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
 
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