Re: [Frameworks] 16mm camera repair parts
Hi Cathy et al -- I just spoke with Dieter at Pro Cam and he says he's going strong and servicing Bolexes (Boli?) round the clock. He was very surprised to hear news of his early retirement! We use him here in Buffalo and he's been great. Carl On 10/18/2011 10:28 PM, ccr...@ithaca.edu wrote: hello frameworkers, in an effort to keep 16mm and the use of the bolex and aaton cameras alive at our institution, i am looking for any recommendations you have for other repair folks that would like to sign on our school account. is it true that both pro cam and chambless are winding down their repair work because of retirement?! we have 30 cameras, 4 replacement spring motors and will need to replenish both supplies in the coming couple years. we also need someone (besides abel cinetech) who can help us with the electronics on our aatonLTRs. any and all recommendations welcome. i need artillery to counter support staff insurgency. many, many thanks, cathy cathy lee crane associate professor dept. of cinema, photography media arts park school of communications ithaca college 953 danby road ithaca, ny 14850 (607) 274-1035 http://faculty.ithaca.edu/ccrane/ http://www.vimeo.com/cathyleecrane http://cathyleecrane.com ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] 16mm camera repair parts
thanks, carl. and everyone else who weighed in on this thread. all the ammunition i need! best, cathy Original message Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:45:01 -0400 From: frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com (on behalf of Carl Lee carlj...@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 16mm camera repair parts To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Hi Cathy et al -- I just spoke with Dieter at Pro Cam and he says he's going strong and servicing Bolexes (Boli?) round the clock. He was very surprised to hear news of his early retirement! We use him here in Buffalo and he's been great. Carl On 10/18/2011 10:28 PM, ccr...@ithaca.edu wrote: hello frameworkers, in an effort to keep 16mm and the use of the bolex and aaton cameras alive at our institution, i am looking for any recommendations you have for other repair folks that would like to sign on our school account. is it true that both pro cam and chambless are winding down their repair work because of retirement?! we have 30 cameras, 4 replacement spring motors and will need to replenish both supplies in the coming couple years. we also need someone (besides abel cinetech) who can help us with the electronics on our aatonLTRs. any and all recommendations welcome. i need artillery to counter support staff insurgency. many, many thanks, cathy cathy lee crane associate professor dept. of cinema, photography media arts park school of communications ithaca college 953 danby road ithaca, ny 14850 (607) 274-1035 http://faculty.ithaca.edu/ccrane/ http://www.vimeo.com/cathyleecrane http://cathyleecrane.com ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] 16mm camera repair parts
For Aaton... You can try Charlie Pickle with Serious Gear (Seattle, WA), however he was talking recently of stopping service work on Aaton's. Perhaps you can talk him into continuing with the work. He has a long history of servicing Aaton, esp the earlier cameras (LTR). There is also Gregory Mirand down in Florida. He used to work for Kingsway Camera (Toronto?), and is now the designer and importer of Optar lenses. He's very familiar with the LTR. You could try Alan Gordon and Visual Products for Aaton service, I believe both have factory trained techs. If you are willing to send the camera to the UK, Joe Franklin who used to work for ICE Film is still working on Aaton's out of his house, though he may not want to touch the LTR. For Bolex... Have you tried TCS in NYC? Jean-Louis up in Montreal? I think there is someone in NYC who does projector repair that also services Bolex camera, but someone else will have to confirm this? Have you tried Du-All, also in NYC, or any of the LA service places, or Visual Products? Man-sung in Chicago is still working on cameras, even though he too is retired. He used to run SMS Productions. Richard Bennett at Cinema Engineering might do Bolex service or know of others in LA who do Bolex service. Good luck, Alain On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM, ccr...@ithaca.edu wrote: hello frameworkers, in an effort to keep 16mm and the use of the bolex and aaton cameras alive at our institution, i am looking for any recommendations you have for other repair folks that would like to sign on our school account. is it true that both pro cam and chambless are winding down their repair work because of retirement?! we have 30 cameras, 4 replacement spring motors and will need to replenish both supplies in the coming couple years. we also need someone (besides abel cinetech) who can help us with the electronics on our aatonLTRs. any and all recommendations welcome. i need artillery to counter support staff insurgency. many, many thanks, cathy cathy lee crane associate professor dept. of cinema, photography media arts park school of communications ithaca college 953 danby road ithaca, ny 14850 (607) 274-1035 http://faculty.ithaca.edu/ccrane/ http://www.vimeo.com/cathyleecrane http://cathyleecrane.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- 40 FRAMES Alain LeTourneau Pam Minty 40 FRAMES 5232 N Williams Ave Portland, Oregon 97217 USA +1 503 231 6548 www.40frames.org www.16mmdirectory.org www.emptyquarterfilm.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
