Jorge Garcia Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I have a Victor Cine 16 mm camera. Does anyone know where i can have it tuned up. It winds properly and runs fine. The only problem is the take-up reel doesn't seem to be working properly. It seems loose. Any help or advice if I could fix it would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Peich Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Greetings Jorge, Ask your questions to the members of this Yahoo Group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CineCamera/info The moderator is very knowledgeable with Alexander Victor and his cine equipment, he owns several cameras like yours. Victor History: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc200/msc153/smpte.htm Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted July 25, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hi Jorge, it's most likely the spring belt, which you should be able to see connecting to the take-up spindle: If it's broken or stretched, you need to remove the spring motor housing to replace it. Victors are very simple, just 4 screws hold that housing on - 2 at the front just behind the turret (you need to unscrew the little reflex viewing eyepiece to be able to undo one screw), and 2 at the back just in front of the leather strap bracket screws. Then the whole side unit comes off. Undo the screw holding the brass take-up drive gear and you can remove the belt: I don't know where you'd find a new spring belt really, your best chance is probably to ask someone on ebay who sells projector belts if they have a spring belt with an unstretched diameter of about 30mm. Someone who repairs Bolexes would be able to service a Victor if you want to spend money getting it spruced up. After all that advice though, I actually wouldn't recommend a Victor camera for filming. First off you'll need to find double-perfed film because the drive sprocket has teeth on the opposite side to the pull-down claw. Secondly, the gate design on Victors is terrible, almost guaranteed to produce unsteady footage. And thirdly they are not as reliable as something like a Bolex or a Filmo, and might easily break down once you start using them. I don't think it's worth wasting film stock unless you really like the idea of using such an ancient machine. (The camera itself won't give you a vintage look, if that's what you're hoping, that's all in the film stock and lenses and processing. These days you can pick up much newer 16mm camera bodies for peanuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted July 25, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted July 25, 2014 I forgot to mention a very important step - if you take off the spring motor housing, make sure the spring is fully wound down first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Fettig Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 http://www.mcmaster.com/#coil-spring-round-belts/=szmqbf You can get spring belts from McMaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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