In the midst of having the building painted this week, I was able to finish up work on and photograph the Super Baltar lenses I posted about earlier this month. There are now three sets of these much sought after vintage cinema lenses available for sale on cinemagear.com. Two of the sets contain the 20mm, […]
Now Available: Three sets of world renowned Super Baltar Lenses Read More »
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Showscan system as I was lucky enough to be part of the team in John Russel’s shop that built the first few cameras that were used to test the system. The three cameras that we built were based on Mitchell FC cameras. We also built
Showscan #001 and #102 Back for a Visit Read More »
As I mentioned previously, I have been working on cleaning up some Super Baltar lenses in between other jobs. This week was dedicated to servicing, lubricating, and collimating 2 of the 3 sets of Super Baltar lenses I will have available soon. When Bausch & Lomb introduced the Super Baltar series of lenses in 1960,
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As part of my involvement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences History and Technology Subcommittee, we have been hard at work getting the Dykstraflex cleaned up and ready to be exhibited at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. This was a long and tedious process, involving a fair amount of logistics, cleaning,
Preparing for May the 4th: The Dykstraflex at the Academy Museum Read More »
This week has been crazy busy with many projects, including work on the Super Baltar lenses I showed you last week. Along with my fellow members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences History and Technology Subcommittee, we have been preparing the Dykstraflex for its appearance at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
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While doing a final test run of the ARRI 35 BL2, I discovered that the feed side clutch on one of the 1000’ magazines was jammed. Fortunately, I had replacement clutch pads in my collection of parts, so the magazine had to come apart, the surfaces of the clutch mechanism had to be thoroughly cleaned,
Investigating a set of Super Baltars, and Repairing an ARRI 35 BL2 magazine Read More »
I played a lot of catch-up this week, getting several cameras finalized and ready to be listed on our website. Work is now complete on the VistaVision Butterfly camera, as well as the ARRI BL2, and the ARRI BL 4S is currently on the workbench undergoing a final inspection. All 3 cameras are now available
Camera Housekeeping Read More »
After countless interruptions, numerous wrinkle paint failures, much choking on magnesium dust, and stripping and re-foaming all of the original cases, the VistaVision Butterfly camera and all of its accessories is finally ready to find a new home! This updated Mitchell VistaVision “light-weight hand-held” production camera features a Nikon lens mount; a crystal motor with
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The new shelving unit is completed at long last! And the original shelving unit has been painted to match (somewhat). We have spent the last couple of days toting barges, lifting bales, and lugging cameras to and fro as we attempted to reorganize the showroom. It’s still a work in progress, but we are too
Reorganizing the Showroom 2024 Read More »
Last week we had a sneak peak at the Moviecam SuperAmerica and the two Showscan CP65 cameras as a couple of the many ongoing projects on my plate right now. On my list of tasks this week were: sourcing and ordering new batteries for the SuperAmerica camera and magazine digital counters; begin planning the baseplates
Even More Too Many Projects Read More »
