Motorized lomokino

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andyjar

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I'm thinking of motorizing a lomokino to do 24fps. I'm probably going to start by gutting it and replacing all gears with metal equivalents, then hooking in a geared down stepper motor. Anyone ever thought of this?
 
Thought of it? I dream of it. I dunno if I can help at all. But if you do pull it off I'd buy one. Every time I find a used Arri IIc online I never have the money and when I do I am broke.

That thing is nifty... the lomo i mean
 
Cool.

I suggest that you motorize it first, without changing out the gears, to see how it behaves. If you're satisfied, then take the next step.

This is a fun project. Keep us posted.
 
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Hahaha I already tried screwing a screw in the winder and using a screwdriver. It seemed to work!!!!!
What I would like to do though is being able to change the lens for something sharper.
 
The first step would be motorization. I would plan to add support for larger film loads after, and then interchangeable lens support.
 
You can probably find discarded cine cameras starting to show up in the usual places. Word is that Panavision (probably the single largest provider of cine cameras to Hollywood, et.al.) hasn't made any new cine cameras since 1999. Hope you have a big pile of $$$$ for film processing (and scanning).
 
Yes except no. It doesn't work like that, unfortunately. Panavision still makes buttloads of money off the cameras they have and they have never and probably will never sell their gear anyway. Rental only.

And yes, I do have money planned for the film and processing. I prefer film to digital, which is why I'm considering doing this. Plus it's fun.

But, I'm wondering if It's worth it right now. I need to find a used lomokino.
 
Any idea the flange focal (equivalent) for that thing is? I wonder if it'd be possible to remove the lens and add a canon lens mount...
 
macgregor said:
Hahaha I already tried screwing a screw in the winder and using a screwdriver. It seemed to work!!!!!
What I would like to do though is being able to change the lens for something sharper.
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Footage or it never happened...

;-)
 
j said:
Any idea the flange focal (equivalent) for that thing is? I wonder if it'd be possible to remove the lens and add a canon lens mount...
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There is no flange distance as there is no flange - you need a lens mount for that.

If you replace the lens, you will need to come up with a new shutter as those bits are integrated.
 
> There is no flange distance as there is no flange - you need a lens mount for that.

Obviously, I was wondering how far the front of the camera is so that if you removed the lens you could attach a canon lens mount to the front. If the distance to the film plane is less than 42mm (44 for canon ff + 2mm for the base plastic for a lens cap) you could hack something quite easily.

> If you replace the lens, you will need to come up with a new shutter as those bits are integrated.

Well, that sounds a bit more difficult...
 
j said:
Obviously, I was wondering how far the front of the camera is so that if you removed the lens you could attach a canon lens mount to the front. If the distance to the film plane is less than 42mm (44 for canon ff + 2mm for the base plastic for a lens cap) you could hack something quite easily.
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The front of the camera is 26 mm from the film plane.
 
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