Cheryl Hess

Nehemiah, I know someone who is selling an SR2 but it hasn't been converted to Super or PL. It does have a tap but I don't remember the specifics of it. If you are interested at all let me know and I can put you in touch with him. Good luck with your search. Last year I got a great deal on an SR that had been converted to Super/PL and a set of Kinoptik primes because the seller was super motivated and I was there the next day with cash. There were a few doomsayers who were like "Oh that has the French motor so you are basically effed it breaks" but after speaking with Paul at Visual Products and the guys at DuAll I felt much better. Paul was basically like there is always going to be someone who can fix it it just might be harder to find that person. Unless they start making new cameras that is going to be true for all of them. Please ignore all this talk about what is a toy and what's professional and what's not professional. I don't understand the point of that at all.

Hi Thomas and Teunkie Thomas--I was just wondering how you got along with your power supply? I recently (like 2 days ago) acquired a big lot of 16mm gear including an Arri S and and Arri S/B (both working), a Tobin sync motor, the Tobin miliframe motor, the Arri variable motor, and the Arri fixed speed motor, two 400 foot magazines, torque motor.. (and a broken Beaulieu R16 and loads of glass). Anyway was curious what you came up with for power. I do like the idea of using V-mount batteries. I have a few of those already and I need to test the Arri motors. Both cameras worked with the Tobin motor--I was able to test that with a 12 volt 4-pin power supply that I borrowed from my LRH but i had no way of getting power to the 8v motors. If I got that plate I would just need someone to build me a pair of cables--one to a 4 pin for the Tobin and one to the original Arri plug. I have two of the AC cables so I don't have to hunt for the connectors. Anyway would love to hear about your experience building a power supply. Tuenkie--how can I tell if the torque motor has been modified to 12v? c

I'm a purist and prefer the original aspect ratio. And visually this is not a very interesting video.

Hey there, was anyone successful at getting a repair manual for the R16 and willing to share? I got one in a lot of camera stuff and was able to hook it up to a power supply. The motor ran for a few seconds then stopped but the camera shows that it is getting power. It probably just needs a good cleaning and lubrication. I was going to have a go at it. If anyone has it can you send it to me to at cherylhessfilms@gmail.com by email or WeTransfer would be great. Thanks.