Nick Peterson

Thanks Tom!

Cheers,

Nick

A lot of people can do this but where are you located?

Hi Tom,

I'm in Portland, OR.

Cheers,

Nick

Hello,

My shutter to drive train belt seems to be worn (I can see a bend in it and the movement 'crunches' every 1-2 rotations). Here's a photo of the part that is coming apart in the upper right corner:

http://www.sampofilms.com/files/EvolutionBL3/35bl_evo_belt.JPG

Does anyone have any techs they could recommend who could service this? Preferably someone who has a timely turn around as I have a shoot next month.

Cheers,

Nick

Do you know by any chance if they do work on 16mm ground glasses?

 

Cheers,

Jean-Louis

I'm not sure if they do but you could give them a call and ask. The last person I had do this was Bernie O'Doherty.

Good luck,

Nick

Hi Eric,

I have a bevy of 16mm short ends in cans that I would be happy to send your way if you can cover shipping. PM me if interested...

Cheers,

Nick

Just a quick update as I am having ShurCo re-etch a GG for me right now. The catalog linked above is fairly old and didn't have a format I needed (Super TV/Super 1.78 Combo). I talked with Paul and he sent me the latest catalog which had this, as well as other updated formats I thought others might find useful: http://www.sampofilms.com/files/Format_Catalog_01-26-09.pdf

He quoted me $405 for the work (this is without the arri glow dye); it's another $275 if you need custom artwork created for the job. Turn around time is 1.5-2 weeks.

Cheers,

Nick

Hi all,

I recently bought an Arri BL2 which came with a custom Super 35mm gate and ground glass. Now, I know the BL2 was never intended to shoot S35, which explains why the eyepiece vignettes the left side of the image. However, I was surprised to find that the video tap showed _almost_ all of the Super 35mm GG. It just slightly vignettes on the left corners of the frame. My question: if I were to find a newer wide angle Arri eyepiece and swapped it out with the original one, would I be able to see almost all of the Super 35mm frame? Has anyone had any experience with this before? I am aiming to shoot S35 1.33:1 ("Big TV") ratio and can deal with slight vignetting in the corners, just not the current loss of the left of frame I am getting with the stock Arri BL2 eyepiece.

Cheers,

Nick

Thanks Charlie! I will give them a call next week. Also thanks for the tip Tom; I'll keep it in mind if the quote for the work ends up being more than I can swing.

Cheers,

Nick

Hello,

Does anyone know of any place that can re-etch 35BL ground glass? I have one marked for standard 1.85 and would like to have it re-etched for Super35 "Big-TV"/1.85.

Thanks,

Nick

Hi all,

Looking to buy a used 12mm Optar Illumina T1.3 super 16mm lens to complete my kit. PL mount preferred but can do B-mount too...

Cheers,

Nick Peterson

Portland, OR