my new 16mm setup

Post by **downix** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:30 pm

I finally aquired an eyepiece for my Bethoit, so now I am happy. It fits up to 3 different cameras I own. The test footage was interesting tho, it matched up well to Super8 shot with my Zeiss.

Post by **mattias** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:23 pm

got the first test roll back today. looks fantastic. the zoom is actually pretty sharp, sharper than the 25mm prime that came with the camera. that's an ancient one but still. there's some soft vignetting at some focal lengths and f-stops but i think it's outside the projector/tv safe frame. i'll try to scan some frames and post here soon. what impressed me the most was that at the "intermediate" speed setting the running speed was almost exactly 24fps despite its age and supposedly lacking speed governor.

/matt

Post by **HTTK** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:04 pm

Awesome Matt! Would love to see those screens. When I first got my 16mm camera, I ran Tri-X threw it as well and it came out GORGEOUS!

Glad you had good luck with your camera. Yeah these old little cameras still got it! 8)

Post by **Uppsala BildTeknik** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:10 pm

Did you shoot anything in color Mattias? 8)

Post by **audadvnc** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:15 pm

I've got a black Pan Cinor 17-85 on my Auricon chop-top which also takes better shots than I expected it to, considering its prehistoric design. How they ever fashioned zoom lenses with stone knives and bearskins is beyond me - they probably got help from aliens.

Maybe those old zooms are worth keeping around.

Post by **mohican** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:50 pm

Hmmm, I wonder if I could mount the Som Berthiot attached to my R8 Bolex R8 on my Keystone K8 which, I think, is the R8 version of your Keystone.

Post by **marc** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:15 pm

mattias wrote:what impressed me the most was that at the "intermediate" speed setting the running speed was almost exactly 24fps despite its age and supposedly lacking speed governor.

/matt

It must have had relatively little previous use.

Post by **mattias** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:22 pm

yeah, not a scratch and all paint, numbers and letters completely intact. even the leather strap is in good condition. probably spent its entire life in a box somewhere. it makes a pretty bad noise when running though. perhaps i should put some oil in there? any ideas how to go about doing that?

/matt

Post by **marc** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:54 pm

I don't have a lot of knowledge on the anatomy of the Keystone camera other than a few bits and pieces of information that i've picked up from others. I have a Bell and Howell Filmo 70 Dr. What I like about that camera is that it has clearly labeled oil holes inside the film compartment that tells you where to add the lubrication.