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
