EUMIG C16 16mm Camera Breakdown / Overview / Review & Results | Filmboy24

My take on the Eumig C16 16mm Spring Driven Movie Camera.
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[@thissidetowardscreen4553]

Excellent video Mike! Very interesting camera! Great footage! Love the coffee segment, reminded me of a 1970s instructional film. Could imagine the deep narrators voice talking about adding the coffee, then pouring in the cold clean water to ensure the delicious cup of coffee! :) Thanks for sharing and see you on the next Sunday live stream!

[@Filmboy24]

Thank you, Jeffrey!! That coffee film was fun, but I forgot just how much work goes into setting up shot after shot after shot, lol.

[@cecildeville6950]

Love it ! Great review, thanks Mike. It is great to have you back on KZbin.

[@Filmboy24]

Thank you, Cecil! Great to be back!!

[@DethronerX]

This camera looks badass and with all those controls and love the footage, especially the coffee scene, that looked exactly like from the old times, those commercials

[@Filmboy24]

I'm with you, these cameras look awesome! Thanks!!

[@meinhard100]

Hi Mike! what a surprise (or coincidence)! Presenting a camera produced in Austria (Wien is the capital) where I am from. And I hope the Arri part arrives soon!!! By the way the story of the Eumig company is a real sad one. Their last commercial flop before they went under was the Polaroid movie film equipment they produced for Polaroid - Video made it obsolete. Enjoyed your way of presentation very much Meinhard

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks so much, Meinhard!! The Arri Matte Box arrived today!! I really appreciate it and will be emailing you today.

[@saldenaro2221]

Thank you Mike for pointing out the features of this eumig camera, I have one but never tried filming with iit yet, maybe soon?

[@Filmboy24]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!!

[@russellrichardson554]

Hi Michael, many thanks for this! I have a (broken!!) C16 that I’m trying to find a repair service for. A replacement spring… or maybe the gears are stripped… we’ll see. But what I’d like to mention is that the lenses are fantastic (fast and sharp) and the rounded shape (minus the flat stand) makes it a wonderful hand-held tool. With not very much practice (stay with me on this…) you can hugely simplify the operation AND improve you filmmaking: just don’t use the viewfinder at all. Don’t hold the camera to your eye. Sounds crazy, but you can very easily point in the right direction (like throwing a baseball) and a little thought gets you to naturally hold the camera more or less level. If you keep moving, even slowly; or if the subject is moving, you can see that precise static framing isn’t necessary or helpful. You get the hang of this real fast. Then if you set the wide angle to infinity; and the telephoto to the hyper focal distance (marked!) you don’t have to fiddle with the focus either. In films I’ve made, I use this camera as a B camera, and end up using way more than the sometimes dull “better” cameras. My 3 cents worth! Again thanks

[@Filmboy24]

Hey Russell, thank so much for that! I've done quite a bit of "no viewfinder" filming over the years, but as you said, it does take a bit of practice :) I'm definitely with you on the fact that some of these "lower end" 16mm cameras can deliver results just as good as the "professional" ones. Thanks again!!

[@janthorpe9144]

I'm in Australia. I can recommend an expert here if needed . I have one in excellent condition that he partially CLA'd. I have too many 16 mm camera's so I'm thinking of selling it. I'm mainly using my Elmo Super 110 now. Although it's super 8 - the results are great! Cheers.

[@Filmboy24]

@@janthorpe9144 Feel free to pop the person's name in the comments if you'd like, someone might find it quite useful. Thanks so much!!

[@russellrichardson554]

@@janthorpe9144 haha... thanks for the info. I have to say the sheer cost (and time) of shipping something to Australia is probably self-defeating (how much do I want to invest to fix a rather clunky $300 camera? when I could pick up a used Arri 16mm for a similar price?

[@janthorpe9144]

I agree!

[@stikkisoxx]

Thanks for another well done and informative video Mike...cheers!

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks, Rich!!

[@leonhusemann2198]

Direct out of Fallout, love the shape of the Body, crazy Thing

[@Filmboy24]

It really is a cool design!

[@I.O.M.]

Never noticed that coffee cup before 👍 of course cool camera.

[@Filmboy24]

Thank you!!

[@flyingo]

Way cool! Yes, this model of “Oi-mick” camera is definitely one requiring pre-planning of each shot, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially with the price of film these days. I must admit that the intensely cool look of this model is what prompted me to look for them. That, and the great low price I paid is why I bought “a few” of them 😏. Eumig has a regular 8mm model (C3) with a very similar appearance.. and yes, I have a few of those too. I’m curious - were the cuts between scenes achieved in camera or in editing? Thank you for this wonderful examination of that camera model. Great video and results as always sir!

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks, Mike! Yes, definitely good to be able to take your time with each shot. People (myself included) are spoiled these days with the instant satisfaction of a phone pic or video, not much to it. These film cameras not only test our creativity, but our patience as well. I think I noticed the Eumig C3 before I ever knew the C16 existed. Looks like the kid brother to these 😅. I'm sure they are probably great, reliable cameras as well. Thanks again for trusting me with your camera and I'll get it packed up this week.

[@Filmboy24]

Oh, and most of the edits were done in post :)

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Thanks!

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks, Craig!

[@truefilm6991]

Michael, you need to work on your German 😂 Eumig is pronounced: Oi mick. Wien is pronounced veen and it's the German word for Vienna. 😂 PS: I use a metronome app on my cell phone for time lapse. 60Bpm = one click per second.

[@Filmboy24]

Always keeping me on my toes! 😉 Thanks, Christian!!

[@truefilm6991]

@@Filmboy24 just joking. No need to pronounce it correctly. Now imagine a French person explaining how to pronounce Beaulieu. 😆. And I agree: this camera looks gorgeous and solid. It's just way too cumbersome to work with.