Max Lundberg

You can easily check these things from the internet, you know. read the description.

The NPR is technically way more similar to the kinor than the ACL. Both have spinning mirror shutter, reg pin, adjustable shutter(only early kinor models) etc.

If that's good enough for you. But for me, if someone is making a statement without proper explanation, I don't buy it. No matter who he is. I'm sure the BL4 will give better registration than the 2C, but I don't think these cameras are in the same line anyway. What I don't buy is that a bad lens will give better images than a good lens just because of a registration pin.

What do you mean by same resolution? How did you measure this? A horrible lens? A top-notch lens? What are these? The lens makes the image, not the camera. A registration pin is not going to make a poor lens any better than it is. Did you shoot tests with both lenses on both cameras? How can you be sure that the difference was just because of a registarion pin? Are these cameras totally identical except one has a registration pin? (remember that the 2C was introduced in 1964 and the BL4 in 1986.) Actually I think the BL4 has two registration pins. I don't think it's normal for the 2C that the frame line is breathing quite a bit. But again "quite a bit" is not very precise term. And every camera is unique.

A useless statement.

Maybe you could order it from Japan and have it shipped to you. It's listed here http://fujifilm.jp/business/broadcastcinem...g/fg/index.html I have only used the 16mm version of it, RP 72161, but I didn't have any problems to get it from the local dealer here in Europe. That was some time ago, but they still list it in their catalog. Good luck.

I have one of these, cost me something like $20. I just love it. A light meter is so simple device, that I haven't figured a good enough reason to buy a new digital meter, if some "antique" meter will give me exactly the same reading. Although it may not be the fastest and the easiest meter to use.

It would help if you tell us where you are located. I don't know do they sell it in the US. I guess it just depends where you live. Perhaps the volume of sale is big enough around here, because you don't have to make a special order, even though it is a special order product. It comes in 400' and 1000' and is called Fuji FG 71112 80D/64T.

There are a couple different models of Scoopic. The lenses are not the same and some of them have a registration pin(like relatively rare "Sound Scoopic").

Why do you think that I don't know the theory? I have done dozens of registration tests with many different cameras, like aaton, arriflex, eclair, bolex etc.

I very much agree with Nathan. There's much more things that affect to registration than JUST a one pin(or even two). It's not like every camera without a registarion pin has the same design than some old camera from the fifties. Only when shooting high-speed(100fps+), a registration pin can be a benefit.

If the 1.37 commercial(or anything in 1.37) is transferred to 35mm, doesn't it also fit for 1.85 projection(with the sidebars)? Yes I'm sure.

I'm not so familiar with projecting 35mm, but last time they did show commercials in 1.37.1 before the actual film which was 1.85:1. Maybe this is done the way that they don't use the entire film area for the image. I guess this is not the properly way? Is there any restraint in projecting entire 1.37:1 film like this if you wanted?

My mistake, Aaton 35-III was 0.011mm. But calibre for XTR is correct.

1. Well no. ACL 0.010mm and XTR 0.005mm. Arri SRII 0.013mm. 2. It depends on design of the camera. 3. I wouldn't compare 16mm with 35mm, because a lot of things change, but yes, Aaton 35-III. Again 0.005mm. 4. I don't think so, since ACL is follower of NPR.