Mitsos Triantopoulos

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.

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.

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 :)

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... :)

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 ;) )

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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!!!!

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

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

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

Hello, I have just put up for auction on Ebay an Eclair ACL II. The listing can be found here. I had put it up two weeks ago also, but the reserve price was not met and now I am relisting it. So, in case you think you saw it before, you are probably right, it is the same camera as the one you saw two weeks ago. I have sold other ACLs in the past, on and off Ebay, and have references if you would like. The reason I am saying all this is because I know that there have been some scams in the past with cameras--some scammers have been stealing listings (pictures and details) and trying to sell cameras that they do not have... I just want to assure you that this is not the case. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! Many greetings, Mitsos Triantopoulos

Hello all, I am selling a mint Elmo GS-1200 on Ebay. It was miraculously found in a flea market by a friend of mine and he has asked me to sell it for him. You can see it here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=7617410016 If anyone is interested you can contact me for questions via this forum or via ebay. Thank you, Mitsos

Here is a picture as promised:

$1500 Please keep in mind that the projector is brand new (well, just taken out of the box...) Photo will be added over the weekend

Hello, I have a brand new Elmo GS-1200 projector for sale. It is still in the box with all its parts and manuals (even the AA batteries that came with it from the factory.) I will probably use it one or twice to check that it still works (and take a look at my own few super-8 rolls; let's face it it's rare to be able to see your own super-8 films on such a nice projector) but I can take digital pics and send/post for anyone interested. Let me know, PM or on this thread... Cheers, Mitsos

For this one, it seems that they have hijacked an account. If you see, the seller's account has an 11(100%) positive feedback but it is all from transactions that took place in 2000. I bet someone has 'abandoned' their ebay account, and these scammers got hold of the password and are using the account for the scam... Mitsos Triantopoulos

Yes, I think that it is these scammers who want to see the other bidders' bids, and by getting the highest bid they know that they can target ALL the other bidders for the bogus 2nd chance offers. Actually, someone from the Eclair mailing list emailed me and told me that the bidders in my auction had already received bogus 2nd chance offers for the Eclair! I started sending messages to every one of the bidders telling them that I had not made any 2nd Chance Offer. But, guess what? Ebay allows only a limited number of messages you can send to other members, so I could not notify all of my bidders...! By the way, just for the record, the auction for my Eclair was won by someone with zero feedback but he is a legitimate buyer. He is, actually, the one person who came by my apartment to examine the camera. Still no word from Ebay about the Eclair scammer...! Mitsos

That's exactly what I did!! Go check it out...!

Yes, I reported it to Ebay immediately, even before I posted here. And as it's early in the auction, I hope they will do something about it quickly. Their fake auction has gone up to $350, but the bidders IDs are kept secret so it could just be scam bids as well...

Hello all, I just wanted to alert everyone to a scam that is happening on Ebay. Tim Carroll first noticed it in this post. Some scammers "steal" the photos and descriptions from legitimate auctions. When the legit auctions end, then they recreate the auction using the photos and description from the original (legit) listing. This just happened to me. I just finished selling an Eclair ACL last Saturday: see here. Now, today, just a few hours ago, some idiot put up this auction here. If anyone bids (doubtful, considering the zero feedback) and send money to this scamster they are not getting that camera, that's for sure, cause it's still sitting in my apartment... That person is such an idiot that in the description they even put the link to my website where I had additional photos! I took that page down, of course... As soon as I saw it I remembered Tim's post about that other camera, and I realized that it can't be a coincidence! Mitsos