Don Brown

I am sorry to annouce that Roger Sharland passed away on the 12th Jan 2013 after a short illness.

http://www.roger-sharland.co.uk/

Regards

Don

Does anyone have a manual or have a link to an online manual or pdf for this camera- Agfa Movexoom 10 Mos Electronic?

 

I need help knowing what some of the controls are for and mine does not have a manual and my many efforts to track one down have been fruitless.

 

For instance, can anyone tell me about toggle button #6

 

Hi Johnny

The switch you are talking about is the master, O being off, A is on with Auto, + is backlight correction, and the circle with arrow is battery check a red LED lights up

I only have manual for Movexoom 10 MoS not the sound version but they are the same apart from the sound side if you send me your email address I will scan a PDF for you

Regards

Don

Hi,

 

I am looking for a schematic or circuit diagram for the Cinema Products crystal motor that suits the Arri 2 camera.

 

If you can help please e-mail me at the following address...please remove the spaces and replace the (at) with @

 

cinefan (at) gmail.com

 

Thanks From,

Henry.

Hi Henry

I do have a circuit for the CP Arri motor its a photo copy that about 30 year old its a bit faded but you can make out the components.

I will dig it out from my files, if you send me a PM I will send as a PDF

Regards

Don

thanks for that, i have a friend who is doing up their old cp16 so thats very handy

 

also if anyone knows where i might find an operating manual, that would be great...

 

cheers

morgs

Hi

This was quoted last week check this site

http://www.intervalometers.com/pdfs/cp16-t...ical-300dpi.pdf

Regards

Don

Hello ewerybody,

What does mean button with two positions marked by letters T @ I on camera (Bolex H16 reflex ) body.

Thanks

Audrius

Hi Audrius

The T stands for Time and the I is Instantaneous used when doing Single Frame shots the time position is used in poor lighting conditions

Regards

Don

Hi All,

I've just bought a Nizo 148 macro , does anyone have any instructions for disassembly for repairing them ?

 

Everything works except the for the frames per second knob which is missing.

 

best

 

rob spence

Hi Rob

I had to buy one for my Agfa Movexoom 10 there does not seem to be anyone out there that has free service manuals

I used this company here in UK not cheap but good

http://www.oldtimercameras.com/stock/type....mp;source_ID=50

Regards

Don

Hi Michael

London

I hate coming into town

Steven would never own a Panaflex even with his money you can only rent on

Hugh owned his gear from his days in AD's which a lot of commercial companies did whether it was a Arri IIC or a Mitchell S35 if you are working every day knocking out a quick 30 second AD you soon get you investment back, a friend of mine who does all the Peperomi AD's has camera's and motion control gear + studio

On features they mainly hire in due to the quantity of equipment and the backup + all hired gear is written off against tax.

Sony Umatics I had two 4800's which where one of the early portables which ran on 12v with two 12" monitors the only problem I had recorder wise was taking them from cold Air-con trucks into warm and then you get condensation on the head drum which still happens now. and cables dragging though mud in jungle

The apes suits were built by the famous Rick Baker who has done every ape or creature I can think of (American Werewolf Harry and the Hendersons) and Gorilla's in the Mist which I worked with him again

Stanley was a hard task master another man that owned is his camera gear which he stored in at home but I hear it got damp damage and I believe Joe Dunton bought it all up and was restoring it

The last time I saw him he was shooting Full Metal and he needed lots of loop earpiece's for a scene he was shooting at the old Beckton Gasworks which he had transformed into Veitnam and I took them down to him.

The Agfa I will get back to it when I have finished this job in the West End the Director wants to shoot another couple of nights

Best wishes

Don

Wow. Just wow (sorry for the juvenile reaction...)

 

 

 

Wow, you worked with Hugh Hudson on "Greystoke". I must say I was a young kid when it came out, and I couldn't get into the film then because of its mature approach to the Tarzan novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Bear in mind that at that time, for me, Tarzan was associated with the Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker versions broadcast on German TV in the afternoon. I had truly seen "Greystoke" for the first time just a few years ago after moving to the UK in the original version (no German dub, which matters alot) and actually was taken by it. The England sequences are beautifully filmed. And I was pleasantly astonished by Lambert's acting, not having been convinced by him in his other roles. But then again, saying that he impersonated a half-ape very well isn't maybe that much of a compliment... well, at least we have a 25-year-old Andie MacDowell to see debuting on the big screen...

 

 

Films by Stanley Kubrick aside, notably "Barry Lyndon" and "Clockwork Orange" of course, this is beautifully showcased in "Greystoke"!

...although it was shot with Zeiss rather than Cooke (hence somewhat undermining my above point on Cooke transcending what is filmed more into the artistic realm :rolleyes: )

 

So please forgive me my inquiring curiosity, what what did Video Operation encompass in 1983/84, practically on set at "Greystoke", at a time I guess where Video Assist still wasn't widespread? And how did it fit in with the film being the first (re-)adopter of Super Techniscope, i.e. Super 35? And how was it to work with the great John Alcott, someone I named publicly as someone I would have loved to apprentice with in this post here because of his rare cinematographic rhetoric.

 

Cheers, -Michael

Hi Michael

Sorry for delay just got back from London in early hours a friend of mine was shooting video of stage show in West End and asked me to do the Sound 2 long days in rip off London £8 a day Con charge and £42 a day in Brewer St car park

plus the fuel.

Greystoke

Hugh was one of the early Directors that started using Video assist coming from commercials, He had all his own camera gear being two 35 BL's one which he had for some time and a PL mount he bought for the film not sure what he had on Chariot's I would have thought BL's as David Watkin was a lover of Arri

The video gear I had was 2 Sony portable Umatics which I persuaded Hugh to take as he only had a VHS he used on his Ad's

which I did not think would standup to the conditions in the Cameroon's in West Africa, he had video taps on both cameras one with a slow vidicon tube and the other I fitted a low light newicon both B/W as I knew that John did not use a lot of light.

I would use the vidicon in bright sun light or as the sun was going down or we where in heavy shaded trees I would change to the newicon and would watch John pack his lightmeters away as he knew there was not much light left for shooting

His favorite tool was a couple of of large Maglites with a piece of 1/4 blue which he would use to highlight Chris's eyes we did not use hardly any lighting on Ext the odd reflector the jungle set at Elstree was a different ball game

John would also use his trusty Polariod which took the now obsolite roll film B/W which he stored in a cooler box on the Camera truck. About a week into shooting the new BL packed up and Nobby our camera maintenace engineer was packed of to Munich to get it fixed as we carried on with the other BL

Super 35

I was up until then used to Panavision but John A and David W where lovers of the Arri system so John decided

the we would shoot what was now is Super 35 / Super Techniscope, I learnt a lot from watching John work and was a great shock when he died, he did not suffer fools, you could see he learnt his craft from the great camera men he worked with ie Geoff Unsworth and Stanley who had asked me to do The Shining but turned it down as I new his repution of never going home, lifes is to short ,John and Stanley gone

Chris and Andi

Chris was lovely dream to work with would asked me to show him bits on to video without Hugh seeing as Hugh did not even allow him to go to rushes. Andi looks as good today as she did then

Will post some more later

Best

Don

I can recommend the Polish restaurant in West Street, though.

Hi Mark

There's a great Indian there as well

Don

Pretty much! London is like a curse... the worst and the best place to be at once :), between rat race and glory. Hey, looking forward to those pics. And frankly, I would love to hear some anecdotes from your years at Samuelson's. I have a mid-1980s issue of Samuelson's "Motion Picture Camera Data" book from Focal Press, and it is a trusty and reliable companion, of course featuring also many Super 8 cameras in it , next to Aäton 7s, Mitchells and Wollensacks :)

Although you are based further north in the non-colonial version of Boston, there is a UK London sub-forum here, which I am sure you have heard about... if not, click me...

Hi Michael

Moved to Lincolnshire 20 years ago to get away from rat race but it seems to have followed me here Boston now has now doubled with oversea's workers

Spent 10 years at Sammies in Cricklewood running the Sound maintenance which got me sent to Switzerland to learn how to service Nagra's and then in 75 took over the Video Assist dept which was in it infancy days as only a few Directors used it

Went freelance when Hugh Hudson asked me to do Greystoke and have travelled the World doing sound and video assist

But have a passion for 8/16mm cameras from CP16 H16 K3's and a host of 8mm Bolex Canon Agfa

Best wishes

Don

Agreed! I guess the difference was just that with the German Sue-me-sue-you culture, that issue was bound to end in the courts, whereas during the Cold War, lawsuits beyond the Iron Curtain were impossible, and as re. international lawsuits... well, if you aren't Apple who will sue to even if you life beyond Neptune, even companies like GM have problems enforcing their TMs today vis-à-vis China or Russia...

 

Hey, feel free to post some pics of your ongoing Agfa operation. It's always interesting to see the innards of some cameras. And good luck on results, Don!

Hi Michael

OK on that I never think of German way of business being involved in dirty tactics

I will post some bits as I go on, Are you still in Hampstead ?

Best wishes

Don

Has anybody been inside Movexoom 10 can't workout how to remove control knobs don't want to use brute force

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

Don

Hi Everybody

Managed to get inside now I have manual, which helps as there are bits that hold board in place that you do not know without the info

Very nice build, top quality circuit board I think better than Nizo the two main IC's are still avaliable via internet stockist

The one I am working on is the sound version and have removed the brass flywheel on the capstan which has made the camera a bit lighter

The motor cicuit has a tacho feedback so looking at a quartz lock but still want to use the Timelapse and stop frame facility which works fine.

Michael I know what you mean when you say that Braun was upset but this happens all the time the Japanese & Russian's have be doing it for years, every Video camera now looks the same.

Anyway I have now 4 2 silent models and 2 sound both with 10-1 lenses and a baby Agfa 300

Regards

Don

Have you considered a service professional? Those cameras are kind of cool, they have 10 times zoom starting at a very cool 6mm wide angle. There are very few cameras that go all the way down to 6mm on the wide side. I have yet to shoot with mine but I am very curious how the 6mm looks.

Hi Alessandro

Thanks for that, I have another 3 two non-sound and one sound not much use as stock obsolete

I have got inside and have found a resistor over heating, it was working when I got it, the chance of finding a engineer here in UK that can work on a 30 year old 8mm camera is very slim

I have the Service manual on order which should have a circuit diagram which I will be able to see whats pulling current though that resistor. I am an electronic engineer who has worked on 35/16mm

cameras when I was Head of sound maintenace for Samuelson Film Service which at its time was the largest film equipment rental in the World.

I want to do some mods on camera so I don't mind its not working, nice board inside seems to use stepper for the auto iris and tacho on motor may be able to xtal lock.

Regards

Don

Has anybody been inside Movexoom 10 can't workout how to remove control knobs don't want to use brute force

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

Don

Hi Everyone

Forgot what I asked have found Service Manual its on its way.

Regards

Don

Hi,

 

Does anyone have any contact details for Bjorn Andersson in Sweden? I wanted to bounce a question or two off him about Beaulieu repairs.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Cheers

 

Paul

Hi Paul

Got this from a previous posting

Björn Andersson, Filmkonsult Svebaco KB, Vidholmsbackarna 54, 165 72 Hasselby, Sweden

EMAIL: bjorn.andersson@brevet.nu

TEL: +46 (0) 8-38 10 74

Regards

Don

Has anybody been inside Movexoom 10 can't workout how to remove control knobs don't want to use brute force

Regards

Don

I want to refurbish a couple of Scoopic cameras myself -- the later M/MS and Sound Scoopic 200 type. Where do you get the right foam -- best foam -- to redo the foam light seals? This is a question for those Scoopic owners who have done their own refurbishing.

 

Also, any advice regarding opening it up to clean and re-lube? I know somebody out there must be a Scoopic tinkerer.

 

Thanks,

 

Paul

Hi Paul

I have done all my Stills and Cine cameras with these kits, they work fine I dealt with with a chap in the States although I live in UK

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAMERA-LIGHT-SEAL-RE...1QQcmdZViewItem

Regards

Don

A some strange, I not had a problems with glue of ground glass block of K-3 camera.

Possible, will need check of screws of body of ground glass block ?

The body of block have 3 screws and position of ground glass can be adjust by this screws.

If the ground glass block have problem with glue, need replace of ground glass block with prism.

I prefer set of ground glass from K-1 without prism. Yes, You lost TTL light meter, but, you will have more high light of viewfinder.

Other idea, to set of hand made ground glass from other cine camera. The viewfinder can be adjust for other ground glass.

Hi Olexandr

Thanks for that my meter does not work any way I will try and source one.

Regards

Don

But, K-3 have glued ground glass and dividing prism, K-1 ( k2,uncertain ) have ground glass and dividing prism separately.

.

Hi Olex

I think the glue on one of my K3's has separated I have a shadow at the bottom of my frame, if I apply pressure on the prism it goes, is there any thing that can be done to fix this.

Regards

Don

Cheers Don.

PM me if you want Simon's contact details - he is based in Uxbridge.

Hi Nigel

Thanks for that, found his number in my little book

Don

Hi Don

That's right - we went to Andrew Alden's repairer David Warren for the modification and he apparently passed it on to Mr Stent.

The cameras are currently with Simon Challenor, who is the "Officially accredited Service Engineer for Bolex here in the UK", and David's successor. He spoke to Mr Stent and found him at best "unhelpful" and denying all responsibility.

Thanks for the input

Nigel

Hi Nigel

OK on that when I was thinking of having my RX5 done Andrew recommended David Warren who at the time was the UK service agent but sent all his S16 mods to Martin, so where to send now I will give Les Bosher a call and get a price from him but with the £ strong against the $ it might be cheaper in the States, glad you have found Simon I found his Website in my files is out of date and I can not access it.

Don

Sorry it took me a while to find out :)

Martin Stent did the conversions in 2000.

The camera with the crooked mask has been straightened.

The parallax shift cannot be corrected though. :(

Apparently the main casting of the front turret above the prism is masking the view.

It should have been machined away? but it has 2 optics sitting on it which would then be unsupported...

The aperture of 12.mm is blocked by 1.4mm, so the film captures more image camera right than the viewfinder sees - by about 10%.

Apologies if this makes no sense.

 

To cut a long story short, Mr Stent is no longer on my christmas card list!

Hi

Have you tried talking to Martin as far as I know he has done many conversion for David Warren who up until a couple of years ago before he retired was the top service engineer for Bolex in UK.

Regards

Don

Hi, I have aquired an old power unit, probably with electronic stabilisation of power, but its empty, wiothout cell. Maker is: SCHLUMBERGER. Anyone has idea what cell should I put insie? 16V? maby 24? Dial for filming speeds reads also 48 frames setting so probably it should be more than 12V and 5 ampers. Maby someone knows theese units and know hwat the sockets are for (there are two) which pins in the power outlet socket gives electricity and what is the polarity... etc... any detail will be helpfull.

 

regards

pawel

Hi

I would say its someones attempt to adapt a supply to run a Bolex Uni Motor that needed various voltages to run

Don

So I have a pathe webo m 16. Nice old thing. Easy to take the front of the camera body off. With the front of the body comes the claw mechanism and the pressure plate and the shutter. As I say, easy to pull off. Harder to get the shutter and the claw in the right spot again when you put the front back on again. So that is where i am at. The front goes on again, but now the shutter and claw are miss timed such that there is a slight smearing of the image. Bugger. I have tinkered with it for ages trying to find just the right spot to align the shutter and claw, but I haven't got it right yet. There must be a simple fact to the matter: something like 'have the shutter blade fully this way or partly that way and the claw cam thingy in such and such a precise spot ...'. Help please!

cheers,

Richard

Hi Richard

This is the chap you need to speak to

http://www.webodoctor.co.uk/index.htm

Don

Is it even practically conceivable? Or am I just having an amusing daydream?

 

Because some of these old 2x8mm cameras are a really nice compact size and shape. Such as this one:

And considering the dearth of 2x8mm stock and processing these days would it not be a nice idea just to widen the gate, change the mount and lens and shoot some straight 16mm through one of these puppies?

 

What do you think? Anyone ever done it?

Hi All

Martin here in UK has modified many cameras to S16 even a 8mm Bolex

http://www.stecica.co.uk/2.html

Don