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Okay. A techie question. I have two old lenses. One is a lightly fungussed 28mm prime, a gift becuse it was not economically repairable. It came up quite well after a clean. When I received it, the lens had a "goat's eye" iris. When I opened it, a loose piece of metal was floating inside and...

This is not mine for sale. I just encountered it on eBay. As they are fairly scarce used, I thought a head-zup for others would not hurt. I was lucky enough to find mine with a Nikon F-Mount. This one is Y/S-Mount, so would require some doctoring by a lens-smith to sub another mount on it...

Over the years I have bleated this plaintive refrain on forums when I have encountered exporting problems with Adobe creative products. However it has come to a ridiculous extremity with my latest experience. I just want to update Adobe Flash Player. It should be simple as a little clickable...

Here is an article fans of slayer-horror might find interesting. -- In Australia, actor John Jarratt is acquiring a cult status the likes of Robert Englund ( Freddie Kruger ). -- Because Australia's icon movie reviewers have refused to review Wolf Creek 2, Jarratt's latest offering, apparently...

First up. I am a luddite when it comes to computers and an old dog when it comes to new tricks. I have been giving myself a crashcourse in Redcine X. It seems on the surface of things that one can import non-camera sourced audio. However, try as I may I cannot make it happen. On a recent event...

If anyone has a circuit diagram or service manual for an OEM transflective touch-monitor which appears as several brands bearing the generic model CTF840-SC, any clues would be appreciated. They are a do-all product for coaches, cars, small computers and when modified, also the SI2K camera...

This is not actually a "For Sale" post but a heads-up for something which might be available. In the process of seeking technical advice and a PL-Mount or another lens model from Ken Hale at Whitehouse AV recently, he disclosed to me that he has some 25mm-250mm Angenieux zooms he needs to...

This lens was fitted to the later versions of CP16R 16mm film news cameras of a bygone time. It was a standard 16mm format lens. Its task was to have a long reach but also the versatility of a wide view. There were some compromises. The focus breathing is cruelbad compared to modern lenses...

Way back when Noah was a pup, I along with a good many others initially built and used alternative storebought 35mm groundglass adaptors primarily evolved for 1/3" camera-recorders. They were further adapted for the 1/2" and 2/3" camera-recorders. Here is a very short clip for curiosity and...

Last night, there was a pickup shoot of an action scene involving two cameras. For the second camera a 50mm and 85mm were regarded as desirable but not in the kit of Super16mm lenses we had with us. Fortunately, one of the crew had brought his own 50mm and 85mm CP2 compact primes for 35mm...

With the SI2K, the Anton Bauer Titan mains power pack/battery charger works fine with the SI2K. The product is a power pack which fits on a standard battery gold mount. An Anton Bauer gold mount battery then sits on it. When no mains power is applied to the charger, the battery power is routed...

Here is a link to a sweet short film which was shot for Tropfest. The 2013 theme was "Change". Sam Winzar, owner and operator of a Red Epic, was DoP, so there's the Red connection. -------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOQCVRZ2t1M --------------- Enjoy. -- Made near the Roundhouse in our...

I look like getting involved in a low-budget feature shoot which may involve sometimes up to three SI2Ks in a multi-cam sequence. For dialogue recording we can go into the cameras from a Sound Devices mixer at 48K 16bit two channels. The recovered audio is adequate for dialogue purposes. There...

Am not sure this is the right topic for the following but here's a go anyway. - I found this on my facebook tonight and thought it might be of interest. The P+S Skater Scope and a cinemascope lens type, Kowa, have been tested and found to be friendly to each other :- P+S Technik GmbH Test...

After purchasing an item I received this message :-　 　 QUOTE: 　 　 　 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　 I have a small problem. This past week I changed my Paypal email address and I cannot accept your payment. Ebay said to send you an...

I have been re-celling an AB Hytron 50 battery which uses NiMh cells. I used to do my CP16 batteries with no issues and this one is fine afterwards as well. I got lazy this time and had a battery place stitch the new cells together. I am over cutting strips of shim and soldering and hoping the...

PL-Mount lens end-caps have this uncanny ability to develop independent initiative, wander off and get lost or seek and find adoption by somebody else as a lens cap or furtive ashtray which gets forgotten. There are a few eBay vendors selling replacement PL rear lens caps. One vendor "vincent"...

If a person could talk P+S Technik into rebuilding existing legacy "Evolution" optical viewfinders into a form usable on the RED One for PL-Mount lenses, would there be any takers? It would not be cheap. The Epic and Scarlet have apparently a greater distance between the sensor and front of...

During the course of my dalliance with 35mm ground-glass adaptors, I built up a small collection of Nikon stills lenses. Whilst 35mm ground-glass adaptors do not yield anywhere near 4K, they will show any deficiencies in a sub-par lens in a sort-of amplification effect. I learned fairly quickly...

Here is a link to an Aussie movie "The Turning" which is just about to be released here which may be of interest when it travels your way. A segment was apparently shot here in the West on an Epic or Scarlet camera. http://www.theturningmovie.com.au/ The author, Tim Winton from whose work...