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Exposure is controlled by changing the shutter speed or gain in the camera menu. This can be manual or automatic. The lamp brightness is fixed.

The reel tensions need to be kept within the design range, so we recommend 7 inch diameter low-torque (2.4 inch hub) 400 ft. reels.

Hi, Thanks for everyone's comments. The name of the Tobin Strobe Transfer TST-8 machine is now actually a misnomer, because we have abandoned the idea of having an actual strobe light and instead are using a short shutter speed that is a normal and integral part of a standard camera, with a constant...

Hi, By popular request we are making up another batch of the TCS TXM-22A crystal motors. As I write this, the first 5 have passed inspection and calibration. The remaining 20 will be finished soon also. These have multiple crystal speeds, namely 12, 20, 24, 25, 30 and 40 FPS. An additional 50 FPS sp...

... but what is Back Focal Length? It is listed as 13.65mm. .... This is the distance from the rear glass element (at infinity) to the image / film / CCD sensor plane. Subtract this number from the flange focal distance, to see how far back everything like a prism or shutter needs to be from the le...

Has anyone tried to lube the gears while they are still intact? May be the old dried up lube puts too much stress on the gears. No, the problem is that some genius at Kodak decided to use a new unproven rubbery plastic (or was it plasticy rubber) material for the gear on the motor shaft to make it ...

But.... that doesn't happen with the original M-2, M-4, and M-6 cameras. These excellent units look like bricks and they last forever. I dunno about the M-6, but most of the M-4s I have seen have an electric eye circuit that has been totally eaten by battery leakage. The mercury cell (which has sin...

Hello, I've a Bell & Howell super 8mm Filmosound 488 with a problem, when you run the movie (18 fps) the projection it is a little bit in slow motion also the sound is slow. I would like to know if there is a DIY solution for this. Thanks, Adrian Is this one of the USA made Filmosounds and not ...

Actually I was talking about the H16. I found out that they are both C mount, but the reflex lenses are designed for the light loss. No, actually they are not. They are designed instead to offset the optical defects that otherwise occur because of the thick glass prism whose refractive index varies...

In a few months maybe. Owing to popular request, and because we are finally getting caught up with orders for our TVT telecine equipment, and because other companies are working on "the first fully satisfactory" (their words) Super-16 conversions for these cameras. We can make 25 units of ...

I haven't seen him check in for awhile, but Clive Tobin (clivetobin) will know something about your projector... Yes, we buy these by the dozen to rob parts for making our TVT telecine machines and run into this problem a lot. The sprockets have a ratcheting action, to permit the operator to turn t...

MoonstruckProductions wrote:Does the Bolex H16 camera take single or double perf 16mm film? ...

My "Identifying Your Bolex" pages have a sidebar on this page:
http://www.tobincinemasystems.com/page75.html which advises that H-16 cameras above serial number 76471 would accept either one.

...Could anyone help me out that knows for sure whether the motor is AC or DC ... The old Unimotors that I am familiar with will run on either AC or DC, they are series wound Universal motors. They used to have a chart on the back telling you what voltage to use for what speeds with both an H8 and ...

any advice? i should rate the film at 100 asa? thanks Bad idea: 1. Will come out very flat (low contrast) and dense (dark.) 2. Will not bleach properly unless bleach time is extended. Otherwise you will just have poor quality black leader. 3. Will not dry properly unless dry time or temperature is ...

Muckymuck wrote:...It's a pity there's no-one who refurbishes these with better quality gears....

The original M2 of 1965 was bigger but had Nylon gears and is not subject to the crumbling cheese gear problem of the later models. The lens seems excellent but I don't know if it is the same as yours.

...editorial reasons... The article about cutting out sprocket holes with a knife makes it appear that you are about out of good story ideas. :-) I just happen to have 60 issues of (British) Movie Maker and 33 issues of (British) Making Better Movies, plus assorted (USA) Bolex Reporter stuff all fr...