Cranium, you are jumping to some unnecessary conclusions.
Oh, and I guess I missed the bit about hoarding them.
So, if the preservation of these wonderful cameras is so important to you, why wouldn't you want everyone to be able to recognize them?
Cranium, you are jumping to some unnecessary conclusions.
Please explain, then.
What am I missing? What do I not understand correctly? You always talk about how others should keep their posts updated and such, so that all of the info is correct, right? Like it will be better for the community, right? Then you withold info. If you're the only person that has this info, which you seem to think you are (and you're not) what if you die in a tragic car accident this afternoon? The info would die with you, and the community that we all love (each in our own way) would be damaged.
<font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">You have two rare pin-registered super 8 cameras and you haven't shot any footage with either one of them?Originally posted by Alex:
It's not a major brand.....I have two.....I saw some rare footage shot with the camera in it's hey day at a horse track. The footage, as seen on my movie viewer, is frickin amazing
Please post some photos of these mysterious pin-registered wonders. I, for one, would love to see them and you can post photos without compromising the secrecy of the company that is responsible for them.
I have a bigger fish to fry at the moment.
I need to be able to power up a video camera that was purchased on Ebay so that it can be put on my copy stand for shoot stills to video. At that point I'll gladly shoot some close-ups of the inside of the camera, make a video print, and then scan that and post it.
I've spent several hours researching the optimal way to power up the video camera so that I can also use it as a component source for my UVW-1800.
Once I resolve that issue I can move ahead.
For the record, I made one reference to the pin registered super-8 camera on my super-8mm.net
I've never mentioned the super-8 camera on this forum until asked about it, specifically because I wanted to do tests with it first.
I have shot two cartridges of film. The first lens I tried was not parafocal, (did not hold focus when zooming out), the second lens I tried I got the footage back and have not been able to transfer it because it was a holiday week.
<font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">hehehehe, you crack me up.Originally posted by Cranium:
Please explain, then.
What am I missing? What do I not understand correctly? You always talk about how others should keep their posts updated and such, so that all of the info is correct, right? Like it will be better for the community, right? Then you withold info. If you're the only person that has this info, which you seem to think you are (and you're not) what if you die in a tragic car accident this afternoon? The info would die with you, and the community that we all love (each in our own way) would be damaged.
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kindly explain your comment....
"If you're the only person that has this info, which you seem to think you are (and you're not) what if you die in a tragic car accident this afternoon?"
Should I start watching for whited hooded flame carrying henchman?
<font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">I don't quite understand? What's unclear? This quote was taken out of context, where I was originally making a point that witholding any information from a community of people you claim to serve is a disservice, and such information could tragically be lost along with the holder of said information. Fortunately, there are others that know the camera you speak of. Personally, I think your above mention of "Actually, I'm trying not to divulge too much information at this time because the people who made the camera have not dealt with it in over 10 years and if a bunch of people were to find them and call them about it it would ruin the bigger picture," is a tad silly. What's the bigger picture that someone could ruin? Is Visual Instrumentation going to get swarmed with emails about this? Doubt it. I really don't see what the benefit of being secretive is. Kinda just makes you look immature, IMO.kindly explain your comment....
"If you're the only person that has this info, which you seem to think you are (and you're not) what if you die in a tragic car accident this afternoon?"
<font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">Haha... You kill me.Should I start watching for whited hooded flame carrying henchman?
No, I wasn't making a threat, I was trying to make a point. If this was actually important info to the community, I'd be sad if it was lost. As it is, it won't be lost.
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<font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">Now that has got to be the alltime self-serving comment ever posted.kindly explain your comment....
I was originally making a point that witholding any information from a community of people you claim to serve is a disservice, and such information could tragically be lost along with the holder of said information.
Congrats.
The company doesn't need the headache. The cameras were custome made one by one, but they weren't huge profit centers. As I said, they have much bigger fish to fry. However, they would service the existing cameras.
I was given pictures of the camera, but none of them show the camera opened up, so I'll have to shoot photos of the inside of the camera as the outside of the camera doesn't reveal that it is a pin registered camera.
The American Cinematographer article does show a drawing of the cameras threading path.
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