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[Tom_cheshire]

I was wondering if anyone here restores/repairs movie cameras?  I don't recall seeing much, if any, messages about the subject.

[Karl]

I don't have an answer for Tom but it would be interesting to read posts on movie cameras.I have my fathers Canon Auto Zoom 318M and a Quarz DS8-3 Zoom.I have used the Canon which is a super 8,but I have not used the Quarz which I believe is what is c

[Marty]

I'd suppose most of us don't restore or repair movie cameras because the supply of 16 and 8mm amateur cameras pretty much outstrips the demand.  Not much point in fixing one when there are working ones available reasonably cheap.  They are fun and int

[Foto_gaga]

I have a Canon 8mm also that doesn't work.  
 
I recall a time when I was a kid and had a Bolex 8 (think it was the 8B or 8C?). The instruction manual said not to change the speed while filming so, curious to see what would happen as well as to se

[Mndean]

Well, I used an Arriflex 16SR, but that's the only one I know - loading magazines and setting up shots. It's not the same as the Arriflex 16 or 16BL.  
 
I still have my B&H Filmo 70DL I used for MOS exteriors, but sold the lenses I used

[Tom_cheshire]

Oh, yes, even when film was the only thing existing, movie cameras seemed to sell only 1/3rd as many as still cameras.  But, still, I thought people here were the I want to open it up and see how it works type even when not going to produce a pr

[Karl]

Tom: Interesting but very heavy,it's built like a tank and I think the clockwork motor makes it even heavier. Impressive though.If you feel you need to know more just google, zenit quarz.

[Socket]

Hello, everybody
 
Here's another cin? repairist.
I have some experience in Paillard-Bolex, Eumig, Beaulieu, Revere, and other apparel.
 
Glad I've found this site
 
Love to share information and more.
 
S.

[Socket]

A view of the governor brake from the Beaulieu R 16 I am disassembling at the moment
 

[Fredtheoyster]

Probably resurrecting an old thread, but yes, I do restore and repair movie cameras.  The majority are the small double-8 clockwork ones. Last week was the first for a while - I had to replace the frame counter drive on a Bell & Howell-Gaumont Spo

[Socket]

Hi, Jim
 
I am close to purchasing a Cin?-Kodak Special because I want to learn about its construction in detail. I saw a picture of the mechanism the other day on a forum somewhere and ever since I need to find out why there is an inclined hole in

[Filmfilmer]

Hi Socket - I posted a link to some photos on the Cinematography forum and am working on a Special now - always liked these cameras - maybe since I saw Gregory Peck use one in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
[img]https://kyp.hauslendale.com/classics/forum/me

[Eqsmallcakes]

Hi everybody... I am reviving this old thread on the basis of some personal research I've been into lately.
 
I have an antique 35mm movie camera, Japanese-military made from WW2. The camera is driven by a large tensioned spring that is wound up

[Mndean]

I don't think you're going to be able to find information specific to the camera without knowledge of what sort of construction it has. Spring drive doesn't say enough, really. If it's similar to an Bell and Howell Eyemo, it probably uses simi

[Eqsmallcakes]

Thanks for the response. If it helps, I can identify the six oil port locations and to what parts of the camera they go:
 
There are two oil holes at the base of the lens assembly that lubricate the film advance mechanism.
 
There is an oil ho