One other thing to remember... the very early hand cranked cameras gave some
freedom to the operator to crank at different speeds. If they got excited...
I believe they cranked at bit faster... wouldn't you?
Second point... on the pull back up on any crank the speed would be faster...
ever use rewinds on a bench...? They attempted to keep the speed even but
there were no controls at that point that governed the speed... hence the
later need for spring drives and constant speed etc.
I agree... this "new" system sound a bit strange. What you would really
need is a variable/non variable human to crank both
the projector and the camera during the transfer to video. Anybody talkin'
to the Lumieres or Latham these days... they may have the answer?
