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Re:Approved Cameras by dylan604 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:13PM (#29858207)
It's becoming less and less of a thing as film is used less and less, but some of the older NLEs would allow you to view your time as feet+frames and allowing to specify between 35mm and 16mm.

Film was also sold by the foot. You didn't by film by 15 minutes. You bought film by 1000' rolls (35mm).

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Re:Approved Cameras by gorgoiler on Sunday January 09, 2022 @06:03AM (#29862221)
Or a fraction of a second at 10,000fps, where 400’ would be spooled through in under 3s (16mm)

As ingenuous as our mechanical past was, I am so happy to have lived through the transition to 100% solid state everything.

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Re:Approved Cameras by OJFord on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:26PM (#29858329)
> Film was also sold by the foot. You didn't by film by 15 minutes. You bought film by 1000' rolls (35mm).

But that just makes sense doesn't it? It's only 15 minutes' worth if you run it at 1000'/15m.

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Re:Approved Cameras by dylan604 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:30PM (#29858363)
Yes, I was just mentioning that for those that might not be aware.

Developing your film was also charged by the foot. The soup didn't care about your framerate. Just how much was need to process.

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