Over the last week or so, we have organized and labeled this library, and made a spreadsheet to catalog everything that we have. It is a relief to finally have this done so I can actually find what I have! ln.run/7ZfKm #CinemaGear #MitchellCamera #Arriflex #BellAndHowell #FriesEngineering #Kodak
Organizing our library of camera manuals, advertising, research materials, and assorted historical documentation. The collection includes operation and service manuals and other documents from Mitchell Camera Corporation, Bell and Howell, Arriflex, Cinema Products, Photosonics, Auricon, Fries Engineering, Nagra, and others.
Organizing our library of camera manuals, advertising, research materials, and assorted historical documentation. The collection includes operation and service manuals and other documents from Mitchell Camera Corporation, Bell and Howell, Arriflex, Cinema Products, Photosonics, Auricon, Fries Engineering, Nagra, and others.
One of the things that kept getting put off when we moved to our current location is organizing the many, many boxes of documents and printed materials I have collected. ln.run/7ZfKm #CinemaGear #MitchellCamera #Arriflex #BellAndHowell #FriesEngineering #Bolex #Auricon #Photosonics #KodakOrganizing
All of that needed to be removed from the camera, cleaned, relubricated, reinstalled, and timed. Now it is back out for steady and scratch tests, minus the weird noise. ln.run/bt3ZM #CinemaGear #vistavision #friesengineering #cameras #35mm
What I discovered was that the camera had been in storage for a while, and the lubrication in the shutter and spinning mirror assemblies had dried out. ln.run/bt3ZM #CinemaGear #vistavision #friesengineering #cameras #35mm
Maintenance on a Fries Engineering VistaVision camera
Maintenance on a Fries Engineering VistaVision camera
Maintenance on a Fries Engineering VistaVision camera
Maintenance on a Fries Engineering VistaVision camera
During the steady and scratch test on this Fries VistaVision camera, the operator noticed an unusual noise. The camera was brought to me so I could take a look. ln.run/bt3ZM #CinemaGear #vistavision #friesengineering #cameras #35mm
Three images of a Fries Engineering VistaVision camera, one of the camera as it was before any work was done; one of the inside of the camera showing the movement, and one of the shutter assembly.
Tracking Down a Mysterious Rough Spot in a Fries VistaVision Camera: ln.run/PA5yk #CinemaGear #FriesEngineering #VistaVision #35mm
Repairing a Fries 15-perf pull-across 3x65 IMAX-format movement: rb.gy/4xzays #cinemagear #friesengineering #imax #65mm
