[Frameworks] Aaton camera?

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Sun Mar 2 20:40:10 CST 2025


The Aatons are available used and are lovely to shoot with if you want
synch sound.  They are sharp and clean and far, far more expensive than
a Beaulieu, Bolex, or B&H, and good lenses will be even more expensive.

They take daylight loads with emulsion out which is not a standard film
configuration, so you will have to wind down from a 400 foot pancake onto
the daylight reels, or get the lab to do it for you.  This is fine at home
but might be a problem when travelling.

If you are looking for a good first camera I would be more apt to recommend
something much simpler.
--scott




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