A (very) short movie made with an OM-2, a motordrive and a roll of Acros.

[MRohlfing]

So the OM-2 had HD mode more than 30 years ago already!

Why then does everybody make so much fuss about it nowadays?

 

[f16sunshine]

Inspiring at the least. Until viewing this I've always hated winders and motor drives. Now I know i see them differently. Kudos for the fun effort!

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Very nice, Keith. I like it a LOT. I always enjoyed the little 'flip books' I used to play with as a kid. This idea seems to be a perfect match to what I get from your self-portrait series. And now I have to go think about making some flip books for my daughter. 🙂

 

[Keith]

Very nice, Keith. I like it a LOT. I always enjoyed the little 'flip books' I used to play with as a kid. This idea seems to be a perfect match to what I get from your self-portrait series. And now I have to go think about making some flip books for my daughter. 🙂

It was the whole flip book thing that inspired me in the first place.

The other thing was the strong memory I have as a kid of going to sideshow alley when the fair or exhibition was on and using those things where you peered through the viewfinder and cranked a handle to see a moving image. They were mesmerising!

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Yes! I think the whole video-to-the-max-everywhere thing today has opened the door for art like this. Much more 'essential', more 'by human hands'.

 

[Keith]

Yes! I think the whole video-to-the-max-everywhere thing today has opened the door for art like this. Much more 'essential', more 'by human hands'.

Those arcade machines that I was describing would be fun to re-create ... they're basically just a mechanised flip book on a round drum connected to a crank handle. Fabrication would not be too difficult!

This has got me thinking now! 😛

 

[Jamie Pillers]

OK... NOW put all those ideas you've been posting here together!! 🙂

 

[Keith]

I love google ... these things are called a mutoscope and date back to around 1890 and were still being used up until the mid to late fifties which explains why have a distant memory of them! LOL

 

[rbiemer]

Very cool, Kieth! So, 5 seconds with 36 (?) frames translates to 7.2 frames per. So with a 250 exposure back, you could have 30 minutes...

Some places had the mutoscopes around a bit longer..there was one in the lobby of the local movie theatre in my home town until sometime in the mid-70s. About two minutes of Laurel and Hardy knocking each other down. I think it cost a nickel.
Rob

 

[Sparrow]

there are still some around, perhaps next time Keith? LINK

 

[Keith]

there are still some around, perhaps next time Keith? LINK

What an absolutely brilliant video Stewart ... thanks for the link. 🙂

 

[Keith]

I meant to add ... I look at things like the zoetrope and wonder in awe at mankind's ability to create what must have seemed like pure magic at the time.

Forget space travel, digital technology etc etc ... IMO discoveries like this are what define us and our ability to go beyond what is obvious.