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by loublouet
Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:25 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Internal lightmeter defect (beaulieu 4008 ZMII)
Replies: 3
Views: 878

Re: Internal lightmeter defect (beaulieu 4008 ZMII)

Well, if I didn’t find a way to measure battery voltages under operating conditions, I tested the battery with another 4008 ZMII camera, whose internal meter appeared to work fine. So it’s definitively not the battery that is to blame, I’m afraid…
by loublouet
Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:45 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Internal lightmeter defect (beaulieu 4008 ZMII)
Replies: 3
Views: 878

Re: Internal lightmeter defect (beaulieu 4008 ZMII)

Thanks for the tip, André. I'll give a try as soon as I have the opportunity to grab a decent voltmeter... if I find out how to measure voltage while the motor is running! :roll: Regards, Etienne
by loublouet
Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:15 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Internal lightmeter defect (beaulieu 4008 ZMII)
Replies: 3
Views: 878

Internal lightmeter defect (beaulieu 4008 ZMII)

Hello everybody,
I’m the happy owner of a Beaulieu 4008 ZMII that had been revised by Bjorn Andersson three years ago. Happy, at least until recently, when the needle of the internal lightmeter became somehow capricious : even though it still seems reactive to ambiant light variations, the ...
by loublouet
Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:34 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: H16 RX lens on beaulieu 4008?
Replies: 4
Views: 1301

In fact the camera fell heavily on the ground and there are small but clear marks of injury on the side of the lens (also on the body but they seem to be less detrimental).
What scared me the most is the fact that to adapt the viewfinder to my vision, the adjustement of the ring was completely ...
by loublouet
Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:05 pm
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: H16 RX lens on beaulieu 4008?
Replies: 4
Views: 1301

H16 RX lens on beaulieu 4008?

Hello everyone,

I've owned a 4008 ZMII for a few years but I don't completely trust my 8-64mm f/1.9 angénieux anymore, since it has been recently knocked.
My question is basic: is it possible to use a C-mount H-16 RX 25mm f/1.4 SOM Berthiot lens with my camera?
If the answer is negative, which ...