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About 20 years ago I called up Steve Bereczky (Steve’s Cine Service) and asked him if he wanted to reflex one of my Photo-Sonics 4ML 35mm High Speed bodies. He was willing and asked me if I would mind to continue our correspondence by fax because he preferred it this way instead of by mailbox. I went to a thrift shop, bought me a panasonic faxmachine and started writing my wish list.
A year later my dream camera returned from Canada and became a happy workhorse for many commercials, overcranking easily the max fps rate of Arri’s 435 by 100fps. A year after Keslow auctioned the surplus of Clairmont Camera gear, I managed to get hold of my first Crystal sync RV Eyemo only to find out it was running wild, had lost its sync in electronics… Frustrated I started my search for help since Steve had passed away in 2015 leaving some of his orphans as unrepairable decorative objects of Hollywood because all schemes and plans vanished with him. My prayers were answered and yesterday a sibling Eyemo arrived home from Japan. It runs happily today as it should with 2K HD tap and more to come.
When I’ll be done, it will be S-35, have “no tools” interchangeable PL mount, Nikon or Leica R mount.
If you can load a Bolex, you can load a 35mm Bell & Howell Eyemo. Weight is 3.5 Kg, load is 1minute @ 25fps on daylight-spools. It will join many more analogue 16 & 35 specials I’m preparing these months for theirs and my new future.

This SCS body came with a Lucas Film N°18 nameplate on it, so who knows maybe this is the body that was catapulted for the POV shot in Return of the Jedi / Star Wars in 1983?
This weeks’ scans tell me MY body is still in full remission from esosphageal cancer that came into my life last year and spoiled quite a lot of fun like this.
Tutto Passa!

Meanwhile Teddie Lee Jones Otten came into our life, midsummar baby boy and Firehorse, just like myself (once every 60 years). Being grateful.

Today I honour the works of Steve Bereczky! by @ottendoesit

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Happy Days, not just going back to my roots, but submerging deep into my two-wheeler past. Started this here at home weeks ago by re-vitalizing my good old KTM half liter thumper that was a sleep for too many years in order to get this old man’s body into shape. Muscle-memory all over and the rest did follow. Torrential rains, Andalusian terrain, flooded riverbeds and just enough sunshine to keep us going made this into my first encounter with this beautiful event but for sure not my last. Last week like 4 different borrowed bikes passed between my legs just to keep me going day after day but I promised myself: next year I will drive my own built. Have a spare Triumph T120R on the shelve, looking for a Metisse frame from the Rickmann brothers to pair it to.

Big thanks to the beautiful people that run this event and all my love to them participants.
Swing that ass!!! Dig that mud!!! Live the life full throttle!!!

@theroadshow.enduro
@geijsmansnoah
@_janvv
@ynkwlf
@gilleee
@alexandre.coco
@hamblokdirk
@speedseekerschris
@dick_screetly
@chrifussi 📸
@shy_rajdev
@_____olivier.courtens by @ottendoesit

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2 years ago

2024
LOVE & PEACE
LotusPepperJoannaLesterAngelaJaanManoeOtte by @ottendoesit

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As a rookie DP he walked me trough the KGS warehouse one day: ”So you’re looking for something for a music-video? Well here’s a rotating boss or two and a paddlemount with speed-pipes. Take it, MENNEKEN and go have your fun. You might need some counterweights also!” That is how I remember my first encounter with Pierre and he kept on showing me tools I never knew they even existed. Pierre, always joyfull, smiling, joking and with this twinkle in the eyes! Thank you for the many good memories and planting the seeds. I hope your spirit of back then may live on forever trough a community of grips that you showed the way.

I hope our kids Ben & Lester will continue to get along forever as @les_fizapapas.
Pierre REST IN PEACE ! by @ottendoesit

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13.10.2023
For-ever ❤️ by @ottendoesit

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Commemorating « BONNEVILLE OR BUST »
Exactly 25 years ago, august 1998, 4 men and a lady chased the fastest men on earth on the Utah Salt Flats loaded with gear and admiration.
Seriously expired Kodak negative & Ektachrome stock was all we could afford and Marc’s savings paid for the expenses. It was one of the most intense weeks I experienced ever and I still have deep respect for the drivers and members of the Plus 200/300/400 miles
Clubs we all met: All Teague, Denis Varni, Ken Walkey, Max Lambky…
Marco Lagoona directed, Paul Delnoy recorded fabulous sound and Didier Moens fixed what needed fixing. See them on stage these days at any La Muerte concert.
This 25 years jubilee makes it the right time to run the footage trough a recent scanner
again because it deserves better resolution than the VHS quality on you tube when one searches this documentary on the web. The missing blue’s and greens of the expired filmstock combined with the whash-out of the bright salt resulted in the sexiest pallet and perfect match with the stories and subject.
Grading was done “after hours” or at night when the telecine was free and available.
My colorist then was Lieven Van Baelen who later on became a high end commercial & feature director / Directing -Dop, on the URSA gold at ACE in Brussels.
Bonneville or bust premiered @ Mirano in BXL and I remember taking an eiki projector and 16mm copy to bars & parties with friends. Please enjoy some footage and pictures from the “door of fame” in our workshop with some 100 plus prints that always make visitors wonder and ask questions… Punk is not dead !
@sctabniofficial
@la_muerte_belgium
@marcdumarais
@pauldelnoy
@lieven.van.baelen
#filmisnotdead
#carporn
#cinematography by @ottendoesit

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3 years ago

Slowly getting ready for work again after the best time-off ever by this (late) post
on Pineau De Charantes, call it a family affair. We shared most hats within our inner circle
with Otten Senior Directing- DOP, Angela pulling focus and Lester moving camera & objects
around. Our motorized Arrihead , motorized swing and arri lensmotors were used to move glasses and bottles around. Cees Visser mastered the ingredients & liquids like only he can best and our most beautifull lenses did the rest. I’m proud having made this with basic gear from the workshop downstairs and limited time for prep & shoot.
Thanks Tinus,Maarten &Kobe. Enjoy some bts.
#poormansmotioncontrol
#200fps
#Supremeprimes
#Leicasummiluxmacro
@culieye
@wenneker.be by @ottendoesit

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« Il y a le visible et l’invisible, si vous ne filmez que le visible, c’est un téléfilm que vous faites. »
Zut alors, on a perdu le maître! R.I.P.
Grand bonjour la haut à mes autres héros partis les derniers temps comme William Klein, Nicolas Roeg, J.P. Beauviala, Peter Lindbergh, Willy Kurant, Ennio Morricone.
La vie est nulle sans peliculle !
« When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch TV you look down. » by @ottendoesit

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4 years ago

What a privilege it was to participate in this little gem!
Loved the opportunity to discover this building and it’s architectural treasures , present for many decades to make the artworks of the masters stand out the way they should!
Praise to Javier and our crew to make it happen.
Enjoy some BTC.
Shot on Venice and Leica’s.
All about crew & cast @javierbarcala taken in KMSK Brussel by @ottendoesit

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4 years ago

New work for longchamp is out!
Second campaign with Sander Plug.
Thanks again to my Amsterdam Superteam, looking forward to the next one.
Enjoy some BTS, too bad we were all wearing these masks back in februari!
@longchamp
@fredfaridla
@maarten.le.roy
@studiosanderplug
@frankvanhekken1
@jelierschaaf
@casperbraat
@juriaanrohde
#leicasummicron by @ottendoesit

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4 years ago

While we are enjoying the first break in many weeks, time is right to catch up and share a bunch of late posts in the next coming days.
Months and a zillion views of “Fils de joie“ later, we are proud to have been part of this show, with Lester Otten swinging the Technocrane, Frank Brusselman doing the pinoccio-thing and myself at the wheels of the Flighthead. Here are some BTS.
For sure all praise is to go to Paul, Pat and Henry, since we were just a wheel on this wagon. Huge crew and cast can be found on the posts of Stromae and the producers!

@stromae @les_fizapapas @hscholfield @pataldingerdp @tankerbxl by @ottendoesit

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5 years ago

wishes you all a merry Xmas and a happy New year, May the force be with you!
From 2022 on, my dear Angela will be officially joining our Family Affair towards a great future!
Enjoy our camera tree and yes for the analogue camera lovers : what you see does work.
From reflexed Photo-Sonics 4ML to hand-crank Eyemo ,you name it! Our gear is not the newest but maintenance is our middle name.”La vie est nulle sans peliculle”
Cheers 2022! Love & Peace! by @ottendoesit

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