The Vinten viewfinder system is a fascinating mix of old and new. It makes use of 2 prisms, one at the movement and one in the door. The prism in the door rotates in and out of the viewfinding position to send the light bundle to the eyepiece. There is a relay optic between the […]
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Last week we had some interesting questions about how the rackover viewing system worked on the Vinten Model H camera. We weren’t sure our explanation was clear enough, so we thought we would show a few pictures that better demonstrate how this fascinating internal rackover system works. The 1st image illustrates the basic layout of
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Just after moving to our new location, we acquired this Vinten Model H camera, sn. 14. I have been waiting to work on this for many months, and I finally had the chance to start on it this week. Space limitations necessitate breaking this restoration adventure into several parts and limit the number of pictures
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While hard at work on the new website, we have been assembling brief histories of camera manufacturers whose equipment we own. There are several major players in the movie equipment world whose histories are difficult to research. Among those, I was shocked to find that there was no information about Fries Engineering, a major innovator
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Recently I had a chance, through my dear friend Ted Rae, to represent 2 cameras that were part of Jim Danforth’s studio. For those who may not know of Jim and his work, Jim is a modern day renaissance man. He is an accomplished matte painter, fine art artist, illustrator, model maker, sculptor, puppet maker,
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