16mm GSMO

[chris kempinski]

It's funny, I just bought a 16mm CP GSMO. I have run a few hundred

feet through it and think it's a great little camera, so far. Though, when

I tell some of the cinematographers I work with about my camera I seem

to get a smirk and/or a roll of the eyes.

Does any one have any advice on what to look out for, or any quirks that this

camera may have? Before I go investing in upgrading it I would like to hear

some opinions. One thing to note is that I do have the new modified

board that used to be so troublesome.

 

Thanks

Chris

[chris kempinski]

I guess it's an OK camera after all. I am shooting a music video and

a musical in the coming months and will keep things posted on how

it works out.

I think I am going to use a 50D and 100T and shoot 235 although I

am 4:3 right now.

 

Cheers and Happy shooting to you all.

 

Chris

 

Oh and if anyone knows where I can get a cheap eyepiece

video assist and could let me know a website or something.......

[Guest Ian Marks]

There just isn't a lot of material out there covering the GSMO, although somewhere at home I have an American Cinematographer handbook - or whatever it's called - which covers operation. I believe AZ Spectrum sells a video tap that fits between the GSMO body and the finder. I always thought the GSMO was an interesting camera that happened to hit the market at the wrong time.

[chris kempinski]

I think you are very right on all accounts. My copy of the American Cinematographer's handbook has only the very basics on it, and finding info or upgrades seems harder to find than most. I heard that it was just thrown together by CP to answer the SR.

So far so good for me though. I like it, it's quiet, easy to load, light, and a pretty steady picture.

 

 

Thanks for the reply!!

[Ayhan Duman]

The CP-GSMO is a very fine camera, here in Europe the "baby cp" has a very good reputation and it runs and runs without any problems and it does it silently... Over the time the camera runs even quieter, it goes well below 28dbA which is very good.

 

Enjoy your GSMO and if something should go wrong over the time, there's Ian Love, the ex-chief technician of Cinema Products Corp. to fix it easily.

 

Cheers...

[Matt Pacini]

I was eyeing one for a while (before I got my CP16R) but I talked to Paul Hillman at Visual Products, and Ken at Whitehouse, and they both said that you can't get parts for them, so if it breaks, you're screwed.

[steve hyde]

 

 

...It is a nice looking system. Strange that parts are not available. I like the compactness of this camera compared to the tank-like architecture of the CP16R...

 

Steve

[Guest david west]

...It is a nice looking system. Strange that parts are not available. I like the compactness of this camera compared to the tank-like architecture of the CP16R...

 

Steve

which parts did you need?

[steve hyde]

which parts did you need?

 

 

..the ones that wear out - when they wear out. I don't own the camera, I'm researching 16mm sound sync cameras in the sub 10K range. There are some, like the Aaton LTR series, that I'm not considering because parts are not available if something goes wrong. I am under the impression that the Cinema Products 16mm reflex CP16 is a very basic, well-built camera that can be worked on easily and parts are readily available if something wears out. I don't know much about the GSMO and would like to learn more about it.

 

Steve

[chris kempinski]

I will pass on any info that I can. As for now I am looking

for extra mags, perhaps 2, and a decent video assist without spending

all the cash. I am probably going to put it all on hold until I can make a

bit of money with the camera.

 

If I can make money with it.

 

A lot of the shows I am working on start talking film and end up shooting

HD or DV. Going blue in the face and stomping my feet shouting "HD is the

new Beta" only gets me blank stares in return. Then we shoot HD.

 

 

For now my GISMO is just a wicked little toy.

 

 

HD is the new Beta.

[Guest david west]

other than the circuit boards,

 

are there any gsmo owners that are looking for parts?

 

 

i just purchased a gsmo, but i have the capabilities to make parts if i need to...

 

i would much rather make a few of whatever wears out before it is worn out if that makes any sense...

 

 

any tips on problem parts that owners have tried to look for?

 

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on another subject.... you said that you were looking for a cheap video assist?????

 

has anyone tried to make a homemade video assist since the new micro camera revolution has occured?

[don lee]

I own a GSMO and like it a lot but I havent figured out how to deal with the issue of syncing to sound. Specifically, you can't plug a Tobin into it, so you cant slow it down to 23.975 and I end up slowing the audio down to match the tape transfer. I am missing something here? thanks

[Guest david west]

I own a GSMO and like it a lot but I havent figured out how to deal with the issue of syncing to sound. Specifically, you can't plug a Tobin into it, so you cant slow it down to 23.975 and I end up slowing the audio down to match the tape transfer. I am missing something here? thanks

 

 

Clive Tobin visits here on occasion, perhaps he has a work around so that his controllers could be used with this..... i have the tobin videoframe and would love to use it with my gsmo.... perhaps he has a pinout to hook it up....

[Ezra Bassin-Hill]

Hey David, are you still interested in making oarts for a GsMo? 

[Fred Ansaldo]

Just bought one. Waiting for it to arrive, and maybe I'll have questions 🙂

 

[Aapo Lettinen]

If someone needs newly made gsmo compatible crystal sync boards, I still have possibility to make them this Autumn if people would preorder and arrange me a gsmo body here for reference and testing. Would likely make a 45-speed crystal sync system quite similar in features than my cp16r 45speed system. Would need the camera here in July latest and boards would be ready before Christmas 2025. Next year would not have time anymore so pretty much the only chance to make them if anyone needs them. Price range somewhere around 900usd, would make the boards user installable if possible