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Mitsos Triantopoulos

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  1. Yes, this one will do fine... Just order the Tuchel connector from Mouser. You may want to get two of them, just to be safe, depending on how good you are with the soldering iron, or to have an extra for another battery or for the future.
  2. This one worked! So for anyone else out there with the same problem in the future, here's my solution: 1. I bought a Bescor battery with an XLR pin from B&H. It doesn't have to be that model, but it needs to have the wire with the XLR pin (see step 3) 2. I ordered the Amphenol Tuchel 4-pin Connector (523 T 3301 001) from Mouser Electronics 3. I removed the XLR pin from the battery 4. With a lot of patience, a soldering iron, and some intuition, I installed the new Tuchel pin. The Tuchel connector has the four pins labeled "1" "2" "3" and "4" so it makes it a bit easier. Just remember 1 & 2 are negative and 3 & 4 are for the positive. Also, the Bescor battery's wires are labeled. I am sure a pro Electrical Engineer would look at my solder connections and laugh, but hey, it works!! The nice thing about this particular Tuchel connector is that it screws on the Bolex EL and there is no fear of it falling off while shooting.
  3. Thank you Don! I ordered that one last night, and I was 90% sure it was the right piece... Now that I see your confirmation I am glad I paid a couple extra bucks to get by Friday :)
  4. Boy, it took me quite a bit of searching on the internet to find these darn Tuchel thingamajiggies... But I think I found an excellent source, so if another noob like me puts a search for the words Bolex, battery, pin, interface, power, wire, and Tuchel they can possibly be helped by this source: Mouser Electronics. The link goes to the catalog of Amphenol Tuchel connectors. (Amphenol=manufacter and Tuchel=type ?) I think it is what is needed for the Bolex... :)
  5. Tuchel - hmmm, yes, I knew that name... But I just thought that Tuchel had more than 4 pins. So, are there Tuchel to XLR adaptors? Or batteries with Tuchel pins/plugs? (back to Google ;) )
  6. Hi all, I have a Bolex EL, and I am finding it a challenge to supply it with power. At first, a friend of mine (who is an electrical engineer) created a battery for me. He took an inexpensive rectangular 12V battery and soldered two terminals. He also made a wire which attached to the two terminals of the battery on one side and to the camera on the other. Ok, this worked great. But, I left the battery unused for a long while and now it doesn't charge it anymore. So, yesterday I went to B&H and I thought, what the heck, I ain't no EE, I'll spend $100 and buy one of the Bescor batteries with the XLR pin, the little belt case, the charger, etc. But, I forgot that the power interface of the Bolex EL, is not an XLR. So, my question is, what exactly is that interface called? I am thinking of removing the XLR pin from the new battery I bought, and putting the one that my friend had used in the first 'homemade' battery, which fit the 4-pin interface on the camera. Any advice? Is there some sort of attachment that transforms the interface on the camera to an XLR one, so I don't have to mess with the battery? Thanks much for any help, Mitsos
  7. I believe it gives you the ability to record sound directly on to the film (assuming you have that type of film). It is more of a collector's item. But then again, I am not a pro, and I have never used it... Mitsos
  8. I put an Eclair ACL 2 up on Ebay a couple days ago. If you have not bought a camera yet, it may be what you are looking for. It is item: 260113139571 Mitsos
  9. Hello, I have put up the following for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=260113139571 Please see more pictures at: http://homepage.mac.com/mitsaoua/Eclair2007/Eclair.html Feel free to send questions. Rest assured that this is not one of the ebay-camera-scams we have seen in the past (one of which I fell prey to). Cheers, Mitsos
  10. Yeah, outside some major metropolitan areas Satantango would not make lengthy runs... How was the turnout in Portland? It's up in Seattle this weekend...
  11. I know it's not a frequent opportunity but I think this film--at least for the first time--must be viewed on film, in a theater. A home theater with a TV and sofa, outside distractions, and a pause button would detract from the experience, me thinks... It actually has two breaks built in...
  12. The weirdest thing is that they are using an active seller ID. I just contacted the person behind the seller ID, but I used one of the other items they have for sale, and they had no clue about the camera being sold under their account!!!!
  13. That "email me at this email address, because the 'Contact Buyer' mails do not get to me" should be a big red flag for any serious bidder... Mitsos
  14. Ok, here we go again... In my post below, you can find the link to my original auction, which ended, and the buyer has already received his camera. Look here for the scammer: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160006498339 However, the idiot left the pictures which are hosted on my website... So, as you can see I changed on of the pictures with a warning... :D Mitsos
  15. Hi folks, I am selling another ACL II: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=260001867947 I did have it up two weeks ago (item:7628976848) with a reserve, which was not reached hence there was no sale... But apart from the above two items (both sold under my ebay name) if you see these pics under anyone else's listing that would be a scam... Hoping I don't have to go through this again... Cheers, Mitsos
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