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I live in the beautiful city of Rishon Le Ziyyon. It is about 9 miles / 14 kilometres south east of Tel Aviv: I came from Manchester, in the North West of England.
Using Movie Cameras one of main hobbies when the opportunity presents itself is to use either Movie Cameras or Video cameras besides still ones. Till a few years ago I used this fabulously made Swiss Bolex P1 Movie Camera. It has a fine optically made zoom lens ranging from 8mm to 40mm. Although not really a low light camera, I did manage to use it to film in low light conditions. Read below to see how I did it.
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The main film-stock on sale for Standard/Regular 8mm was Kodachrome 25 ASA for day and 40 ASA for artificial light (I think is now discontinued but may be obtainable at the link below, see this link also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_film ) I used to buy 100 foot reels of low light use 125ASA and 400ASA 16mm Video -Television news double perforated film stock, was I sent away to be perforated for 8mm. To use the now perforated double 8mm film in my P1, I had to re-spool it to 4 X 25ft reels in the dark to avoid exposure, then after filming back in the darkened room under the blankets re-spooling back it onto the original 100ft spool for developing. After receiving the film back from the E6 developing process, I then split the 16mm wide film into 2 X 8mm and joined the two halves together for viewing. Film splitters and 16mm wide film stock are still around for use. Another website offering 16mm and the later Super 8mm film and equipment is: http://www.filmcamerakit.com/index.htm
http://www.scrapbookpages.com/CzechRepublic/Prague/Josefov/OldNew.html The above link lets you view a write up and pictures of the Synagogue. I had the pleasure of visiting the Synagogue in 2000: It is well worth the visit.
Today I use a Panasonic VHS-C video camera that gives me quite fine results, and it saves me a lot of money on buying movie film stock, which today is quite expensive. The newer technology allows me to re-take (shoot again) over anything that is not up to scratch or to my liking without high expense. I look forward to the new flash-card multi million pixel cameras to take over where Video tape took over. Cameras are more portable therefore useable. Clarity and sharpness likewise will improve with time.
It is very debatable which gives better clarity film stock or digital pixels. A lot depends on the quality of the equipment, and obviously equipment is improving all the time as cameras become more compact and bristling with new options.
Editing with digital and video in the past was a headache, not that film-stock editing was that much easier. An editing room with its Movieolla a sort of hand or electric wound real to real frame inspector was then the norm and nails holding dangling cuts of movie film for editing.
Sound stripe on movie film helped with sound synchronisation, and sound was copied from the film before editing as the sound head is positioned 18 frames from the shutter aperture inside movie cameras.
Editing video requires special Time Base machines to retain the original quality when making a copy for editing. There are a number of excellent PC and Macintosh computer programmes available for editing and enhancing movies, with them you can add special effects.
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Computers I love working with computers and showing people how to use them, which has brought me to write my Beginners help files on Paint Shop Pro 7 & version 8 and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
My first computer was an Apple //C a fabulous small concise portable desktop model that had a black 8 inch screen and no hard disk: text in green and I had to keep inserting floppies. I then progressed to a Mac Classic, also with an 8 inch screen, but at the time far more advanced in features than 486 computers, and finally joined the herd and moved over to PC. Well nothing like dealing with computer problems is there? - It makes life so interesting!
Linux: The Open Source Application an alternative to Microsoft Windows TM
I am at present experimenting with Linux, which I find to be quite interesting indeed. There are lots of forums on the Internet that do give excellent free advice.
The advancement of Linux with its free open source software means that you can easily find free programmes to help you. The new Linux applications are easier than previous versions to use. Like Microsoft Windows there are times you do some head scratching, but on the whole it is nice to use.
There are several free bootable CD's available based on Knoppix for downloading. See this link http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html , that you can download: Because these CD's boot up and operate in a virtual Ram-drive, they do not alter in any way your standard computer settings. All you need to do is set the Bios to boot the Computer in CD sequence first. This is simple to do: Press Del on your Keyboard as the Computer starts up; the Bios Appears. The Bios tells your computer what components your computer has: Hard Drives, CD and DVD, screen card, sound card, USB and other items. It also lets you decide how you want to start up your computer. Your computer must be set to First Boot CD for it to start and pick up from the Linux Live CD you place in the CD/DVD compartment.
Knoppix like Mandriva formerly Mandrake and others come packed with stacks of programmes ready to use.
On the Knoppix and Mandriva along with other Linux CD/DVDs you will find the latest version of Open Office, this can open most of Microsoft Word documents even Office 2007 .docx files and if you have a Fat32 partition save to it in .doc to be opened by Microsoft Word. Also there is an Acrobat reader, mp3, and also there are graphic programmes besides diagnostic ones; in all on the 700 MB bootable disk in the ISO download there is an astounding 2 Gigabyte of compressed programmes that automatically open when you click on them.
Mandriva 2009.0 I first installed the new Mandriva One Spring 2008 version with Hebrew support on it after going to their web page www.mandriva.co.il later upgrading to the new 2009.0.
Mandriva upgrades the application every 6 months.
You can download it direct from their web page
The Managing Director of Mandriva Israel, Mr. Roy Merkado phoned me after I had originally requested assistance to connect to the Internet. He personally came to my home here in Rishon Le Ziyyon to connect me to the Internet without charge. I don't know of many people who would do that, do you? A true Router is necessary to connect to the Internet; several are available. I have a Siemens SL2-141, which works excellently with Linux or Windows.
Don't let "ISO" scare you! Once you have downloaded the "ISO" file Linux application programme of your choice, Nero Express and many other CD burning programmes can easily burn the boot up disk for you; if using Nero select the option "Disk image or Saved Project" - Left click on it and select Files of type: Image Files (*nrg, *iso, *cue) select the file in the download folder and then Left Click on Open and then Next choose the burn speed do it, select a slow speed X8 for quality, although this is advisable it is not necessary to do so.
Knoppix, Mandriva and other Linux Distros (distributions) can share files between sections of your hard disk, you can save a file to a Fat32 or Ntfs Windows partitions. Linux can be configured to read and write to any partition. Windows cannot recognise Linux partitions! This may be one way of hiding sensitive confidential files.
You can even diagnose your computer. If you have difficulty in configuring it, there are free tutorials and stacks of help available along with forums manned by volunteers.
Mandriva Live CD/DVD disk/s, like other Linux Live CD/DVDs let you connect to the Internet automatically even without installing it; this gives you the chance to try it out first before installing and also use it as an emergency disk.
I used a Linux live CD to delete a Windows file that had a Virus infection.
To date, you do not need an Antivirus programme with Linux nor an Anti Spyware programme. The freeware programme Clam antivirus is available for anyone wishing to check whether a file would be dangerous for sending to a Windows installed computer. You also don't need to defragment Hard Disk Partitions!
A Firewall can be if so required be configured.
I have found that people who use Linux installed on their hard disk as a second or major option, love the freedom it gives them to experiment and obtain an abundance of quality Freeware programmes that easily rival those made for PC.
Various Software producers openly supply their products as Freeware without cost to Linux users, and often they are compatible with PC.
See the English Hebrew Linux a conversion of Mandriva www.mandriva.co.il
Full instructions on how to download it and use it, there are screenshots which you can view.
Chazanut Cantorial Music I love to listen and sing the Cantorial Chazanut Music of the great Cantors. I am often asked voluntarily to lead the local Synagogue service on the Shabbat (Sabbath) and festivals as I have a Tenor voice.
I enjoy learning the Daf Yomi via the Internet; the daily Talmud study. |
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If you want to have a hearty laugh at life, then you must visit the website of my great friend Arthur Levi has written fabulous limericks on a wide variety of subjects.
Arthur who is an octogenarian. He has written six excellent books of limericks; they are very funny! He originates from Cardiff, Wales and Belfast Northern Ireland. He will appreciate your comments on his Limericks, write them in his Guest Book. Click on the Website http://limericks.5gl.net/index.htm
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Favourite links to interesting
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Slide shows from around the world. European Synagogues. |
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Jewish - Hebrew - English calendar page. The calendar is full of features, times for Shabbat, Festivals, and Daf Yomi – The daily Talmud study page. You can download free this excellent calendar either as a zip or .exe file: It is only 388 Kbs. |
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A comprehensive updated daily Talmud - Gomorrah Audio - Visual Page Lectures. Languages: English, French, Yiddish and Hebrew. There are lecture archives available for streaming, and there's a question answer service. |
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A variety of Torah lectures and Jewish Interests. |
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English Hebrew Torah Databases: Excellent Mishneh Torah Rambam Dos database, for all Windows applications, and is easy to use as long as in Full Screen setup, English/Hebrew Help included. |
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www.virtualjerusalem.com/ipix/
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Jewish world subjects, interesting articles. See the Ipix page views of Israel through the camera lens 360 degrees. |
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Got a computer, hardware, software, Windows, Macintosh or Office Problem – ask here, volunteers will try to help you solve the problem. |
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Give your computer a free test and find out how to improve it – Go to the Pit-stop. |
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The English page of the Yad Sarah Organization. |
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Manchester England based weekly Jewish newspaper full of interesting articles on community life. |
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Talk to your friends computer to computer PC, Pocket Pc, Linux or Mac for free. They also have a computer to telephone setup. |
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(Please note that web sites often update their page content,
so you may find that certain pages have changed format.
Note: I accept no responsibility for accuracy or content.)
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או אמינות שלהם כלשהו.
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