new ALCS external footage counter for Aaton cameras

[Aapo Lettinen]

I am working on a simple external footage counter which works with Aatons (at least LTR, XTR, Prod, 35-3 ) which is relatively affordable.

will have at least footage counter ( ft/m switchable, switchable to count up or down) and battery voltage meter. Will likely have some other features as well depending on how much budget I can secure. I have possibility to add simple crystal speed generator for example if there is need for it.

preorder-only item and relatively tight schedule, let me know in the following weeks if interested. I will need to know the approximate batch size early on to be able to lock down the design and order the parts before Christmas rush 🙂 

 

[Aapo Lettinen]

First draft of the front panel. A small Oled display and three control buttons. planned size of the device is about 56mm x 61mm x 30mm or so, same sized than my 50-speed Aaton crystal controller and small and lightweight enough to mount with velcro if needed 🙂 

[Aapo Lettinen]

Some size reference photos with the cardboard front panel draft. As you can see it is really compact device 🙂 

the items in first image for scale, the card is standard credit card size. The camera is LTR7

[Aapo Lettinen]

Will have basic crystal speed generator included, probably about 10 crystal speeds with most used ones like 23.976, 24.00, 25.00, 29.98 and 33.333 fps included 🙂 

[Aapo Lettinen]

Drafting the display layout!