in film school, almost everyone's first few projects had a smoking scene. i actually worked really hard to try and exclude smoking scenes in my projects. it's funny, now that i think of it.

Smokers...
 

Some even make features out of them. "Coffee and cigarettes", anyone?

Couldn't stand it. Sorry, Mr. Jarmush.

By the way, I'm happy that I now get the joke. I admit, wet behind the ears!
I promise. No smoke in test footage. Ever.

Signed, <Insert doodle here> Kurt August

I have a movie on my site where the guy smokes the whole time, it basically relies on his smoking of the cigarette for drama. But in fact we made it to mock the idea of dramatic acting with a cigarette, so at least we meant it in jest.

Believe it or not...or search back in threads. Craig Bellaire was thinking about 'smoking a GG', but I must say, the subject says: 'One Last Idea.'

<<<I've been thinking of this for a while now... get a clear filter and blow smoke from a cigarette at it until it fogs? And project your image on it.>>

(sorry, Craig, to use your serious ideas for my cheap jokes, but Bill started it with his ink (tar) black humor.)

I don't and have never smoked, but whatever. It's kinda hard to tell sarcasm over the internet, so if you could possibly put one of your ; ) things next to what you write in the future, it might clear things up.