Re: optic printing advice

From: Bill Brand (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2010 - 20:37:51 PST


Moira,

The cam that rotates from the projector motor needs a tiny dot of
grease. Take a toothpick and a pinhead or two worth of heavy grease
(like for a car) and put it on the edge of the cam wheel.

Bill

>hello all
>was printing on the millenium JK today & towards the end of the day
>the film advance mechanism at the gate started shuddering with each
>frame & making a noise like a death rattle ... i'm hoping it just
>needs a rest (was at it for 6 hours or so straight) ... any words of
>wisdom?
>cheers!
>moira
>
>www.moiratierney.net
>
>--- On Tue, 3/9/10, Scott R <email suppressed> wrote:
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>From: Scott R <email suppressed>
>Subject: Re: DIY Tape-to-Film transfer?
>To: email suppressed
>Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 6:52 PM
>
>thanks a lot for the advice, edwin!
>
>
>On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Steve Polta <<>email suppressed> wrote:
>> Isn't it tragic when google lets us down?
>> Why not just do it and find out?
>>
>> Be a pioneer!
>> Live dangerously man!!
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 3/9/10, Scott R <<>email suppressed> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Scott R <<>email suppressed>
>>> Subject: DIY Tape-to-Film transfer?
>>> To: <>email suppressed
>>> Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 12:58 PM
>>> Hello,
>>> I've been wondering if it would be possible to do a rough
>>> DIY
>>> tape-to-film transfer, perhaps using a Bolex and a bright
>>> video
>>> projector. I have a home-made telecine box that works well
>>> for 8mm
>>> telecine, and was thinking of using that in reverse...
>>> probably by
>>> laboriously filming the video frame by frame. I'm not
>>> hoping to end up
>>> with a professional quality transfer or anything, I'm just
>>> interested
>>> in playing with the way video changes once transferred to
>>> film (e.g.
>>> Anthony Dod Mantle's video work). I'd expect it to come out
>>> pretty
>>> rough, but I'm mostly curious whether I'd need to
>>> constantly be
>>> changing the exposure on the Bolex, or whether I could keep
>>> it
>>> constant as long as the video source had relatively
>>> consistent
>>> contrast and brightness.
>>>
>>> I couldn't find anything about this on Google. Has anyone
>>> ever heard
>>> of someone trying this? Thanks for any help or links.
>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
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Bill Brand
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(212) 966-6253
http://www.bboptics.com
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