yowyip

I just got my workprint back from alphacine in Seattle. It has a subtle, but noticeable flickering fog, that is very rhythmic and looks as if another layer of graininess or white noise has been added (more so around the edges) to every other frame. I used 250D film with my h16 bolex in exterior daylight. Perhaps I loaded it in too bright light? Although this effect is exactly the same on all 4 daylight spools so I doubt it. I had to ship it to Seattle from Vancouver (the 16mm labs closed down here last month) so now I am wondering if it was the nasty XRAY machine (though I didnt think 250D would be so susceptible to this). Or there is some shutter problem, light leak in my camera, or lastly a problem at the lab. I will try to upload a file of this as soon as I can accurately video it.

After trying to simply clean out the viewfinder on our H16 Reflex Bolex, (it has a mag adapter which made it trickier to get at) there is now a nut floating around the inner body of the camera, at the back/bottom. It is from the top right hand screw just below the viewfinder Hard to get at. We have some experience repairing cameras, but are scared to open everything up. So: 1) Does anyone have a repair manual they could send me or 2) advice as to how to proceed? We are in a very small town with no bolex repair shop to let the pro's do it.