Tony Hudson

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yeah, I got one, works great.

I have some lenses up for auction: ebay

...and it's still way over priced at over a $1000 to have your camera crystal modified.

The only decent thing I see Pro8mm offering is the 25fps crystal sync option.

What's disapponting about Wittner is that they acquired all the old Beaulieu stock and decided not to release any of the old/new stock, as was originally intended, but just sell the Pro8mm version 4008 instead.

I can't believe that Cinemeter II sold for $1,400. I know it's like new but a more worn Cinemeter II sold a few days ago on ebay for $200. I have the first Cinemeter, which is made of metal not plastic, are there any other differences between this one and the later Cinemeter II? There doesn't seem to be any functional difference.

Would anyone like the return of a film stock similar to the old Kodak MFX Estar film that was sold as 100ft load carts? That's 5 minutes at 24/25fps. I'd love to have the option, it was obviously a thinner film stock.

You sound like a consultant there Michael. The ruination of many a fine business. That's good enough for most shooters. Semantics be damned.

There's nothing wrong with it, the 5008's a decent camera with the 2 best super 8 zoom lenses ever made -either the Anegenieux 6-80 or the Schneider Optivaron6-66. It's an underated camera that's better than most and nowhere is it remotely as bad as a Bentley or any other cheap cameras. It's also one of the quietest cameras around. Any comparison between the Bentley and the Fujica P2 should only be made in regard to it's shape not in the P2's function or quality. The P2 is far superior and has a proper glass lens not a plastic one like the Bentley's.

It's also a design rip-off of the great little Fujica P2 single 8 camera:

Well if he doesn't have any confidence in "his" stock and development, why should we?

Well that's great, a definite plus.

Has the lens be re-centred so it's aligned with the 16:9 guides, meaning when you zoom it doesn't look like it's veering of to the left of shot.

It's not a criticism, it's a truth. I've used ZC1000s mostly and have had Beaulieu/Ritter 7008PROSD8 systems so they're not exactly crusty 40 year old cameras. It's not animosity either, this is a discussion forum more than a classifieds section so whatever you post here can be discussed and should be allowed.

I'd say the camera was really born in the 70's and reconditioned, since it's really a Beaulieu 4008.

Wittner don't make that matte box, they are just a sell through for pro8mm gear who've been selling that matte box for years. matte

Could you post a bigger picture?, this only fills my 30 inch screen.

Any chance the Fujica ZC1000 single 8 camera will be included in the test, just as an outsider, for comparison?

As far as I know, the little sprung arm comes out to add stability to the film, in it's place, as soon as the first claw pulls it down. This is not the action a reg. pin performs, a reg. pin actually pushes from behind the film and engages a perforation, pushing the film flat against the gate allowing for a more static, flat frame. The Nikon thing doesn't force the film flat against the gate, it only adds minimal support at the front, I'm not too sure if it really adds anything as there is no real force applied to the film.

The 2nd claw on a Nikon R10 is not a reg pin.

It's too hard trying to reload the Kodak mags. I owned some of those Beaulieu/Ritter cameras with 200ft mags at one time, but they are quite heavy. There are some pics on this web-page of my camera: Beaulieu SD8 system. They were great for long take shots and had good image stability but it ate the batteries.