Andreas Burgess

Hope all the goo comes off. I'm a big Eclair fan (I have a CM3 also). If you ever need to send it somewhere, there's a guy here in LA named George at the Optical-Electro House who is great with old Eclairs. I take mine to him whenever it needs serious service: http://www.opticalelectrohouse.com/ As far as the eyepiece not rotating - not the worst thing ever, as it's not self-rectifying (if it pivots, so does the movie inside). If you're looking for a crystal motor, Tobin makes a pretty inexpensive one, although it unfortunately prevents the turret from rotating. Sorry for the ramble. Enjoy your eclair. ANDREAS

Hey francisco- how's it going? I was just talking to a friend about this who had it done and they screwed it up... He sees haloes now. He said it was like a 1/2 -1/4 White Pro Mist on that eye. Needless to say, he didn't do the other eye after the first one went awry, so he's in the odd position of having one eye corrected, but with halation and the other eye uncorrected, but no halation. Headaches galore. Anyway, I know lots of people have done it with no problems and love it, but if you're looking for horror stories, look no further. ANDREAS

Hello- It looks like I'm going to be shooting a film next year in China (Hong Kong / Shanghai / Shenzhen). Anyone have any experience / thoughts to share? Any useful local production support people (it will be a tiny traveling American crew, utilizing local UPMs in various locations) or facilities anyone's had good experience with? Thanks, ANDREAS andreasburgess@gmail.com

Hey - may be moot (sounds like you're passing), but I love this camera. My friend owns one and it's awesome. You'd have to have the mags for 16 and 35 (we only have the 35) to be able to do both. You can get a Tobin sync motor for a few hundred bucks (although they render the turret unuseable - 1 lens only). Apparently a lot of people have taken out the divergent turret when they refit them for PL or whatever - to make just one mount. But I've shot with in the desert muck for years and it's a tank and a half. I wouldn't want anything else out there. It's not right for every project - for sure - but it's a great camera to have around and its various motor (crystal / frame-by-frame / AC rheostat for uncompensated ramps) options have satisfied the tactile "old camera as machine" need lurking within us all on numerous occasions.