Talk:Movie camera

message: I think I understand these sentences:  "Film is sometimes thought to have nearly perfect image quality. However film resolution is limited by the accuracy of the sprocket holes' placement relative to the image, and the wear of the sprocket holes. In practice film's resolution tops out at something equivalent to 1000 pixels per screen height." But I don't think they are clear or accurate. What is perfect image quality? Does this mean to say that film resolution is limited by the registration of the film and camera? What is 1000 pixels per screen height ?
In addition maybe movie camera should be a disambiguation page pointing to different types of cameras, formats, etc. --Plowboylifestyle 16:46, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This may be a stupid question (in fact I'm fairly sure it is), but how does the camera operator see the image through the lens while the scene is being shot? If I take a shot with a still SLR camera, the viewfinder goes blank for a good fraction of a second while the mirror flips around and allows the film to be exposed. Do movie cameras use the same mechanism, with the mirror flipping around 24 times a second? sjorford (talk) 10:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. However, maybe this is too detailed to put into the article? If you feel it is not, do insert it! --Janke | Talk 20:30, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well...maybe better for the shutter angle article... ;) Girolamo Savonarola 15:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Shutter

message: In the paragraphs devoted to the subject matter, there is one on a subject that surely has its own entry. I'm fairly new here, so I am feeling my way round as regards histories and stuff, and I wonder if anyone is up to editing/moving the video text to a more appropriate place?
I am going to do a short piece on clockwork cine camera's, particulary those "home movie" Standard 8, since I am a collector of same. I will mention Super8 and electric camera's, but have no specific knowledge of the type. Likewise 16mm.
*I'd definitely also point you to the articles 16 mm film, 8 mm film, Super 8 mm film. Girolamo Savonarola 00:54, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why so much on video cameras, and other queries? 

message: I'm new here, and I am not willing to get the scissors out just yet but I don't think this piece is right for this page - which is an article on the history, mechanics and such of the film camera. I would suggest a better home is found for it, perhaps as a link to the history of cinema? As a newbie I don't know how to move and link the piece, so I hope the contributor (or a more experienced editor) can do the business.LessHeard vanU 23:28, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The contribution under ...Trivia heading. 

message: i came to the article 'cause i was hoping to find some external link to some movie bank or something 'cause i read somewhere there is this kind of thing, but no. does anyone know where can i find those old films? you know, homemade videos from the beggining of the last century and that governmental videos of cities and ford t's been built, war and people dancing? whatever you got the idea
*Try archive.org Girolamo Savonarola 11:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  off topic 

message: I hadn't noticed this article and its images and uploaded some of my photography of movie cameras in Commons lately, including a more elaborate Bolex H16. See: . Maybe some could be used for this article. Hoverfish Talk 22:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing that link out, I have added one each to super8 film and keystone camera company. cmacd 14:52, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolex H16 and other camera photos 

message: This needs a history section.  I do not know enough to add it myself.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.10.173.234 (talk) 04:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section 

message: The one sentence on Edison's contribution is about as vague as it could be. There's no year, no technical details. I came to this page hoping to learn the truth about Edison's contribution (and knowing that Edison was often accused of stealing other people's inventions.) The one sentence tells me nothing. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 03:55, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edison 

message: I believe that at the very least, there should be a page re-directing the term "motion picture camera". Could someone a bit more savvy please set that up? Also, I think it might be appropriate to create separate articles for "movie cameras" (a term that would get you laughed at in many US film schools) and "video cameras". No doubt many film purists would agree, although I personally wonder if that debate isn't obsolete. Ernest Ruger (talk) 18:28, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need a re-direct page for Motion Picture Camera 

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thread_title:  External links modified (February 2018) 

message: What is the word describing Marey at the end of this sentence? "The chronophotographic gun was invented in 1882 by Étienne-Jules Marey, a french scientist and chronophotograph." I can't find it anywhere in sources for definition. Is it a grammatical error? Supposed to be Chronophtographer? Maineartists (talk) 14:51, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronophtograph? 

message: In the 'History' section, key events should be presented and in chronological order, for example:
In 1845, Francis Ronalds invented a forerunner to the movie camera;
In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge created sequential series of photographs;
In 1882, Étienne-Jules Marey invented the chronophotographic gun;
In 1888, Louis Le Prince produced two movies: ‘Roundhay Garden Scene’ and ‘Leeds Bridge’.
In 1889, Wordsworth Donisthorpe patented a moving picture camera. Etc.
125.235.239.244 (talk) 15:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  History should be in chronological order