I tryed 3 different cartridges and they all did the same thing
-----Original Message----- >From: Buck Bito - Movette <b...@movettefilm.com> >Sent: Aug 20, 2014 7:10 PM >To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera BROKE!!!!! > >As I recall, seizing cartridges were a big problem when Ektachrome 100D >was first introduced and we even had a client who became so frustrated >that she threw her (admittedly crappy) camera in the Pacific when she >blamed it for ruining the shoot only to have the same problem with that >cartridge when a friend brought a loaner camera. There were a lot of posts >about this on filmshooting a few years ago and one suggested solution was >to smack the cartridge on a hard surface a couple of times to un-seize it. >Also, if you froze or refrigerated your cartridges things can get sticky >inside due to condensation when brought into a humid environment. >It has been suggested that cartridges should be removed from a >refrigerator a day or two prior to shooting to allow time to equalize... >-Good luck! >---Buck Bito > >Lawrence "Buck" Bito >Movette Film Transfer >1407 Valencia St. >San Francisco, CA 94110 >415-558-8815 >Open Tuesday - Saturday >www.movettefilm.com > > >On Wed, August 20, 2014 3:53 pm, Ryder White wrote: >> I'd agree with the others..try another cartridge. The same thing happened >> to me on a couple different cartridges I got from the same case...it seems >> like a manufacturing defect made the hub seize up. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Scott Dorsey <klu...@panix.com> wrote: >> >>> Are you sure it's a bad camera and not just a bad mag? >>> --scott >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
