Thanks, Scott. This is very helpful.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > What precautions should one take with estar stock? > > Mostly, use a camera that doesn't have a lot of motor torque, and be > very, very careful it's threaded right. > > The problem is that the ESTAR stock won't break... it is very rugged, > which is why they use it for print stock. (They use it for sound recording > stock mostly because it doesn't expand and contract so much with > temperature > and humidity). > > This means if there is a camera jam or the magazine jams, the film will > not break, instead the camera will break. > > If you have a Bolex you're probably just fine... the Bolex spring doesn't > have enough torque to do much damage if something goes wrong. With a high > speed Mitchell, if the magazine jams it'll bend the registration pin, tear > the claw, and do all kinds of damage because the Mitchell motor has enough > torque it'll keep going after it jams. > --scott > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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