The "normal" lens for 16mm film is the 50mm lens, which is what you've got, which of course may or may not be the right focal length for a given situation, it's simply the most common lens. I'm not sure what lenses fit an Elf, but for other makes 38mm lenses are fairly common and you can find them on eBay. This would give a larger image. But it is NOT one size fits all, and some people selling lenses on eBay have absolutely no idea what they are selling.
Do you really want a still picture? I'd leave that lever alone. Tom From: frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Timmins Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:13 PM To: FrameWorks Subject: [Frameworks] 16mm projector Lens Hi Frameworks, Following on from the belts for my Elf RT... I fitted the new belts and it seems to work wonderfully. There does seem to be a few small problems with it however. The most dramatic one seems to be the still picture lever. I assume you're meant to pull the leaver down and then the film is held still in the gate? However there is this awful screeching noise and I don't have the guts to fully pull it fully down in fear of breaking something. Then there is the automatic threading guides. The film automatically threads ok but when I tug the film the automatic threading guide wont release like it's meant too. This doesn't seem like a major issue. I simply just pushed the threading guide to the right and it released fine. Lastly there is a lens problem. Well it's not so much a problem with the lens as opposed to the small room I'm using the projector in. The image that is projected is rather small. I'm using the 16 1:1.3/50 lens. Is there a better lens to use in tight situations for the Elf projectors? Thanks in advance for any help. Kevin
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