Kurt Walker

Hey Paul, That sounds great! I am definitely interested-- could you perhaps e-mail me (kurt.walker@gmail.com) after you've tested it out? As for the extras, I'm quite green on what the essentials are for the BL-- would you recommend shooting with the cores/adapters you mention? Or can we perhaps get by without them? Our budget is pretty tight, and we're only looking to shoot a scene with the camera.. anyways, look forward to hearing from you on how the cable works! best, Kurt

We might of found someone in town who could create the 9 pin to 4 pin XLR for us, will update you on this. As for the broken connector-- could something like this perhaps replace it? Edit: Or, this?

I was just contacted by a vendor, and he'd be willing to sell me a crystal/variable speed controller (image below). Would this solve my 9 pin / 4 pin xlr conversion issue?

Also, I forgot to mention. One of the prongs in the 9-pin connector is slightly bent, and another is missing. Are these easy to replace? :/

Here's a picture of the otherside of the camera, in case it helps. I appreciate the advice, but I'm afraid that since we've purchased the camera we're going to have to atleast try going this route. If all else fails, I suppose we'll rent an other camera or hire someone with a kit. A store called Leo's Camera (based in Downtown Vancouver) has the Angenieux lens-- buried in the back of their stock, no less!- and is happy to lend it to us. We definitely overlooked asking them about the chord... my partner is going to call them now. If they don't have it, I'll keep investigating the crystal sync controllers, but finding one might be tough. If we're unable to come up with anything it would be immensely appreciated if you could help us out with crafting a cord. We'd obviously pay you as well as give you a credit of some sort on our film. :) Will update soon! thanks, Kurt

Thanks for all the info, Douglas! We actually are going to rent a blimped Angenieux lens for the shoot... and I'm sure we can figure out audio technicalities after. I'm currently scowering the web for this 9 pin tuchel to 4 pin xlr adapter, but am unable to come up with much at the moment... If I'm unable to find one do we have many other options? Could a Jensen Crystal Sync work in that (i believe?) it converts the tuchel to XLR? ...not to mention, it could also help us get synced sound! kurt

Unfortunately, I don't think we got the chord you speak of... you can check out the package we got here. As you can see, the package also didn't come with a crystal control... would it be hard to find one of these 9 pin to 4 pin XLR chords? If not, do we have any alternatives? thanks guys!

Hmm, sorry, but what do you mean by wiring? Like, is there a converter of some sort that can adapt it into a 4 pin XLR? (other than a Crystal Controller--- those are almost impossible to find now!)

Thank you, Douglas. That looks great, and will likely be the option we go with... but how exactly does a 4 pin XLR connect to the BL again? I'm afraid the camera is at my friends house right now, but I can only seem to recall there being a 9 pin output... best, Kurt

Hello Aapo, Thank you for your suggestions. The batteryplate + xlr sounds good... but googling/amazoning for these has confused me even more. I hate to ask, but as I really don't want to accidentally purchase the wrong thing, could you perhaps link me to what would work best? thanks so much. best, Kurt

I'm not entirely sure what options I have for a battery. Can I just use a 12V battery? or do I need to buy some sort of re-usable chargable battery? As for the lens, the one we're renting is already blimped. Thanks though! :)

Hello, Myself and a friend of mine are trying to shoot our first feature film this summer, and we got a little trigger happy on eBay one afternoon and purchased an ARRI 16bl which lacks a lens, battery, and necessary cords. We've figured out where we can rent a lens ( we only want to shoot with it for one day), but we're totally lost on how to connect it to a power source. I found an old thread on here which suggested getting a 4-pin XLR and connect it to a 12V battery... but how would one do this when 12V battery's don't exactly have, uh, XLR ports? I'm very green to all this, but would really appreciate some help! best, Kurt