I am still hard at work on the ShowScan CP65 cameras, and if you aren’t too bored with that, I will show you more details next week. In the meantime, this wonderful collection of lenses, including an amazing trio of Kowa Cine Prominars, found its way to my shop this week. The collection also includes […]
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Newly arrived are some very interesting modern anamorphic lenses, most with PL mounts. We have two cine anamorphic lenses manufactured by Vazen with a 1.8x anamorphic squeeze: a 40mm T2 featuring an E mount and a 65mm T2 featuring a PL mount (a PL to E mt adapter is also included). According to factory specs,
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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,
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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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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
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I know I said back in January that I was going to work on a new set of shelves for the showroom, but I have been swamped with so many other things since then and am only now getting a moment to start that project. In the meantime, this lovely Moviecam SuperAmerica has returned after
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I am glad that so many of you feel as warm and fuzzy toward the Arri 35 BL series of cameras as I do. As I dug deeper into the many, many cases that came from Lucky Brown’s collection, I discovered that the BL2 also has the extension viewfinder, three Cooke Speed Panchro lenses, lens
I am a big fan of the ARRI 35 BL series of cameras. The movies I shot for Lucky Brown I shot with an ARRI 35 BL 4S as the first unit camera. At the time, it was very affordable, and it had all of the features I was looking for. When I took in
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Last week someone asked if I could show the basic care and feeding of a Unit “I” Shuttle and where the major oil points are. I originally showed the Unit “I” Shuttle as I was preparing to install it in this Acme Model 6 camera, so I thought I would give an overview of my
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Over the last few weeks, I have had a few people ask me about optical printers, scanners, Bell & Howell cameras, and Acme cameras. Sadly the revolutionary technology behind these machines is slowly being forgotten. At the heart of these machines is the film transport called the Unit “I” Shuttle. The unique design of this
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