Film Camera Video Taps - The Workbench- Episode 11

[@yealevi2850]

You’re doing God’s work for film nerds like myself

[@SoccerAddictttt]

Very Informative, thank you!

[@andyoncam1]

Very interesting. Takes me back to when I started in the camera dept and video assists were just starting to appear. I recall one manufacturer of early colour versions had an ad in the trade press that, in disparaging their competitors, went along something like, 'Focus on the guy in grey who's next to that other guy in grey, who's behind that guy in grey, who's...'. As it happens I rarely worked with video assist back then when focus pulling.

[@justaguywholikesmovies90]

Can the footage on the video tap be stored for later viewing on a different monitor?

[@CinemaRepository]

Sure if ya had a way to externally record video. Remember these are all SD 480 composite video systems. Some modern HD taps do have SDI tho and yes you can record that feed tho it doesn’t look good.

[@mattway8906]

Thank you..I surely need thee best for my bl4s..( upcoming feature)

[@CinemaRepository]

Do you have the beam splitter tube? That’s the hard part. I’d ya do, then you should be able to build a tap that fits on that mount no problem. Just need to contact someone who has already made an adaptor. Try DuAll Camera or Visual Products.

[@hemantpatil733]

Is this video shot on film or digital ?

[@CinemaRepository]

We shoot all of our on-camera parts of the shows on the original blackmagic pocket cinema camera with Rokinon DS 24mm or 80mm lens, not sure which one I used on this set. We switched mid series.

[@hemantpatil733]

@@CinemaRepository thanks 👍

[@CraigBoydston]

Jerry Lewis was actually the one to invent, or I should say had it commissioned, the first video tap.

[@CinemaRepository]

Yea I heard a story about that. They shoved a camera next to the film camera to capture the video footage for replay.