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I've been considering converting my B&H 79DR to super-16. I'm pretty much a newb and I'm clueless about lenses. How can I tell exactly what kind of lens will fit the super-16 aperture? Is there a simple way of telling? If anyone can give me the rundown, I'd really appreciate it. - Derek

I definitely will keep you posted as I go. I also just learned that a company called INTERNATIONAL CINEMA EQUIPMENT COMPANY - MAGNA TECH in Miami. has acquired all the remaining parts on the Filmo from B&H and Alan Gordon Enterprises, So I emailed them to see if they had any spare film gates. I'd rather work on an extra gate in case I screw the original up. No word from them yet though. -Derek

I'm seriously considering doing one of these conversions on my 70DR. Seems like a pretty simple job to file the gate wider. Any suggestions or advice on what kind of lens I should get to cover super-16? I'm in the process of getting a C-mount to nikon adapter, but I'm a little confused about the kinds of Nikon lenses would fit it - seems like there are different variations??? What other mods do I have to make to the filmo other than the gate? Since the last posts, has anyone done this conversion yet? I'd love to hear about the results. -DM

Perfect, thats exactly what I needed. Thank you Robert. Now I'll have to start practicing. I wish I found this forum before i went ahead and bought a photocopy of instructions from the u.k. - Derek

I posted a diagram of the inside of the 50' magazine. Perhaps someone in the know can overlay the exact film path on it and post it or email to me. I plan on creating a instructional page so others can reload there own mags; Otherwise these cameras such as the B&H 200ee won't get much use. go here: http://www.marazzo.us/50_mag.html - DM

Robert, Maybe you can help me out. I just received a photocopy of an article from Amateur Photographer (1962) that explains how to load these magazines. I can't figure out what they are talking about; and the photos showing a loaded magazine are a terrible photocopy, so thats no help. its says, with my ( ): "The film is wound emulsion in (easy enough), on to the feed core so that it leads off clockwise, with the slotted end of the core at the bottom (what slotted end?). Then it is lead around the sprocket and dropped into the gate of the magazine. The leader is now passed right along the bottom of the magazine as far as it will go (I'm assuming that after the gate you run the leader along the side to the end?), doubled back through the sprocket and attached so that it winds clockwise on to the take up core. (does this means run it in front of the film thats already going thru the sprocket and then to the take up core?) (and if the film is emulsion in, wouldn't the gate expose the wrong side?)" This has gotten me pretty confused. Any help would be appreciated. I'm in the process of drawing up a diagram with correct instructions to share with the rest of the world. I'm suprised they are not anywhere on the web, and people have no choice but to pay an arm and a leg to Alan Gordon or the people at Java cycles for mags. - Derek