James Beckerlegge

Hi Guys, Just an update on the old camera situation. With a bit of twisting and playing around, the lens now twists perfectly into position, without the need for washers. Now I just need something to film. Hi Kristian, Thanks for your private message asking for advice on the problem you are having above. I hope you don't mind, I have copy and pasted the answer from my reply message to you, below....... The problem that I was having with my camera, was that I had not worked out that you twist the little lever up for single frame advance, and twist it down to get the camera to advance in movie mode. I had simply overlooked the fact that the lever moves in 2 directions. Your problem sounds a bit more serious. If I were you, I wouldn't take your camera apart just yet. I would fiddle around with the little knobs and levers, and try to find a way to get the mechanism to advance. Maybe if you wound it tight, try and release some of the wind by doing single frame advances. I have heard that you can over-wind these cameras. But from what I can see of my camera, it's pretty robust. I've heard that these cameras run and run, so I think that you probably would know for sure if you over-wound it, you would know at the time, because you would think "I'm breaking this camera". Try changing the frame rate, and pushing the lever. Take the side off the camera and have a look in the film compartment. See if there is something blocking the mechanism. I think that taking the camera apart should be your last resort. Sorry I can't be more help. Kind regards James

Thanks guys for your help, It looks like this is a bigger issue than I had thought it would be. Thanks Marc for the link. I shall take a look at the lens tonight to see if it is possible to physically move the thread of the C-mount independently to lens body. Fingers crossed. Thanks again James

Hi Grant, I wonder if you can help me, I posted my question under another topic, (see below). I was sent to your topic, and I see that you have a similar problem, I wonder if you would be able to help me out. I am using a kodak K-100 with c-mount fittings. I bought a Pn Cinor 85, I think the same one as you have. My problem is that when I screw the lens to the front of my camera, it is about a quarter of a turn off where it should be with the zoom lever pointing down, and thus the viewfinder is not level. I was wondering if you had found a way to adjust the c-mount on the lens, so that when I screw the lens to the front of the camera, it becomes tight so the zoom lever is pointing down. If I am unable to adjust the actual c-mount it self, would it harm the picture quality to have the zoom lever in a 45 degree angle from straight? And if so, is it then possible to straighten the viewfinder separately? Anyway, here is a link to my original post, which has a picture of the lens, and a slightly different technical question attached. http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?sh...mp;#entry318146 Any help with this would be welcomed. Or if anyone else has any ideas, that would be great.Question about Pan Cinor 85 lens Kind regards James

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the input, it's great to hear from you all. Well I went out and bought a reflex zoom lens for my K-100. I am very happy with it, and I can't wait to see what sort of pictures I can get with it. But now I seem to have another problem, which I will see if any of you can help me out. Because it is a reflex lens, it has the zoom lever on the bottom, and a viewfinder coming out of the side. So that the lens should screw tight to the front of the camera, with the zoom lever at the bottom, and the square in the viewfinder level. But unfortunately, the lens screws tight about a quarter turn too soon, meaning that the zoom lever isn't quite pointing down, or the viewfinder level. So what I have done is unscrew the lens back 3 quarters of a turn so everything lines up. I have put in a very thin washer/disc between the lens and camera so that the lens is tightly screwed against that. My question is..... does having the lens unscrewed by maybe 1 or 2mm effect how the image gets put on to the film, will the added distance (1mm) mean that the picture will be out of focus? The reason I ask this question, where the simple answer would be "try it and see" is that the way telecine works in this city, they have a minimum length of film requirement of half an hour. Therefore, I don't want to shoot half an hour and find that it is all blurred. If anyone can answer this rather unusual question, I'd be glad to hear your thoughts. Kind regards James

Hi Guys, Thanks for all your great friendly input. Hi Evan, you have intrigued me by telling me that the camera can be converted to super-16mm for widescreen. How is this done, and is it a job I can undertake myself? I am very quickly falling in love with this camera. I am now really happy with my purchase. I have just bought a Som Berthiot 17-85/2 Pan Cinor-REX 16mm Movie zoom (reflex) for it too. I haven't even bought any film for it yet. I'm hoping that it all fits together and works when I receive the lens in the mail. I shall post a picture of the camera here when I get things sorted. I may of mentioned in a previous post that I have my own video production company, but in all the years of filming and editing, I have never worked with actual film, so I am really looking forward to the results, see how different it really is to video. Hopefully with the new lens, I can get some really professional shots with depth of field. Thanks again guys for all the help. I feel like I'm joining a club. Kind regards James

Hi Ian, Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me, I am extremely grateful. I cannot believe how stupid I am. I literally played around with the camera last night for about 2 hours trying absolutely everything, apart however, from pushing the lever down. I feel very silly. In my defense, (if there is one) the lever did need to be jiggled slightly the first time to get it to move downwards. Thank you also for all the information on the different types of film, I shall print it off and keep it with the camera for reference when deciding on which film to buy. Thanks again for taking the time to write, it really is very much appreciated. James

Thanks for the link. I have actually already downloaded the user manual and read through it. But unfortunately it says nothing about the problem that I am having, (unless I'm missing the obvious). Thanks again James

Hello, I am new to this discussion group, and I am new to using 16mm film and cameras. I have my own business in video production and thought it time to try out some 16mm film as a hobbie. I recently bought a Cine Kodak K100 16mm single lens on ebay. I received the camera in the post and eagerly opened it to have a play with it. (Just to let you know, I don't have any film or a take-up spool yet, not sure which film to buy either, so some help with that would be very much appreciated). I fully wound the spring, and hit the trigger. Instead of the motor coming to life and continuously clicking away, what happend was that it only clicked once, and the take-up spindle advanced 1 click, as if it is in single exposure mode. I then released the trigger, pulled the trigger again, and again, 1 frame, 1 exposure etc. I have obviously twiddled all knobs etc on the camera, set the frames per second dial at all different positions, but still it still only clicks 1 frame at a time. I read somewhere that these cameras can do single exposures for animation or time-lapse, have I got my camera stuck in single exposure mode, and can't for the life of me work out how? Or does the camera need to be fitted with film and spools before it works properly? Or have I bought a duff camera of someone on ebay that sells himself as having over 100 years in the camera and photographic business? Any help with this would be much appreciated. I look forward to hearing your thoughts Kind regards James