Timmyjoe
Active member
I did a write up on this Blimp in the Film section, you can read about it below:
Motion Picture Camera Blimp Revealed . . .
This particular ARRI Lightweight Fibre Glass Blimp 16 was originally purchased by Rochester Institute of Technology in the 1960's. It was used in their film school for a number of years and then retired to storage in the 1970's. I bought it from them a couple of years ago.
When I got the blimp the first thing I did was rebuild it from the ground up. There were a number of parts broken or missing that I tracked down or remade in my shop. It is now complete and fully functional.
One issue with equipment of this age is that optics can yellow or fog. That was the case with the soundproof glass on these blimps, as the glass is over forty years old. If you give the glass a quick look, it appears fine, but if you closely inspect the glass you will see there is a fine hazing over the whole surface. This hazing will adversly effect your image quality as the camera lens shoots through this glass. And unfortunately the haze cannot be cleaned from the glass. To solve this problem I had Schneider Optics custom make a new soundproof glass for this blimp. It is now optically pristine.
These blimps came in two variations, one for the Arriflex 16S camera and one for the Arriflex 16M camera. The difference is in the mounting plate for the camera. This blimp came with an Arriflex 16S mounting plate.
NOTE: THE ARRIFLEX 16S CAMERA SHOWN IN THE PICTURES IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SALE.
I run the www.Arri16S.com web site. To find out more about using the ARRI Lightweight Fibre Glass Blimp 16 with your Arriflex 16S camera, check out the article below:
Blimp Info Page
To hear how well the blimp quiets the Arriflex 16S camera, check out the Blimp Sale page below:
Blimp Sale Page
Visual Products is selling this same blimp, without the new Schneider Optical Glass, for $1650.
Same Blimp at Visual Products
The blimp comes in its original ARRI factory crate with a copy of the original operating instructions.
I'll only ship this blimp to the continental United States because the blimp in its factory crate with all the accessories weighs in at about seventy five pounds. I will use ground shipping to save the buyer some money, and the package must be insured.
$500 plus the cost of shipping.
For more information, you can contact me at the email address linked below:
info_at_Arri16S_dot_com
Best,
-Tim
Motion Picture Camera Blimp Revealed . . .
This particular ARRI Lightweight Fibre Glass Blimp 16 was originally purchased by Rochester Institute of Technology in the 1960's. It was used in their film school for a number of years and then retired to storage in the 1970's. I bought it from them a couple of years ago.
When I got the blimp the first thing I did was rebuild it from the ground up. There were a number of parts broken or missing that I tracked down or remade in my shop. It is now complete and fully functional.
One issue with equipment of this age is that optics can yellow or fog. That was the case with the soundproof glass on these blimps, as the glass is over forty years old. If you give the glass a quick look, it appears fine, but if you closely inspect the glass you will see there is a fine hazing over the whole surface. This hazing will adversly effect your image quality as the camera lens shoots through this glass. And unfortunately the haze cannot be cleaned from the glass. To solve this problem I had Schneider Optics custom make a new soundproof glass for this blimp. It is now optically pristine.
These blimps came in two variations, one for the Arriflex 16S camera and one for the Arriflex 16M camera. The difference is in the mounting plate for the camera. This blimp came with an Arriflex 16S mounting plate.
NOTE: THE ARRIFLEX 16S CAMERA SHOWN IN THE PICTURES IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SALE.
I run the www.Arri16S.com web site. To find out more about using the ARRI Lightweight Fibre Glass Blimp 16 with your Arriflex 16S camera, check out the article below:
Blimp Info Page
To hear how well the blimp quiets the Arriflex 16S camera, check out the Blimp Sale page below:
Blimp Sale Page
Visual Products is selling this same blimp, without the new Schneider Optical Glass, for $1650.
Same Blimp at Visual Products
The blimp comes in its original ARRI factory crate with a copy of the original operating instructions.
I'll only ship this blimp to the continental United States because the blimp in its factory crate with all the accessories weighs in at about seventy five pounds. I will use ground shipping to save the buyer some money, and the package must be insured.
$500 plus the cost of shipping.
For more information, you can contact me at the email address linked below:
info_at_Arri16S_dot_com
Best,
-Tim
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