Re: Eclair ACL ACL video Tap

[Mark <super16acl@aol.com>]

Haven't tried the other finders with Robert's gizmo, but Robert at TMH is on 
this list, so I'll defer to him. Robert --- (drumroll) ---     Mark.

PS - Actually, I can't think of a better thing to do with an original 
non-orientable finder once you get an orientable, than to just dedicate it to 
making a permanent video assist. Then you can just swap finders when you want 
the tap.

On the subject of what to do with those non-orientable ACL finders once you 
get a better finder, I also dedicated an original finder to making a 
bore-sight viewer for the ACL (I had to canibalize the whole nose peice and 
pressure plate of a 200' mag too!). The unit attaches as you would a mag, 
(snapping the mag nose piece into the ACL), and by cutting a hole in the 
pressure plate and adding a piece of ground glass, I can look through the 
finder, (attached via a custom mount to the nose piece),  and see directly 
what the aperture is seeing at the film plane. It's great for re-focusing the 
camera ground glass, and setting up to shoot titles to make certain that the 
camera is 100% level as seen at the film plane. One of these days I will put 
the plans up on my site. (in the alternative you can tape a piece of ground 
glass to the aperture plate, and hold up a loupe, but having a one piece 
boresight finder is incredibly convenient).

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