Long Shot: Kodak K100 Parts?

[slashmaster]

- E100D has to be lubed by Wittner to run properly
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- Wittner 200D has to be lubed and it has to sit for somewhere between 4 months and a year before the PET base will take the reverse wind. If you don't wait long enough, the W200D doesn't run well and sometimes it even pops the pressure plate open. If you wait long enough, it works ok.

Very interesting! So apparently, having the filmstock on a reel or core with the emulsion side out improves the performance somehow, but what and why? Does it improve the registration or the resolution? Wonder what other movie cameras are like this?

[silverhalide]

I think the reverse wind is just necessary to support the unusual film path. If you google A-minima, you'll find Aaton literature talking about the unique gate with no pressure plate, arced film in film gate, etc. It's pretty interesting.

[slashmaster]

I think the reverse wind is just necessary to support the unusual film path. If you google A-minima, you'll find Aaton literature talking about the unique gate with no pressure plate, arced film in film gate, etc. It's pretty interesting.

Interesting, no pressure plate? I need to read about that...

[Pj]

In the Aaton Minima do the two spools [the feed and take up] rotate in the same direction? From video the camera doesn't seem to rotate the take up spool. Is this rotated by the feed spool?

Pav

[silverhalide]

There are two little bobbins with o-ring tires on them that press against the spool flanges and propel the spools round and round. The bobbins also pry open the flexible spool so the film can get out of the supply spool and into the take-up spool.

[Nicholas Kovats]

I am in awe of the Arri 416 which just happens to be the main camera used in the current Walking Dead series.

[Mmechanic]

Dennis, a good step-up from the Kodak K-100 to a camera with reflex finder is the Beaulieu R 16, still the most compact and lightweight of all reflex 16-mm. cameras.

It has a going barrel spring drive, so you can constantly give energy to the mechanism and expose a 100-foot load uninterruptedly if needed. With small lenses on the turret you’re hardly over two kilograms or 4.6 lb. Speed range is from 8 to 64 fps with the possibility to turn directly from 64 to 8 or opposite. An electric motor can be attached.

It is a noisy camera, its base is rather small, lens threads must not be longer than 0.15" into the turret. All in all I judge it the take-along and reportage camera.