THINK16 / SUPER 16MM

Slow down.
Look.
Commit.

A hands-on filmmaking experience built around Super 16mm film. For filmmakers who want to understand the image by making it.

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Film makes every decision matter.

Digital filmmaking gives us abundance. Film introduces consequence. Every frame has a cost. Every exposure asks you to look, measure, decide and commit.

Think16 uses that discipline as a learning experience. Not nostalgia. Not a museum piece. A contemporary way to reconnect with the craft of cinematography.

01

Handle the camera

Get hands-on with a professional Super 16mm camera and experience the physical language of shooting on film.

02

Expose with intent

Work through exposure, lenses, framing and the discipline that comes from having a finite amount of film.

03

Follow the image

Understand the complete photochemical journey from camera to laboratory processing and scanning.

04

Learn by doing

A small-group environment where questions, mistakes and discoveries become part of the learning.

ARRI / SUPER 16 / HI SPEED

Professional tools.
Nothing held back.

Think16 is built around a professional Arriflex SR3 Hi Speed, with a serious collection of lenses, filtration, support and camera accessories. The equipment is here to be handled, understood and used.

Arriflex SR3 Hi Speed Super 16 camera with lens and colour video assist

Camera

Camera
Arriflex SR3 Hi Speed with Colour Video Assist
Mount
Arri PL
Camera Speed
5 to 150 fps
Shutter
45° to 180° variable, manual
Picture Gate
Super-16
Ground Glasses
1.33 TV, 1.66, 1.85, 2.35

Block Lenses

  • 3.5mm, T 2.8, Century Optics very shallow depth-of-focus, pronounced warping of the image
  • 5.7mm, T 2.3, Kinoptik
  • 8mm, T 1.3, Zeiss Distagon
  • 9.5mm, T 1.3, Zeiss Distagon Mk III
  • 12mm, T 1.3, Zeiss Distagon Mk III
  • 16mm, T 1.3, Zeiss Distagon Mk III
  • 25mm, T 1.3, Zeiss Distagon Mk III

Zoom Lenses

  • 11–110mm, T 2.1, Arri Zeiss
  • 15–300mm, T 5.4, Angenieux

Magazines

Coaxial, Super16, Time Coded, 3 magazines

Video Assist

Arri, colour, flicker-free

Tripod Head

Ronford Baker, 4-speed fluid head

Camera Filters

  • Schneider 4x4 81 EF
  • Schneider 4x4 85
  • Schneider 4x4 Enhancing filter
  • Schneider 4x4 Soft Edge Graduated ND .3
  • Schneider 4x4 Soft Edge Graduated ND .6
  • Tiffen 4x4 Hard Edge Graduated ND .6
  • Schneider 4x4 Soft Edge Graduated ND .9
  • Schneider 4x4 ND .3
  • Schneider 4x4 ND .6
  • Schneider 4x4 ND .9
  • Schneider 4½” Full Field + ½ Close-up
  • Schneider 4½” Full Field + 1 Close-up
  • Schneider 4½” Full Field + 2 Close-up
  • Schneider 4½” Split Field + 1 Close-up
  • Schneider 4½” True Circular Polarizer
  • Schneider 4½” UV-410 (Haze)
  • Tiffen 93mm 85, 85 B, 85 N6
  • Tiffen 93mm FL B and FL D
  • Tiffen 4x4 Black Promist ¼
  • Tiffen 4x4 Black DFX 1
  • Tiffen 4x4 Gold DFX 1
  • Tiffen 4x4 Soft FX 1 and 2

Other Accessories & Enhancements

  • Onboard LCD Monitor
  • DV Clampshell for Video Assist
  • 3 On Board Batteries, 1 Belt Battery, 2 Brick Batteries with Chargers
  • 7 inches viewfinder extension
  • 4x4 Production Matte Box with 4 filter holders, 5 matte plates, sunshade
  • Arri Follow Focus
  • Distance on/off cable
  • Pistol Hand grip
  • Saddle Bean Bags
  • Bridge plate / base plate with 19mm rods
  • 90° Tilt Plate
  • Tall legs and Short legs with triangle
  • Hi-Hat, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 inches raisers

ADDITIONAL OPTION

Need more control?

A remote controlled (wireless) follow focus is also available separately on request.

Small groups.
Real cameras.
Real film.

Think16 is designed as an intimate, practical experience rather than a conventional classroom. The format can include camera practice, shooting exercises and visits into the film workflow.

Workshop dates and formats are announced periodically.

Want to put your hands on film?

Get in touch for upcoming workshops, private sessions, collaborations and Super 16mm projects.

Email Think16

think16@gmail.com