Stuart Brereton Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Does anyone know of any 16mm cameras that can be hand-cranked. Is there anything factory built, or am I looking at a DIY conversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hi- A B&H filmo (with a crank in the motor-socket) would be the cheapest and easiest. Devry 16mm cameras are harder to find, double perf only, and only give you 6 frames per turn (the filmo is 8, so 2-turns for 16fps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Alvin Ekarma Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 The K3 can be hand cranked; you can get a hand crank accessory that will not only help you wind the camera, but let you do shoot Old-timey-silent-movie-style although it's not something I've personally done http://cgi.ebay.com/Krasnogorsk-3-add-on-H...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 All bolexes - even the EBM (ok, not the EL ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Auner aac Posted February 15, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2008 All bolexes - even the EBM (ok, not the EL ;)) Hehe, I knew you'd be me to that one, Mr. Resident Bolex Guru! @Stuart, there are a number of really old ones as well IIRC. Do you need anything special? A specific lens mount? Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Nothing against Bolexes, except for handcranking- those tiny little cranks are a pain, and they fall out of the little crankshaft too easily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Nothing against Bolexes, except for handcranking- those tiny little cranks are a pain, and they fall out of the little crankshaft too easily! Yip, especially in the 1:1 - annoying! ...but with it on 64fps on 1:1 you get some wild variance in speed/exposure if that is what you are after - 8:1 with the governor on 12fps and its quite smooth (hard work still) A longer armed version with a mount to stop it falling out could be built I suppose - just like a tobin motor but with a crank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted February 15, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2008 8:1 is what most of the early hand crank cameras used. It's a comfortable ratio for 16 - 18 fps, not as easy for 24. To get any of those speeds with a 1:1 would be quite an athletic feat. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Ok. thanks everyone. Our director is looking for a Tony Scott look, so i'm guessing a 1:1 drive shaft would be impossible. Which of the Bolexes would be more suited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Ok. thanks everyone. Our director is looking for a Tony Scott look, so i'm guessing a 1:1 drive shaft would be impossible. Which of the Bolexes would be more suited? Any of them really - they all have 8:1 - best part is you could try to get a bolex J (old surveillance camera) - no motor, light weight and cheap - you can easily file the gate to super16 and recentre the lens mount, hardest part would be converting the deep thread c-mount to a standard mount by milling it flat, RX collimated wide lenses should be ok stopped down - *no reflex or even (easy) parallax viewing though* either that or a beater RX2/RX1 etc... parallax models are fine to if you dont need the prism. IIRC I think Top Gun was totally hand-cranked on an RX2 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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