At 12:52 AM 2/8/96, Rob Tregenza wrote: >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? Is there any info. as to when hand-cranked cameras acquired a "governor," the device that kept the camera at a given steady speed? edwin jahiel ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]