Looking for a Cameflex Techniscope 2 perf 400ft magazine.

[Steven Jackson]

Anyone out there have a 400ft 2 perf magazine available for the Cameflex Techniscope camera?  Please let me know if you can help.

Best,

Steven Jackson

Brussels, Belgium

 

[David Mullen ASC]

Does the Cameflex magazine care whether the pulldown is 2-perf or 4-perf? Just asking, I don't know.

[Steven Jackson]

The camera is set up for techniscope so it needs to be a pull down of 2 perf.  It has a different gearing from a standard magazine.

[Steven Jackson]

Found a pair of magazines, so all set.  Thanks.

[Craig Boydston]

I've only ever heard about this model of CM3, I would love to see a photo of what they actually look like. If you don't mind sharing your build.

[Steven Jackson]

Sure, I'll post a few photos and a screen grab from some film I shot with it. 

 

[Steven Jackson]

You can see below the claws there is an oval shaped hole--this is for changing the 35mm claw travel from 2 or 4 perf (Only the 2 perf cameras have this, so an easy way of distinguishing them from other Cameflex cameras).  The main magazine drive gear, however, does not change speed so you need the special Cameflex magazines (notice the two bumps on the motor side of the magazine which houses the reduction gearing) that allows the film to turn at 2 perf.  Those gears are reversible and the camera and magazines can be switched to run at 4 perf, too.  The viewfinder comes with a factory mounted ground glass mask for 2 perf which can be removed.  The film gate 2 pef mask slides into the filter slot.  As it happens, I received this camera in almost new condition.  I doubt very much film, if any, was ever shot through it.  The image is amazingly steady judging from the tests I've done so far.  There were a few people who did aftermarket conversions to 2 perf which involved changing the gearing within the camera, but as far as I know those are not capable of being swapped over to 4 perf but they are able to take standard magazines.

[Steven Jackson]

9 hours ago, Craig Boydston said:

I've only ever heard about this model of CM3, I would love to see a photo of what they actually look like. If you don't mind sharing your build.

here you are.