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For my test I used a Century 1" lens and a Nikon 50mm Lens with a C-mount adapter, both covered the super-16 frame. I have yet to test any 'dogleg' zooms. - Derek

Convert to S16 - Yes. Reflex - Probably not. As was mentioned before, a lens with a dogleg viewfinder will work, maybe a pan cinor or and old angenieux zoom if you want some type of reflex. I successfully converting a DR to super16 last year, the gate was easy to do, you'll also have to file away alot of the metal in front to right. You'll also need to find some lenses that will cover super-16 and then some, as the lens is not being recentered, to make sure it covers the frame. I put together a little step by step page on how i did the conversion, not very professional, but it worked: http://www.derekmarazzo.com/filmo.htm Here's a link to the old forum discussion regarding the Filmo: http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...wtopic=3790&hl= - Derek

Rodney, Some photos of the broken filmo and parts... http://www.derekmarazzo.com/70dr/parts.html - Derek

Rodney, I do have a 70-DR, its a little in pieces, broken and rusted out on the inside. The front turret is off, but I do have the screws to put it back on (film gate is attached to it). The sprockets acutally are in pretty good shape and do not look affected by the rust around the other parts - I'm assuming they're stainless steel, same goes for the gate. The cover is missing one of the locking knobs and its pretty broken up to the point that you cannot close it. Anyway, If you're looking for parts to get you're 70-DA to single perf, this would be ideal. I haven't taken apart the sprockets area, but it does seem that taking a couple of screws off is all you need to do - I could be wrong, but I don't see the job becoming too involved. I think most of the filmos' basic parts are interchangeable - they didn't mess with the core design of these cameras through the various models. I'm going to take some photos when I get a chance today and post a link for you to look at if you're interested. let me know. - Derek

The 70-DR is single perf. You may have an earlier model other than the DR. I might have a broken DR at home that I could part with for a reasonable price, if you're interested in pulling the parts you need to get you cam to single perf. I've never done this, but it might not be that hard to do. I'll post again tomorrow to let you know if its a DR or other single perf model. - Derek

Thanks for the replies. I haven't been using my 16mm camera as of late and thought I could use those 16mm lenses for something other than collecting dust. Theres something I hate about the mini-dv's auto fuctions and manually adusting things as well. I'd rather just adjust the lens to get what I'm looking for - this is the reason for wanting to use the c-mount lenses over the built in mini-dv lens. -DM

I've been playing around with an idea of shooting video with a so called "hi-res" 480 tv lines ccd camera I have that accpets c/cs mounts. Since I have a number of c-mount lenses for 16mm film cameras, I thought I might test these out with the cctv camera and then playing with some film look Premire plugins such as cinemotion to give it a film look. The camera has a BNC connector which I will connect to my mini-dv cam using a very short BNC to S-video cable, and then transfer the recorded footage to pc. Anyone here played with this idea before? - DM

I've been playing around with an idea of shooting video with a so called "hi-res" 480 tv lines ccd camera I have that accpets c/cs mounts. Since I have a number of c-mount lenses for 16mm film cameras, I thought I might test these out with the cctv camera and then playing with some film look Premire plugins such as cinemotion to give it a film look. The camera has a BNC connector which I will connect to my mini-dv cam using a very short BNC to S-video cable, and then transfer the recorded footage to pc. Anyone here played with this idea before? - DM

I plan on shooting test shots this weekend if I can get away from the kids for an hour or so. I've been waiting for a c-mount nikon adapter to show up and it finally arrived yesterday. After shooting, I'd like to get an all-in-one processing/prep/telecine to avi package for a 100' roll. Anyone know who would offer this service (Cheap)??? On a side note, I put a nikon lens on the new adapter but haven't a clue how to get the thing off, it feels like its just stuck on there. anyone? - Derek

Thanks, I'll look into that. I just found a screw that fits into where the zoom lever goes (I'm missing that too). At least I can use the lever now, a little hard though, but I could make something that will work easily. -Derek

Thats a nice winder - Think I'll try to make one of those. I have 2 50' film rools in the fridge waiting to be used with my B&H 200ee. Thanks, Derek

ok, thanks, I'll look for the thread. I'll let you know if I can't find it. - Derek

I have one of these, but no viewfinder attachment. I saw somewhere that I could use a telescope viewfinder, but I'm not sure what the original specs are for the lens. Dows anyone know what size finder would fit into the pan cinor? - Derek

Here's the photo of the correct film path of the mag: http://www.filmshooting.com/scripts/galler...m2/magazinepath You need to do this in complete darkness. I just got a changing bag and have been practicing with some old double perf film - I almost have it down. The only problem I envision is I think the 50' film I have is supply on its own core, so I'll have to get the film onto the magazine's supplied core to use it. Since I won't be able to see exactly what this looks like on the unexposed film, it may be tricky. Anyone know how to transfer a roll of film onto another core in total darkness/changing bag? - Derek

I own a B&H 200ee which is a nice solid little camera. I never shot any film on it, but I do have 10 empty mags that I was going to attempt to load myself. Keep in mind that these magazine use double perf only film, which is getting harder and harder to come by. I have some photos of the film path and notes on how to do this somewhere if anyone needs them. I considered buying some already loaded mags but I just can't justify the price.