Raymond Zrike

They mainly modified lenses and sold adapters, though they sold some lenses of their own for very specific use-cases. A high-end production wouldn’t really need anything they were manufacturing, especially shot digitally, so I don’t think they were getting any Netflix business or anything of the sort.

Just saw on their website that they're closing down this year: http://www.abakus.co.uk/. Support on products going forward not guaranteed. Unfortunate to lose another niche cine products manufacturer.

Bump, $2300.

Bump, I can do $2400.

I’m looking to secure a good B4 to PL adapter first, but I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks!

I also believe there is an adapter from MTF that is similar. I could be interested if you have that.

Let me know if you are selling any Zeiss Digiprimes or Digizooms, especially on the wider end.

A bit of a long shot, but if anyone is selling either of these adapters, message me.

Great info, thanks! I don’t think I’ll be running the camera above 24fps for right now, so I’m probably fine, but any recommendations for somebody who can re-cell the batteries in the US?

Photos: https://imgur.com/a/eJWgG7P I’m selling my Zeiss Super Speed 9.5mm Mk II (for S16) for $2500. Posting it here before it’s on eBay (where it will be more expensive because of eBay’s fees). It’s in very good condition. The aperture is extremely smooth through the whole range, and likewise the focus has no hiccups. No oil on the aperture blades. No fungus. No haze. No scratches or blemishes on the front or back elements. The lens has not been collimated during my ownership of it, but the focus measurements have been accurate during my brief tests. Cosmetically it looks great too. Lettering is bright. Meters and feet. Occasional places were the black finish of the lens has come off a bit. Doesn’t affect lens function at all. It covers the super-16 frame (I’ve looked through it with my super-16 converted Eclair ACL). Comes with caps. PL mount as is normal with a Mk 2. On the rim of the lens, the previous owner engraved a name. Obviously doesn’t affect the function or quality of the lens. Photo included. I’m looking for $2500 (net to me, so you pay $2575), shipped free in the US. PayPal goods and services only. You can email me at rwzmjl@gmail.com if you need more info, or contact me on this forum. I check regularly for messages.

I didn’t die, though I didn’t get much info out of it. Hard to tell what the batteries are unless I completely took it apart: https://imgur.com/a/HZ7ech8 I think I’ll contact the shop.

Okay I’ll keep a battery dedicated for the ACL and a separate one for everything else. There’s a note on the case that is illegible that could be the mAh. The previous owner is unreachable at this point. Is popping open the battery a safe thing to do? Doing so won’t kill the battery and/or me? Might take out the screws and look at the cells.

…and I just found a male Jaeger to male 4-pin XLR cable (Cannon?) among the ruckus. It’s not a normal cable though—it’s got some sort of chip in the center of it. Maybe some capacitors? (I’m really showing my lack of engineering expertise right now). Covered in yellow tape. Is this possibly a regulated 12V cable? It also has “VCLX” written on it.

By the way, do you know there are two female Jaeger connectors on both batteries? I’ve just been using either one arbitrarily—is it supposed to be one is for charging, one is for power out? Also, when a battery is re-celled, does the battery keep the same mAh capacity? The battery says 1.2Ah, but that was as a NiCd battery. I’m not sure what the current limit is for these batteries after they’re been re-celled with NiMh—I’m setting my charger to .9A current just to be safe.

Well looking back at the previous owner’s listing, they did say that the batteries were re-celled with NiMh. I’ve had my Tenergy charger set to NiCd… oops. Hope it didn’t damage the batteries. I’ll set up the charger for NiMh and see how it goes. I was hoping to consolidate the camera’s battery and my other equipment to a single v-mount battery, but I could just as easily keep using these NiMh batteries and just mount a light battery on top for everything else. Would I only encounter the reverse polarity issue if I were to solder a new connector instead of the Tamiya? It seems like the Tamiya connector is somewhat common enough that I could probably find a pre-made female Tamiya to DC or d-tap (but I guess it would have to be a 12V regulated d-tap cable which would be rarer). This has been quite informative so thanks!

Here’s a photo of the connector on the battery.

I believe it is a 4-pin Jaeger on my camera, though I don’t know what a Canon looks like. I’ll attach a photo. My batteries do have the plastic cases. A piece of soft padding covers up the Eclair branding I believe (the previous owner told me they added this pad themselves). The battery also have the 4-pin connector. It looks very similar to the one that’s on the camera. Is it possible they both are Jaeger? When I bought the camera a couple years, the seller said it was an ACL 1.5, so I’d presume it would be most similar to the original ACL. The batteries say on the outside Nickel Cadmium, but I believe the previous owner had them re-celled, so I am not sure what the cells are. Although with the charger I have, I set it to the NiCad setting and the battery seems to charge fine. Takes forever though. I am not at all handy with a solder—was trying to work around soldering a new cable by using the one I have here, connecting (what seems to be) the male Tamiya to a female-Tamiya-to-DC cable. Then connect that to the 12V out of a v-mount plate. But I definitely am no electrical engineer and basically have no idea what I’m doing haha

Wow it does look a lot like that too. Hmm... I think you might be right. The wikipedia page for Tamiya connector says they're used for battery packs.

2-pin Molex, maybe?

Does anyone know the name of this connector? My Eclair ACL came with a cord that is on one end a 4-pin Jaeger and on the other end this connector (and then I also have a male version of this connector that also goes to a 4-pin Jaeger). I’m trying to figure out alternative ways to power my ACL for the inevitability of my batteries dying. The ACL’s Jaeger connector is really rare and really annoying.

Still available?

What board camera are you planning on trying next?