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Organizing our library of camera manuals, advertising, research materials, and assorted historical documentation. The collection includes operation and service manuals and other documents from Mitchell Camera Corporation, Bell and Howell, Arriflex, Cinema Products, Photosonics, Auricon, Fries Engineering, Nagra, and others.

Almost Finished with Organizing and Labeling Our Library

One of the things that kept getting put off when we moved from our previous location at MovieTech Studios to our current location in Lawndale is organizing the many, many boxes of documents and printed materials I have collected over the years. Many of these items are service and parts manuals for various cameras, but […]

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A four-panel grid showing the PL lens mount disassembled (top left); machining the lens locking ring (top right); testing the fit of the machined lens mount (bottom left); modifications to the Fries Mitchell PL lens mount complete (bottom right)

Even More Too Many Projects

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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