Igor Calsina Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hello, I have a Arriflex 16 Bl, but no have a battery pack, or a power supply. In the camera at control unit, I connect the correct multipin cable, but in the end of the cable I have a male conector with 4 pins. ¿ Anybody knows wich voltage I need to apply in all the four pins to fed the camera correctly. Or anybody have a schematic diagram, or electronic schema ? Thankyou very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted December 28, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted December 28, 2010 The connector is called an XLR-4, they're readily available from places like DigiKey.com. Pin #1 is the negative/common, Pin #4 is positive 12 Volts DC. Pins 2 and 3 were used for sync pulse and bloop in the old days, you can ignore them. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Calsina Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Thank you so much, It's just that I need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Williams Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The Arriflex 16BL requires 12VDC to operate. I've used it with battery belts up to 14V with no problem (a freshly-charged NiCad Battery belt measures 14.4V). The standard 4-pin XLR Wiring Configuration is 1=Black, 4=Red, Pins 2 & 3 are NOT used. Good luck! :-J Hello, I have a Arriflex 16 Bl, but no have a battery pack, or a power supply. In the camera at control unit, I connect the correct multipin cable, but in the end of the cable I have a male conector with 4 pins. ¿ Anybody knows wich voltage I need to apply in all the four pins to fed the camera correctly. Or anybody have a schematic diagram, or electronic schema ? Thankyou very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Aapo Lettinen Posted January 3, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 3, 2011 Just got my friend's 16BL for couple of weeks... It seems to work pretty well with 12v gel batteries. these are quite cheap... but also heavy compared to nimh or nicd. I use 12v / 7 Ah batts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Calsina Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hello, thank you everybody. The camera works correctly. But now I have more questions: Is possible to camera works at reverse? I think so, but I no have idea what use to do it. Maybe using a special unit. And I see below the window, a very little hole, and inside there are a lamp, perhaps is the mark sistem? The last question, any body knows where can I find the magnetic recording unit for the camera? Thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 7, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't remember ever running reverse on a BL. The MOS Arri's were reversible, so we used them for that. That probably is the bloop light, watch it while you turn the camera on and off a few times. It should blink during the turn-on. The internal magnetic recording unit is very rare. I've only ever seen one. Watch e-bay, but it's not likely to be found. Even if you had one, you'd also need to find mag striped film. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Jaquish Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Say I wanted to power a 16BL (12v motor) on a Steadicam with 14.4v Anton Bauer batteries. Am I at risk of damaging the camera doing this? Would there be any way to do this safely (e.g. I don't know if it's possible to convert the 14.4v to 12v)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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