chuck colburn

Hey Stephen, Got anymore of those Universal mounts (PL, S/B etc.) laying around you aren't using and need to find a home for? Chuck

We use to do something very similar to what you suggest. Except that first we put some SMPTE projector registration neg. in the gate and shined a light thru it and marked the corners and cross hair on the wall. Then we would project the light thru the ground glass to confirm alignment of it to the gate. Your method is fine if you are sure that the ground glass is in alignment to the gate to start with. This method is also handy when aligning up two cameras on a beam splitter 3D rig.

I believe the sync pulse came from the MST motor which also generated the pilot tone to sync the sound recorder. http://www.bolexequipment.com/MSTMotor.htm

Bloop light

Ahahah... I've been in a piss poor mood all day and you just made me laugh my you know what off. thanks

Can you still buy those loads? If I remember right the video tap mounted on top of the front of the body. If you didn't have one there was a little cover plate that mounted flush to the surface and held down with four screws. Shouldn't be much to removing the video tap and even if you don't have the plate you could use a bit of cardboard and some tape.

Think Bell&Howell Eyemo with a Nikon lens mount. Thousands have died in the line of duty.

Here are a couple of good ones. Steer clear of those ones that just attach by a couple of set screws under the S/B ears. http://www.cinematechnic.com/products/PL_M...pt_ARRIBay.html http://www.denz-deniz.com/lensadapt.htm

There have been some really crappy S/B to PL adapters made over the years. The least you should do is have it checked on an autocollimator bench and preferably on the camera with running film. That way you can see if the film is breathing (not holding focus) in the gate. Don't count on any lens adapter as being right.

It's in what's called barrel mount or that is to say just the basic lens housing with an aperure control ring. A focusing mount could be added to this or it could be used that way on a set of bellows or whatever. It's f2.0 not f20

The CP lenses were called Ultra T primes

Yeah I love that movie. I saw it in the theater when it came out, it blew my little seven your old mind. That and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" are two of the greatest Sci Fi films of all time.

Huh... I thought it was the pressure plate that provided the registration on the Aaton. Spring loaded side rails on every other camera I've seen with them are for control of side weave. Chuck

Hi Joshua, I think they were T1.9...... but check on that. They were a very good lens for the time. I bought a few of them for the UCLA film school and was impressed by their performance. There are always a few on ebay at what seems like a good price. Chuck

Oh comon.... are you saying it looks like footage out of a home camcorder? You gotta be kidding.

It's a publication for camera men/women, it's not a film review rag. If it has an article about a film you haven't seen, don't read it.

Go to ebay and type in follow focus. There are some lower priced FF and base plate units for home camcorders listed there.

Some early S-35 stuff. http://www.cameraguild.com/technology/formats.htm

MARK, NICELY DONE. Clean camera and lighting, very good sound. Just enough fx in post to lend something to the story. If this is your first project I see good things in your future. I liked it. Chuck

Damn! now that's scary. I'm going as a lumber jack so I can chase the kids down the block with my chain saw.

Yeah you can. Even though your projecting the short pitch negative you can still tell what's up in the reg. test. If both pairs of lines of the reg. target move up and down on the screen it's projector registration error. If the pairs move seperatly to each other it's camera reg. error. Same holds true for the vertical pairs of lines (weave). Chuck

Take the lens off and look through the turret hole. Either hand crank or single frame the camera and you should be able to see the degree of shutter opening.

Hey Doug, Are you sure the lens is 5.6mm? Angenieux use to make a 5.9mm for 16mm cameras. It's not a fisheye.

And there are different mount adapters availble for use on Canon, Olympus etc. And it focuses cinewise.