So, Janine and I were walking around France for about five days and we stumbled upon a camera repair / camera store. The owner was super nice and they had what looked like antiques but he went on to show us that nothing in the store was dead and let us know that everything functioned, but formats had moved on making some of the equipment obsolete. He did have a really clean Bolex which was really interesting, but a couple quick phone calls and it just seemed like it would be way to much work. What really bummed me out was the idea that out of everything you shoot you might only get 40% back on DV tape from a company that would handle the transfer for you. Even then, the colors could be wrong and all sorts of problems not to mention the cost of operation being high as well. It was still an amazing shop, they seemed to pretty much have it all. I wouldn't doubt if they either have or could get you pretty much anything you could want. It was a little bit overwhelming as shooting with a new camera is never just an immediate thing in regards to turning out quality work immediately. Since I currently have a camera that can do variable frame rates digitally, I kind of felt like I was copping out of the real craftsmanship that went along with camera operation even fifteen years ago. Check out the images, photogs eat your heart out, I did.
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