Bolex D16: RAW, 16/Super 16 sensor size, costs less than MkIII

Also nice to see the Super 16 format alive and well, oscar nominated 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' and 'Moonrise Kingdom' are great examples.

In the D16 and maybe others I'm hoping that the digital equivalent of Super 16 stays healthy for many years to come.
 
Please forgive me if this has already been posted. I'm happy for them. It looks like this is actually going to happen. Congrats to them and everyone who pre-ordered.

ps....I know it ain't over till the fat lady sings....but they're looking pretty good.

 
Digital Bolex will be at NAB hanging out at the Pomfort booth for the most part. Looks like they will have fully operational cameras on hand too as well as demonstrations of Pomfort's raw DIT processing software.
 
Jade Lane said:
Also nice to see the Super 16 format alive and well, oscar nominated 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' and 'Moonrise Kingdom' are great examples.

In the D16 and maybe others I'm hoping that the digital equivalent of Super 16 stays healthy for many years to come.
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Watched Moonrise Kingdom last week on PPV. Very funny movie, great cast, well written, looked great too. The 16mm aesthetic is alive and well in the hands of filmmakers like these.
 
Ryan Patrick O'Hara said:
It's also film. An aesthetic very vulnverable on 16mm. Was a good movie indeed.
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Fuji is stopping production of motion picture film this year, Kodak will be the only game in town. A shame really.

Digital Bolex, SI2k, and Ikonoskop are at present the only digital cinema 16mm/S16mm alternatives going forward. (Red too in 2k format). Ultimately I think 4k m4/3 format will become the S16 of the digital era.
 
Razz16mm said:
Fuji is stopping production of motion picture film this year, Kodak will be the only game in town. A shame really.

Digital Bolex, SI2k, and Ikonoskop are at present the only digital cinema 16mm/S16mm alternatives going forward. (Red too in 2k format). Ultimately I think 4k m4/3 format will become the S16 of the digital era.
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I go to movies now and have to look up the IMBD to see what it was shot on. I can't afford to shoot, develop, and transfer film. Digital projection means less expense for film prints, you don't see beat up prints, and limited run features have a better chance to show in more towns. Won't miss film a bit.
 
Jeez, are they still planning to release this? Any camera that takes this long to reach the market, doesn't give me any faith in the aftercare and support.
 
Still tweaking sensor calibration and firmware, and making good progress. This is a much more complex process with CCD than with CMOS as multi-stage calibration of gain and AD between the analog sensor, the FPGA processors, and the digital output is up to the camera engineers. CMOS it is mostly already hard coded into the sensor when it is made. It has only been a few weeks since they have had a full assembled production camera to work with and only a couple of weeks since they synchronized all of the clocks on the various circuit boards to be able to output images.

We know the camera works. Joe was not happy enough with the IQ at this early stage of tuning to want to share images. Tough but correct decision IMO. This is not a mass market driven product anyway, it is a limited production boutique camera that already has more of a committed group of buyers than they can produce cameras for this year.
 
dustylense said:
D.O.A. and it hasn't even arrived.
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I"m not sure about that. It may be perfect for the hipster crowd that doesn't read film forums or worry about the latest tech but wants something to use creatively that produces a good image.

There are film makers that don't know the difference between CMOS and CCD and never heard of a global shutter and don't want to learn about it either.
 
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