Nick, Ryder, Scott, Jean-Louis, and Robbie, Thank you all for your suggestions and advice. I wish I knew enough about this world to make a lightweight battery myself, but maybe down the road. Meanwhile, I'll follow your leads about where to buy something.
Best wishes, CC On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Ryder White <ryder.wh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Like everyone else is saying, any new 12v battery should do the trick. The > pinout on those XLRs is Pin #1: (-), Pin #4: (+). The two other pins were > used in some systems for sync pulses and so on but are generally not used > anymore I think. I've made a couple of those connectors (and I'm a terrible > solderer) so it should be easy enough to do yourself. > > RW > > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:48 AM, <nicky.ham...@talktalk.net> wrote: > >> You can buy small sealed lead-acid 12v batteries from electronics >> suppliers. They are about the size of two cigarette packets and weigh less >> than 500g. You only need the lowest spec battery as the Tobin motor draws >> very little current, >> >> Nicky. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Caryn Cline <carynycl...@gmail.com> >> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >> Sent: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 19:15 >> Subject: [Frameworks] Tobin intervelometer power supply? >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Our school has one Tobin Time Lapse Motor for a Bolex H-16. The only >> power source we have is a big heavy battery belt (which we normally use to >> power our Arri cameras). Is there a different/better/lighter power source >> that would work with the 4-pin xlr connector? >> >> Thank you for any help or advice. >> >> CC >> >> -- >> Caryn Cline >> Filmmaker and Teacher >> New York City and Seattle, WA >> vimeo.com/carynyc >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing >> listFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comhttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- Caryn Cline Filmmaker and Teacher New York City and Seattle, WA vimeo.com/carynyc
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