From: 40 Frames Directory (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 11:30:36 PDT
> I have this Auricon set up and have never been able to record sound with
> it
> because the batteries that power the amplifier are no longer made. (Why
> it
> uses batteries when the camera itself has to be plugged in, is lost on
> me...) I would like to find some way of converting it so I can actually
> use
> it as a sound-on-film camera.
>
> So my questions are:
> 1) Does anyone here have knowledge how to convert the amplifier so it can
> be
> plugged in or use a different battery pack?
>
> 2) Or, is there some other modern device I should be using instead to get
> the sound signal to the camera?
>
> 3) ANd can you still get exciter lamps for these cameras and what is the
> model number for the bulb?
>
> I am pretty handy ( though not when it comes to electronics), so I would
> like to avoid paying someone to do this conversion. But failing that, can
> anyone recommend someone who would know how to do this and would actually
> return the camera in a timely manner?
>
> I'm near NYC, or I could take it to San Francisco next time I visit Mom.
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer Fieber
Jennifer,
I know a fellow here in Portland who rebuilds Auricon amps. He might be
willing to do some work for you but this would involve sending it
Portland. At the moment he's doing work as a FEMA volunteer down south.
When he returns I'll mention it to him.
Alain LeTourneau
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