Written on Oct, 14, 2024 by in

Platter cinema system tables are big pieces of aluminium with curved sides mounted on rigid spokes and a decent bearing. I’ve had them kicking around for years and they started forming ideas when I was thinking about how to employ them creatively. So I’ve got around to mouting a vertical one against black. Next will be some maths and geometry …

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Written on Oct, 14, 2024 by in

An oxberry optical printer and rostrum stand often use very similar cameras infact there is very little difference between them.                     An optical printer images the target upside down in the gate so you thread it in the projector the right way up. This helps you see what you are shooting. …

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Written on Apr, 20, 2024 by in

This is hopefully the last time I post anything specifically about these motors and their applications. I thought, seeing as all the main functions are working that I’d draw up a plan for the whole system so that anyone can use it for themselves. My application is simple. I want to drive ths camera with a motor that lets me …

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Written on Mar, 10, 2024 by in

Most of the cameras I use (and projectors for that matter) are driven by a motor where one full turn, or 360 degrees equals one frame of film (they are all optical printer or animation cameras). There obviously needs to be position accuracy because the camera needs to be closed when the motor has spun 360 degrees, made its exposure …

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Written on Feb, 26, 2024 by in

To get this camera working I’ve managed to hook up another Oxberry part, actually a 2 speed projector drive, seen below. The motor runs on 115v ac and the solenoid fires at around 36vdc. When the solenoid fires it allows a clutch plate to slip thus engaging with the driven gear shaft and momentarily (ie 1 frame) turning the camera …

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Written on Dec, 01, 2023 by in

Table for ND filter set. Made up from only 3 gels. Half stop gels are sold by LEE. Can do 21 stop wedge strips then. filter # stop # gels inframe # gels inframe # gels inframe OpticalDensity %Trans’ ND0.3 ND0.6 ND0.9 1 1 1 0.3 50 2 2 1 0.6 20 3 3 1 0.9 12.5 4 4 1 …

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Written on Oct, 15, 2023 by in ,

So after finally setting the lens stage and getting the camera drive working I’ve been conducting tons of tests to ascertain exposure settings for different stocks, processes and target outcomes. The first is really to get a good method established for printing negatives to PF2 and 3302 using accurate & repeatable D97 processing. As the original materials I have to …

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Written on Jul, 06, 2023 by in

Well, cabin in the corner of the garden anyway. Trying to crack on with this so that anyone who wants to come and work at Asylum or my studio can stay here. Anyone who doesn’t want to work here can stay as well because that is what friends are for. It will have double bed, woodstove, a fax line, morse …

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Written on Jul, 06, 2023 by in

When I work in Londinium I stay near this place. Amazing.

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Written on Jul, 06, 2023 by in

To see if the sync 16mm system worked I made up two identical loops with the exact same frame marked. Amazing when it worked but slightly dissappointing when it didn’t.

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