iPhone 11 Pro meets 16mm film: Making a movie with both
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CNET intern Carlos Camacho is a film student. He makes films on actual film. So when he first saw the three cameras of the iPhone 11 Pro, it instantly reminded him of the Bolex Reflex. The Bolex Reflex is a 16mm celluloid film camera from the 1950s that rocked the three-lens-look way before the newest iPhone did.
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Anyone else used a Bolex before??
Makes so much sense now! This man is genius when it comes to film and iPhones!! Totally agree about his comment on film being aesthetically pleasing! Watch everybody, the next Scorsese is upon us!
ok i’m a fan of Carlos„, TOO CUTE. 15/10 would watch again just for him
Loved when the two movies met at the end! Great video!!
We all want Carlos to stay.
Definitely would pay $19 at AMC ..he has such a great personality !
I cringed at the fact that he put the film in the camera under STUDIO lights 😩
The format of Bolex is 4:3, while iphone is 16:9, I suggest using an anamorphic lens with the Bolex so as to make the comparison.
This Carlos boy is the happiest student ever! You can see on him, non stop smiling and really enjoying what he’s doing 👍✌️
There’s no comparison. The film is warmer and more organic.The iPhone footage looked very digital
This is soooooo Crepy.….….
Curb your enthusiasm bro 🍻
I love comparing skittles to lobster
Although the result was predictable, it was interesting to see side by side. I’m old enough that I learned and used a Bolexs “back in the day.” Film forces you to think about what you are doing and all the things related to that like lighting, mood and focus. You lose something in the automation and effortless, costless high resolution of modern cameras. As you can see from this little snippet, the pixel counting are not near as important as artistry and “feel.” thanks!
Whats that sound in the background
I think this video is a real eye opener for some, newer is not always better, advances in technology may not get you what you need. As other comments mentioned, the look for a scary scene and the real film look with the dust and lint showing in playback, were not fake looking, and gave a real sense of past vs present. I am sure they set it up with that in mind also.
Thank you for not really giving your opinion but just a true comparison 🙂
16 mm is better than iPhone
Of course CNET out of all people would make this
I love my Bolex 16mm and Sankyo super 8mm…
Great presentation!
The film camera is soooooo out of focus
Love my Bolex, though the film price is what kills me.
THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE
Youve sold me. I need a Bolex in my life
I grew up making Super‑8 movies in the 70’s and transitioned to 16mm in the early 80’s. Film will ALWAYS look more movie-like, which means more professional. I’ve been in the video production industry since 1984 and love the new digital/24p format but I can still see the “digital” in it. Like someone else said in the comments, smartphone films look like a school project, no matter how professional it is.
Anyone serious about making movies should learn and shoot film. There will always be a place for it.
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The iPhone footage looks terrible.
Could you please get hold of an android smartphone as the best 16mm / Super 8 app is sadly only available on Android and do a side by side test with the android app which is Super 16 by Dmitry Shatilov as this does super 8, 8mm, 16mm etc and a normal Super 8 or 16mm camera and get 50D or whatever film as this app has a wide variety of film to choose from, film and video the exact same scene using that app and an old Super 8 camera or 16mm and compare to see if the app is like the actual film.
Fire the guy in charge of focusing the Bolex
You brought back some good memories.. my dad used to make films with the Bolex and play them in his Kodak projector.. Had not thought about this fun part of my childhood and he loved irony and would have enjoyed your film tremendously
I love film personally. I thought, the colours felt closer to film when she got off the lift and walking through the parking lot. The iPhone was able to compensate for the strange colour effects from the fluorescent lighting. But from a film perspective, that could be resolved with a decent lighting set up. One question I have though, was time of day the same for both examples between the Bolex and iPhone? It almost looks as if the Bolex was used at twilight. Great comparison!
Old one so much better, more mystery to it. I remember my Dad getting so frustrated trying to get it to play the home projector — colour no sound — and the film would get caught up and you’d have the countdown at the start of the movie.
Very nice project, the iphone compared to the Bolex look like a toy camera
The film looks like film, digital looks like digital. I prefer film.
Now you can get Super 8, 8mm and 16mm video on your smartphone, there are 2 fantastic apps, the one on Google PlayStore which is only available for Android Smartphone’s is called Super 16, just make sure that the app developer is Dmitry Shatilov and the one on Apple AppStore which is only available for the iPhone is 8mm Vintage Camera, just make sure that the app developer is Nexvio.
The fun thing now, is that there are apps that emulate 16mm processing in real time. With increasing front camera resolution on smart phones, the line between film and digital has become forever blurred.
That old camcorder is very very cool!
35 mm panavision and 70 mm imax film camera still the king in cinematography in holywood today
Why not both
Hey Carlos how do we follow you for more filmmaking stuff? I looked around for you but I couldn’t get a directlink? Thanks
What kind of camera did you use for the intro video?😮
Nice idea, nicely executed.
Unfair comparison… Lots of focus problems with bolex.. And lighting