new ALCS compact crystal motor for Eclair NPR

[Aapo Lettinen]

On 8/27/2024 at 11:02 AM, Aapo Lettinen said:

I can confirm now that the motors will have Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) for really accurate sync sound speeds and long term sync accuracy. Originally I was thinking of only adding this to the Advanced model as tcxo's add lots of assembling costs and make the system more complex (dual voltage power supplies etc) but I concluded that it is practical to use the same crystal board on both of the motors so they will both get this improvement.

So it will be the most advanced NPR crystal motor ever developed 🙂 

like mentioned before, please remember these are preorder-only items so if wanting one, let me know by DM here or FB/IG and I will add you to the preorder list.

And the basic model is 3-speed now BTW 😄  

yes you will very likely use the 33.333fps. Most common slow motion speed on narrative film&tv.

 

[Aapo Lettinen]

This is the first fully finished part of my NPR crystal sync motors. CNC machined aluminium and black anodizing. This part connects the motor to the camera securely and holds the full camera weight.

[Aapo Lettinen]

Designing the internal aluminium support structure of the NPR motor. Pretty complex shape, needed to think couple of days how I would do it!

Will 3d print a test sample to ensure that it works correctly and will send a sample to cnc machining if everything was OK.

A reminder, again, that there is pretty strict ordering deadlines and the prices will go up in October. Check the previous posts for details