It's just another look, another tool. I like the look of jumpy flashing film. I would never use it on a period piece, but shoot something modern with it to separate yourself from the herd.
I'd probably go with those pro 8 people, have used them before, though their telecine isn't that great, but hey it might be worth a try with Kodak, or spend the money for a good three light look in super 16.
There is so much digital video out there, some beautiful, most just digital looking, that trying to produce the analog look in post takes foreve, though as we all know, once you've shot it on film, your stuck with it, at least in the smaller formats.
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But this "another look" is already there.
IMO, the Digital Bolex is the perfect balance for having, let's say "closest as possible to film-look" right-out the box and by far more versatile than a film camera.
The file look of the DB are indeed very different than the rest.
It seems that in what Kodak is concerned, the cost of the Lab is included in the Price of the film. But...they say during a year. What about when this year is completed?
So it's going to be 50 + something....
Each time you shoot you'd burn about 100 bucks and some delays for the lab...
Also, nothing as been said about the scaned files they deliver (if you choose this option). Will they be a workable standart in post? what is the reso? etc...no, that I know, communication from Kodak in those aspects.
To some extend it reminds me a bit the Kodak dslr (you remember?) that ended to be a failure compared to the Canon at that time. And fair to say that Michael actually took a risk being independant and say what he had to say knowing that it could "sink" the product and maybe put some people in unemployement. Kodak is a strange company nowdays. They have hard time to adapt themselves to the current reality. Their proposal is nice on the paper but really not commercialy reasonable.
In those conditions, I don't imagine this camera really useable for people who work. Probably more a marketing product aimed at a sophisticated niche market who wants a nostalgic experience.
If Kodak deliver a digital 8mm at less than 800, even with 70's plastic finish instead of leather if yhey really insist on a vintage taste... but great file look in the line of the Bolex they could have a winner, it would be a cheap affordable Bolex that many consummers could buy. But this is very much like the Lomo.
Truly, the Bolex is currently by far the very best option to get to the film look without almost no post, and no hassles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKE5-naRAMEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF-AqudRhCQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn30qtdUJhQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJyMgDCnqQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bz_Rgnorp4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dgBgKGXM2Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2iun_OQfh8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7IM-5YNXAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nw3VLPNSLwetc...
This is an accelerated world. People want fast solutions, and cheap. Only when you got money you can afford let's say an hand-made car with a year or so waiting cue. Good manufactured products cost money.
Before, doing a "homemade" film was not accesible to the worker, precisely because of the ecosystem Kodak is trying to rebuild now. So it's a camera that will cost in a year, if you shoot reasonably, thousands of euros but without really being a high-end product.