Pip, thank you for your detailed answer. It's great to see these efforts being made to improve these classic cameras with modern solutions.
Jean-Louis Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 11, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Jeff Kreines <j...@kinetta.com> wrote: > > We had this Nizo mod in 1973 at the MIT film section, but of course circuitry > has gotten a lot smaller since then. Christophe does nice work. > > Jeff Kreines > Kinetta > j...@kinetta.com > kinetta.com > > Sent from iPhone. > >> On Feb 11, 2018, at 6:03 PM, Pip Chodorov <framewo...@re-voir.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jean-Louis, >> >> In December I saw offered on eBay a Nizo that had been modified for crystal >> sync a few years ago by TFG in Easthampton, CT, and I asked our resident >> technical expert in Paris, Christophe Goulard, if I should buy it. That >> modification requires a large box to be plugged into the side of the canera >> when you want it to run exactly at 24. Christophe has been fixing and >> modifying Nizos for years, such as adding a button to adjust the ASA for the >> new film stocks, or bypassing the need for the small round batteries for the >> light meter by wiring them to the AA pack. He is also modifying Bolex >> cameras, adding through the lens light meters, or motors; he is planning a >> way to replace the xenon bulbs in Eiki projectors with cool bright LEDs... >> He thought about the crystal sync problem and said, "don't buy it - it would >> be very easy to make that circuit myself." >> >> The actual crystal component is tiny and he has designed a circuit that can >> be printed on a small board less than an inch long that can sit inside the >> camera. The circuit will only work when the camera is set to 24FPS. He just >> has to cut the wire leading out of the speed dial at the 24fps position and >> solder in his circuit. It will be powered from the 9V battery pack with a >> transformer because it only needs 3V. It will check the speed two dozen >> times per frame, rather than once a frame as in the TFG modification. It >> will run at 24 point zero zero zero frames per second. >> >> He will offer this modification to your Nizo for 160 euros (unless your >> camera also needs some other revisions). >> >> We hope to offer some crystal sync cameras on our webshop soon. Christophe >> has been busy so we're down now to one S800 for sale but he has a series of >> Nizos that will be ready soon, and then he will start on the sync project, >> using an 801 macro. >> >> Keep in touch if you are interested, >> Pip >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 8:03 -0500 11/02/18, Jean-Louis Seguin wrote: >>> Could you please tell me more about your technician and the crystal sync >>> circuit that he has devised. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
