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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 12-20-2000, 08:47 PM:
Does anyone have a copy of the manual for the studio version of a Cinemecanninca V5? (This version has a driven sprocket and extra rollers after the intermittent, and three rollers just before the sound drum. I believe the reason for the added parts is it enables the film to run through reversed.)Anyway, if someone has a copy, please let me know... thanks!
Posted by John Eickhof (Member # 323) on 12-20-2000, 11:53 PM:
Can you email me a picture with details of the mechanism? Or post it here? I may have information on it, however I think it may be a studio revision or a one of a kind job...
Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-21-2000, 06:45 PM:
Lord help us all.......a studio version????
What'll we see next.
Mark
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 12-22-2000, 06:19 PM:
What next I live in fear of the day they build the Vic5 35/70 machine 
Of course there is the imfamous 15 perf 70 vic 8 on steroids on its side
Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 12-22-2000, 11:52 PM:
I only got a short glance at this studio V5. I'm quite sure it was "factory-made"; there would just be too much work for a "one-off."I may have to run them in the future, which is why I'd like to get a manual.
I can draw a sketch if anyone is really interested, but it would have to be from memory, so I'm sure it won't be exactly right. I don't have access to the booth, and didn't even think about bringing a camera.
I generally like the V5s, 8s, and 9s. But I when I saw this studio V5, I didn't care for it. It looks a bit tricky to thread. Besides the extra sprocket, there are 6-7 extra rollers; one on a spring to "re-create" the loop just after the intermittent. I'm pretty sure all these extra parts are just to enable it to go backwards. It also has 2 pieces with half-moon-shaped "shoes" milled in it that hold the film against the intermittent sprocket. It seemed that it would have been easier to just design a soundhead that puts tension on the film- like a Century or Simplex- and abandon the "tension-less" design.
Another interesting thing I never saw before: it had a remote film gate tension adjusting motor.
Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-23-2000, 01:18 PM:
John, The half moon shoes and gate tensioning device are for reverse operation. Without these shoes, and without the tension relieved on the gate the film would simply buckle going back into the gate on reverse. Most American made foreword/reverse machines are also built this way. I was told that these same machines are used for running at Cannes Film Festival. Personally I think thats hard to believe. Personally I would never trust one foot of Dailies film on any Cinemeccanicca, ever.
Mark