Re: removing the prism from a Bolex?

From: Steven Budden (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Sep 15 2005 - 15:42:36 PDT


How are you doing pinhole with a bolex anyway? It sounds intriguing. Are you doing it with a matte box or just puting a piece of cardboard up against the turret? How did the results come out?

Steven
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Harris <email suppressed>
To: email suppressed
Sent: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:27:57 +0000
Subject: removing the prism from a Bolex?

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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