Ray:
NP-1's are, rather, the ubiquitous batteries that many Sony Pro
Camcorders
use (Sony developed this style of battery)... THey're about 2 3/4" wide
x 7"
long by 3/4" deep. A lot of chargers, etc. have been developed for
them,
there are even NiMH and LiIon models, as well as 12 and 13.2v nicad
models...
Julian
> From: cinesota@yahoo.com
> Reply-To: EclairACL@topica.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:08:35 +0000
> To: EclairACL@topica.com
> Subject: RE: Eclair ACL Battery Options
>
> Hi all,
> Good thread! I've been trying to devise a way to mount batteries to my
> ACL via the pilotone module. Both of my ACL's have one. I keep them on
> the cameras because the handgrip rosette is useful, but pilotone in this
> day and age is useless.
>
> My plan was to gut the module, replace the pilotone socket with a 4pin
> xlr socket, and then wire it out to the camera via a pigtail. The
> reason for doing this is I picked up an Aaton handgrip cheap and I want
> to wire the start/stop switch through the converted module. All this is
> relatively easy. For the batteries, I bought some plastic project boxes
> (like you find at Radio Shack)and installed 12 AA nimh cells with a
> short 4pin xlr pigtail coming out. Now where I'm running into a problem
> is mounting the cells to the pilotone module. Anyone have any
> suggestions? I considered cutting keyholes into the boxes and mounting a
> couple of button head screws into the back of the pilotone module that
> would slip into the keyholes and hold it into place. But the plastic is
> pretty soft and I don't think it will hold up very well over time. I
> thought about putting velcro onto the sides of my mags but I want to
> devise something that is independent and won't get in the way during mag
> changes.
> Julian mentioned a battery cup for NP-1 batteries. Are NP-1's the
> ubiquitous camcorder batteries used with the old Panasonic VHS
> camcorders? They would be an ideal battery for the ACL. Do you think
> the cup would support the battery while on the camera?
>
> As a side note, Mark at Super16ACL is working on a battery mount that
> would allow camcorder batteries to be side mounted on the ACL and
> provide a rosette for the handgrip. He has a pic on his website.
>
> Cheers,
> Ray
>
> ps. Glad to see Perry on the List. As some of you may know, he had the
> first ACL website way back in the day (1998?). Welcome Perry! I look
> forward to an updated site.
>
>