Pavan Deep Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Has anyone ever seen or used one of these cameras; https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/rlRichterMisc.htm Pav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted March 16, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted March 16, 2018 Can’t say that I have. More in the spy/concealed/inconspicuous corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 19, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2018 Very cool camera, never seen anything like it really. Doesn''t mention how loud it is, but it's interesting the mention super 16. It does seem like a pretty old design, but maybe its not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 1978. https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P3-1310594851/the-emp-envelope-minimum-possible-16mm-camera No suggestion it was self-blimped- I wonder if more than a handful were ever made? Visual Products seem to have one for sale.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) 1978. https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P3-1310594851/the-emp-envelope-minimum-possible-16mm-camera No suggestion it was self-blimped- I wonder if more than a handful were ever made? Visual Products seem to have one for sale.. Couldn't see it on their site...? I'm surprised if only a small number were manufactured, unless they had problems. It would seem a nice way of capturing 16mm images with a tiny camera always at the ready. And I'd think there would be a market today for something like this. Edited March 20, 2018 by Doug Palmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Couldn't see it on their site...? I'm surprised if only a small number were manufactured, unless they had problems. I suggested it because there was so little reference to it anywhere, especially here, where some pretty obscure devices turn up. Couldn't find Richter's website, though, what did you find? Edited March 20, 2018 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavan Deep Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) You're right there is very little information regarding this camera, we don't know how loud it is and in it's smallest configuration using 100ft on cores it seems complex as I think you need a few pre-loaded mags when you're filming otherwise it seems too fiddly. I contacted Visual Products, they told me that the camera sold a while ago, but the web page pops up when you do a search for the EMP camera on Google, they have no other information on the camera. I can see that in today's market this camera would work, but it lacks a reflex viewfinder. On another note I have started using old 16mm 50ft magazine cameras with single perf film, loading it in a simple way - not the preferred Kodak way and getting very good results, these cameras are very cheap, small and surprisingly quiet. Pav Edited March 20, 2018 by Pavan Deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) You're right there is very little information regarding this camera, we don't know how loud it is and in it's smallest configuration using 100ft on cores it seems complex as I think you need a few pre-loaded mags when you're filming otherwise it seems too fiddly. I contacted Visual Products, they told me that the camera sold a while ago, but the web page pops up when you do a search for the EMP camera on Google, they have no other information on the camera. I can see that in today's market this camera would work, but it lacks a reflex viewfinder. On another note I have started using old 16mm 50ft magazine cameras with single perf film, loading it in a simple way - not the preferred Kodak way and getting very good results, these cameras are very cheap, small and surprisingly quiet. Pav It would be nice to see how these EMP cameras are constructed. The limited number of moving parts is interesting. I'd have thought a reflex finder may have been possible, though maybe they thought it wasn't necessary because of the small parallax distance and a likelihood of short lenses with big depth of field being used. Pav, how would you rate the steadiness of your 50ft mag cameras ? Edited March 20, 2018 by Doug Palmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavan Deep Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 The steadiness of the 50ft mag cameras seems to be surprisingly very good. Pav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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