Michael Baltazar

Anyone here in the New Zeland area who wants to meet up and talk shop? I'm interested in getting some crews together for various projects. I'm in the Wellington area, but we all know how small NZ is so drop me a line if you're in the country.

Ok ... this problem is really starting to irk me. I can't for the life of me figure it out. Is there any way I can tell if the streak is occurring before the gate or after the gate (i.e. before the image gets exposed or afterwards). It appears mostly blue on the negative. Also it is sometimes confined to just the sides, but both sides. Sometimes they are clearly in the shape of the perforations, which leads me to believe the leak is occuring in the magazine while its spooled. Sometimes they earily line up on the spool as well. But on both mag's? Exactly the same??? Really suspicious. Is there any test I can use to determine if it is indeed the mag's for sure?

Since its an intermittent thing, though, i'm thinking some 'event' is triggering it. So I would suppose i wouldn't see anything with that test. I may try it just to be sure though. I figure it can't be shutter related though since its ever 8 frames... i.e. not every 2. I'm going to try to shoot something severely undercranked, and see if the timing of the mishap changes. If it doesn't, then I know its definitely a mechanical function. If not, I'm not sure what that tells me =(. I'll keep you guys posted.

So I'm still trying to trouble shoot this 'horizontal' light leak that seems to be happening. I've shot some more tests, and now I've noticed its actually a recurring thing. It happens about every 8 frames or so, but some are more subtle than others. Sometimes its just around the edges of the sprocket holes!! I've made sure I've locked down the mag and closed all the doors when shooting. My guess is its something in the film chamber since it happens outside of the gate and the gated image exposes fine. I've got two magazines and I get the same results with both. Anyone have any more guesses? I'll see if I can't post some pics of it.

Ok - so I'm starting to get back some footage I've shot after testing this camera out. I'm just loading in still camera film into it for now (waiting on some short-ends I ordered) so I get back around 60 frames or so... First question - I get this over-exposed 'stripe' about 1cm tall horizontally across the negative on around the 14th frame into the shot. It doesn't happen again, it just happens that one time per roll (but on EVERY roll). Its across the entire width of the negative i.e. through to the perforations and past the gate. Anyone have any idea what I'm seeing? Is that normal...some sort of light leak, but then why only that particular frame? Of course I don't know what happens when i run more than 2s worth of footage through perhaps it does reoccur. My guess is its a per shot thing... could it be related to the film running through getting taught? The eyepiece is a real pain to use... What's the possibility of getting/rigging an eyepiece that can turn? Another question about the body of the camera. Next to the tachometer on the lower right side is a port of some sort. What's this for and what plugs into there? Man.. i'd be so lost without this forum.

Christian, Great advice. Thanks - sounds like I'll be sticking to slower speeds and 400 ' Mags. Regarding lubrication... what's the best oil and grease to use? Would just a normal can of WD40 suffice? I'm out here in New Zealand (no man's land) and I'm not sure if there's any Arri 2c technicians out here I can get a hold of, so I'll probably have to do most of the maintenance myself!

Awesome! this forum is great! one more question for you guys... Do I need a filter holder or should I be able to slide the filters directly into the filter area in the matte box.

Its on the body of the camera. I'm pretty sure all 2c's have 'em - its probably not even a switch. I just didn't know what to call it =).

thanks for the info.. about the switch: Here's a pic. Its drawn here in red, located in the inside of the film chamber. It pivots up and down (noted by the black arrow).

Hi, Just got my new used arri 2c and I admittedly didn't know too much about it before I bought it. So here's some beginner questions I got. 1) There's a little switch in the film chamber on the lower right hand side that doesn't seem to do anything. What is that there for? 2) Is it possible to load 1000' mags onto the Arri 2c? Are they even available anywhere? 3) My 2c has a fixed shutter. Is it possible to have this modified later on to take a variable shutter? 4) The tachometer goes up to 50fps. What if I run the camera faster than that (with a proper motor)? Will I damage anything? That's all for now but I'm sure I'll have lots more as I start to play around with it... thanks.