Premium Member Gregg MacPherson Posted July 5 Premium Member Posted July 5 (edited) I saw a promising ACL 2 kit on eBay. The seller bought at auction in NZ. I'm trying to help him get it basically tested. USD6K buy now. eBay link.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/257001653238?_skw=eclair+acl&itmmeta=01JZBRQT3GBGZZMMJ75G0EA9FY&hash=item3bd67e03f6:g:cFIAAeSwn6doZzBH&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cd8G86BOp38L9y2kOLnA9JEzaLY%2FNyPJ56daSF0wr8kfbm5YqylzGiqQQ7MfSCaxXDNckbFe3iWhCkQckqW3e9%2FsIphp9BKEvjTSlAevHKPOQDQJuCEcGHNXCvsbR49A08CtA448z2NS8FdiB91vJnrY5Fr8VXG8A5vJ02HEp9KFnsGkegnSEdCrWS7F5ZAboqZdnaH0UwhVPQbje6ffJwaNKS4I2EAxBVICqpMsl%2FDknJUqPFmoel0wM9LkSVOoU%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-yh3_j6ZQ You can contact the seller directly... Will Wallace<fiveonefive@gmail.com> Edited Saturday at 09:59 PM by Gregg MacPherson more words
Premium Member Gregg MacPherson Posted Tuesday at 07:04 PM Author Premium Member Posted Tuesday at 07:04 PM (edited) Update... The seller is unfamiliar with film cameras. On a video call I tried to help test and assess..I saw that it is standard 16. The gate looked good. Not a heavily used camera. The 400' mag I saw was late model with centre pressure plate. There is a second 400' mag. He uploaded a video of it running (without film) to eBay. He will update that page with a complete list of components in the kit. Seller is offering 20% discount if sold privately (not through eBay). And free shipping worldwide via Fedex. Edited Tuesday at 07:10 PM by Gregg MacPherson
Premium Member Duncan Brown Posted Wednesday at 11:50 AM Premium Member Posted Wednesday at 11:50 AM If you're talking to him, figure out what that second TS mount is (the one on the camera looks to be Arri-S) And is that some sort of fps controller for the motor? That's a new one on me. Duncan
Premium Member Gregg MacPherson Posted yesterday at 03:10 AM Author Premium Member Posted yesterday at 03:10 AM (edited) Update 10/07/25)... The seller is not signed up to the forum, so I will help by trying to itemise in an orderly way... Kit contents... ACL II body, standard 16, #2843 Kinoptic orientable VF, #....... Mag 1 #..... Nag 2 #..... Battery... Charger... Power cable spiral... Power cable short... Magic little box (to be advised)... TS/Arri-S lens port adapter TS/.....something I'm not sure of lens port adapter. (Nikon F...?) Ang. 15-150 zoom, Arr-S mount, #1432895... Zeiss distagon 8mm, f2, Arri-S mount, #5272243.... Rubber sunshade with bad memory bend... Pentax (sort of digital) spot meter)... A tray with some gel filter holders and glass filters..... If I missed something I'll fix later..... Notes: The gate looks quite good, no sign of high mileage. It's not clean, he will upload a better photo. I also asked for a sharp macro pic of the mirror The lens mounts aren't shown but assumed as Arri-S (pics of the mounted zoom). The other camera port adapter in the pics I can't tell what it is. Any ideas? A better pic should be coming. Is it Nikon F...? The video of the camera running (empty), with the camera about 30cm from the body, a few reflective elements in the environment...sounds reasonable. I'm assuming that it hasn't had CLA for a while. Noise will go down after that, even if just lubrication. Bear in mind that it's not a controlled test. The Ang 15-150 zooms are undervalued on Ebay at the moment. They cover S16 and can be quite sharp (I'm told). The magazine I saw ((didn't see detail of both)) is a late model type with a separate centre pressure plate. It's like an Arri SR mag, the overall pressure plate leaves a thin gap and only the little pressure plate over the aperture is applying pressure to the film. Good mag(s) for S16. Those little Pentax spot meters are great. I have one. New Price strategy if selling outside of eBay Price: NZD6000 (USD3614) Shipping: NZD500 (USD301) to NZD800 (USD482)..includes insurance. Money transfer by Wise..... If it just needs lubrication I think that is a really good deal... Edited yesterday at 08:26 AM by Gregg MacPherson
Premium Member Gregg MacPherson Posted yesterday at 07:40 AM Author Premium Member Posted yesterday at 07:40 AM I have asked for a pic that would show it. He doesn't know what it is.
Premium Member Aapo Lettinen Posted yesterday at 07:56 AM Premium Member Posted yesterday at 07:56 AM 11 minutes ago, Gregg MacPherson said: I have asked for a pic that would show it. He doesn't know what it is. From the ebay pics it indeed looks like a extra crystal speed controller. Custom made with only couple of them made from the looks of it, just a project box with the panel and selector added. New external controllers for similar use can be made no problem, just need the info about how many pulses needed per frame (to calculate the needed signal frequency in Hz for each framerate) and the signal level needed (most old equipment has either 5v or 10v logic level)
Premium Member Duncan Brown Posted yesterday at 11:54 AM Premium Member Posted yesterday at 11:54 AM But where would it even plug in? Did that era motor even have an external speed control input? Duncan
Premium Member Gregg MacPherson Posted yesterday at 08:32 PM Author Premium Member Posted yesterday at 08:32 PM I think the connector for that is in the base just under the XLR-4 connector. I've read somewhere that ACL II did have external controllers, both factory and 3rd party (Tobin).
Heikki Repo Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago The ACL II brochure mentions in the multi-duty motor description that it can accept external sync "with a special base". Whether that means all ACL II bases (vs. earlier) or means a special base isn't clear. After all, there's the single system sound base as well, the base version between ACL "1.5" and ACL II and one ACL II base I have had even German electronics in its base (before Aapo installed his motor electronics inside).
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