{"id":4176,"date":"2009-07-11T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4176"},"modified":"2009-07-16T07:58:53","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T11:58:53","slug":"up-above-aliens-hover-shooting-home-movies-for-the-folks-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/up-above-aliens-hover-shooting-home-movies-for-the-folks-back-home","title":{"rendered":"Up above, aliens hover, shooting home movies for the folks back home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While cleaning out the garage this week (I have the best stay-at-home vacations!), I came across some fun artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>First up: my dad was a professional photographer, and I guess he also shot home movies (pleasedon&#8217;tturnouttobe<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Crane\" target=\"_blank\">BobCrane<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/3710356314\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2433\/3710356314_fab52900ef.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The item on the left is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolexcollector.com\/cameras\/p3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bolex Paillard P3 Zoom Reflex<\/a> 8mm camera, c. 1963-4. The item on the right is a Flip video camera, c. 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Looking this up online, I find that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmshooting.com\/scripts\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=20281\" target=\"_blank\">people still shoot<\/a> with this Bolex; I should read more to find out how they justify using it instead of our various video and hard-drive based options. Were the lenses that much better then?<\/p>\n<p>More to come . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While cleaning out the garage this week (I have the best stay-at-home vacations!), I came across some fun artifacts. First up: my dad was a professional photographer, and I guess he also shot home movies (pleasedon&#8217;tturnouttobeBobCrane): The item on the left is a Bolex Paillard P3 Zoom Reflex 8mm camera, c. 1963-4. The item on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/up-above-aliens-hover-shooting-home-movies-for-the-folks-back-home\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Up above, aliens hover, shooting home movies for the folks back home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[774],"tags":[771],"class_list":["post-4176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-found-in-the-garage","tag-bolex-paillard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-15m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6532,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-four-quartets-and-other-pilgrimages","url_meta":{"origin":4176,"position":0},"title":"Podcast: Four Quartets and Other Pilgrimages","author":"Gil","date":"September 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories - season 2 episode 10 Lyn Ballard - Four Quartets and Other Pilgrimages It\u2019s time for a new episode of The Virtual Memories Show! 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