From: Nicholas Hamlyn (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Sep 15 2005 - 13:32:30 PDT
Buy a non-reflex Bolex. It'll cost you less overall in every way!
Nicky Hamlyn.
On 15 Sep 2005, at 20:27, Christopher Harris wrote:
> Dear Frameworks:
>
> Can anyone advise me on how to remove a prism from a Bolex?
>
> Some background:
>
> I am trying to make a pinhole film so I shot some test footage that
> came back with prism artifacts on it. I decided to try to remove the
> prism before shooting again and am not sure how to proceed. I don't
> want to be any more invasive than I have to so I want to proceed with
> caution.
>
> It seems like I should try to remove the hinge screws that hold the
> prism in place but in order to do that it looks like I need to remove
> the entire turret mount first. Is that the right way to go? As I
> said, I don't want to do anything unecessary that I won't be able to
> fix or will have to pay lots of $ to have a pro rectify.
>
> As always, thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
>
> Best,
>
> CH
>
>
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