konstantin smola

Again, I'm a little fuzzy on this, but if memory serves, the charger has a built in timer. It is not like some of the latest chargers which sense the battery's charge and adjust accordingly.

 

IIRC the timer starts a charging cycle when you plug the charger into the wall and the battery into the charger. It charges for a set period of time, then shuts off, regardless of what charge the battery has. Get yourself a volt meter to check the charge on the batteries. When they get low, run a charging cycle with the charger. I used to run a charging cycle with my SR batteries once a month when the camera was not in use, and more frequently when the camera was being used.

 

Best,

-Tim

That sounds good! Thanks for the hint!

Konstantin,

 

Congratulations on your new camera.

 

It's been years since I used one of those ARRI chargers, but if memory serves, you plug one charger cable into the center socket when you are only charging one battery (instead of two). I don't remember if it then charges the one battery faster, or you do it so the charger doesn't get damaged by only loading one charger cable.

 

Sorry I don't remember it more clearly.

 

Best,

-Tim

Thanks!

I tried to charge the batteries, and it seemed to work correctly.

But when I let the charger cool down again (unplug and wait a few minutes) I can charge the batteries again - Plug everything in, both LEDs light up and the Batteries get warm. After a few hours the LEDs go off. I could repeat that a dozen times. But when are the Batteries fully charged?

Thanks!

no one? :(

Thanks guys! It's 1/3 second.

30 December 2009

 

Dear Mr. Smola:

 

The single frame exposure time is 1/3 second with 180 degree shutter angle on the Arriflex 16SR-2 HS.

 

If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.

 

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I'm thinking of getting this Cine Kowa lens kit for my Arri SR2HS: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arri-Arriflex-PL-Cin...#ht_4956wt_1167

What do you think? Has anyone ever used them?

thanks!

Nice!!!

But it only works with daylight spools, right?

Would be stoked to see footage shot with it!!

I wondered what the exposure time would be on my SRII when I use the Cinematography Electronics Timelapse unit. Couldn't find the info on the CE website.

Thanks,

regards

Hi,

Today I got my Arri SR2 HS.

I tried to charge the batteries, and have a question about the charger.

I found out that I can plug one of the battery-cables in the charging unit, and then both LEDs light up. But what is this good for?

Thanks!

Hi i need for my next project to make a extension cord for my FK-2 remote on-off switch. It is around 1.5 m. and i need to make a extension around 5m.

If the manufacturer or user can tell me what kind of connector is ( (five pins in round disposition) i´m very happy. thanks in advance

here you go:

http://shop.conrad.at/ce/de/product/738888/

any ideas?

Thanks!

Hi Konstantin,

 

possible reasons for your footage being too dark on your Rex-5...

 

1. Partially closed variable shutter. You should see an extremely obvious triangle protruding from the bottom of your finder. You can't miss it if it's there.

 

2. You set the wrong ISO or shutter on you Canon when metering. You should set it at 1/80th at 24fps to account for the light loss in the beam splitter (you lose around 1/3rd of a stop).

 

3. Your film was old.

 

4. There's an ND filter in your behind-the-lens filter tray.

 

5. Your camera is running too fast.

 

6. There is something wrong with importing the dpx files. What telecine house did you transfer at? Are they using log or lin LUTs?

 

 

That's all I can think of right now...

 

Cheers, Dave

 

PS: Oh, and clean that windshield! ;)

Hi!

1-5: no :)

But yes, probably I've done something wrong when importing the dpx files. Synchro in Vienna. Ahm What? (sorry - Ive never worked with dpx files before)

Here are two unedited screengrabs:

opened the dpx with photoshop and converted it into a .jpg

Ps: Sorry for not calling back - Ill give you a call tomorrow afternoon, because tomorrow I have a "Nachprüfung"

Hi!

Today I got my HD back, with the dpx files. I converted them into a ProRes QT and edited the file in FCP. I did the cc in Color.

The strange thing is that nearly all of the shots were way too dark! I used my Canon 1D MkII as "lightmeter" - bad choice? Any advice?

But here is the video: http://vimeo.com/6400044

Everything was shot with the Angenieux 15-150, except the last five scenes (9mm Ikonoskop)

Thanks a lot!!!

I did a test shot with the lens at various f stops and focal lengths.

The film is now at the lab. Will get my full HD to Disk scan this week.

I also tested it with the Ikonoskop 9mm lens that came with my a-cam.

In the meantime I found out that leicashop.com here in Vienna could clean and recollimate the lens for about $300,-

I'll keep you guys updated! I will also upload the demo clip on vimeo!

The Bolex got a B Mount! But I will get my SRII converted to S16 and PL mount, so a PL mount lens would be a better solution!

Thanks!

Regards

Les converted my EBM and I´m happy with it. Maybe you must try this little problem with him before to post here.

Thanks!

Ok, so i think something went wrong with my camera, but I will call Les tomorrow! Im sure he can fix it:)

Thanks guys!

I can't really pass too much comment on your specific experiences, but I've not had any problems during my (limited) dealings with Les.

 

If he's particularly busy I did find he can take a little while to get back to emails. Why don't you just ring him? I found him quite friendly and helpful on the phone when he did work on my Beaulieu R16. Rather than telling him that the work is wrong, why don't you do what you've done here and just ask him if that's how it should be, and is it normal? ...Why are you seeing an extra white line, what is it? etc.

Hi,

not to get me wrong, I do definitely not want to run him down! He is for sure a great camera tec.!

And yes I will ring him, but I just wanted to find out whether this is normal or not.

Les Bosher converted my Bolex RX5, but I'm not happy at all with the conversion.

Dust in the viewfinder and on the gg, a mysterious white line in the viewfinder, and also the edges of the new s16 gg don't look really "clean".

I tried to contact him a couple of times now (also used different email accounts, to make sure there is nothing wrong with my email server)

But he never responded...

I attached a few pictures of my camera.

I assume not all viewfinders look like this after conversion? Any ideas how I can clean the viewfinder myself?

Thanks!

I got my Angenieux 15-150mm f/1.9 S16 Zoom lens really cheap on eBay.

But there is quite a lot dust in the lens :(

Bernie O'Doherty could clean and re calibrate it for about $300,-

But I'm not shure whether it's worth it.

I couldn't find any footage shot with that lens.

Any experiences with that lens?

pictures:

Thanks!

But Im looking for PL Mount Cine lenses…

Prime lenses would also be fine, but I think a set of prime lenses is far more expensive than one zoom lens

hi :lol:

Hi,

I'm looking for an affordable super 16 zoom lens for my Bolex. I have an old Angenieux 15-150 f1.9, but this huge thing got some dust inside… would be too expensive to clean and re calibrate.

What can you guys recommend?

Thanks,

Regards

no one? :(

I'll shoot a shortfilm this summer on Super8.

I'm not sure which Audio recorder to use. What would you guys recommend? An old Nagra 4.2 or the Fostex FR2 LE ?

Thanks!