Ivan Ross

Tim, Thanks so much. I should have known I wasn't closing the 'pressure roller assembly'. Silly me! Unfortunately, though, I might have been better off thinking the torque motor was kaput. I shot with it today and after running about 200' the sync alarm light on my Tobin TXM 10-S came on and a second later the motor wouldn't run at all. I can't even turn the inching knob. Or, I should say that I can turn the inching knob when the motor is not connected to the camera, but I can't turn the inching knob when the motor is connected to the camera. All this is to say: Tim, please send me a message if you'd be willing to take a look at my camera. I bought it on ebay one year ago, have shot about 20 100' spools (this was my first foray into using the magazine), and haven't had it looked at by anyone. I'm in Chicago. Thanks very much, Ivan

I have an Arri S with a Tobin TXM10-S crystal motor. I'm having problems with the take-up on 400' loads. The bottom loop always disappears immediately upon starting the camera. It doesn't matter what speed the camera is running at. Does anyone know why? The only thing I can think of is that the torque motor has not been converted to 12v for the Tobin motor. I know I should get that done, but would it really prevent proper takeup altogether? Thanks in advance!

My 16mm Hycam II's red ready light illuminates and the camera makes a loud noise and seems to want to try to run when I switch it to "start." However, nothing inside the camera turns and the film doesn't progress. I'm wondering if my problem is the spool size I'm using for these tests. Will this camera only run if I'm using a 400-ft daylight-spool (described in the Kodak catalogue as 'S-153 400-ft spool')? So far I've only been using old double-perf film that has already been processed and is on a 100-ft spool (because that's all I have on hand). Will the camera run if I get the bigger spools, or might there be a mechanical problem? I'm just trying to see if anyone knows about this before I spend a lot of money on film stock that might potentially be useless to me! Thanks very much in advance for anything you can suggest. --Ivan