Re: spinshot rewinding & use

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  8 Jan 00 at 12:48, George S. Pearl, BCEP, FEPIC, wrote:

> 
> Funny, I had a Spinshot for a number of years and never had to use a dark
> bag to rewind the film or anything else. It was quite easy as a matter of
> fact. I think you were making the mistake of not removing the rubber o-ring
> from the pulley before attempting to rewind. 

Nup, that one is impossible to circumvent anyway....but there really
is too much friction if the film has to go through all the same
bends....the rewind knob is some kind of 'clutch', only allowing so
much force before it slips between reel and shaft/connector....and
the force itself at that point is enough to make one ponder about a
more elegant method....which opening the back is.

> If you don't slip off the
> o-ring, then you will have lots of problems such as you speak about. The
> camera is something that is impossible to break. It is guaranteed forever
> anyway if there is a problem. I had lots of fun using the camera around lots
> of people when I would quickly whip the thing out, hold it up, pull the cord
> to let it spin around, and then quickly whip it back into the camera bag
> once again before they knew what hit them! It was always a big hit! Since
> the camera was so light and quick to use, it was a fun thing to always have
> with you. I used it on several jobs with good results. (Happy clients) The
> actual images are sort of like shooting with a throwaway camera, but
> resolution isn't everything. Some of the coolest pictures that I had shot
> with the camera were from the center of a swimming pool, and up in a
> helicopter. It isn't like a Roundshot 35 / 35S, but you get what you pay
> for! It was originally made for news reporters who might need a quick
> panorama for a story. In the newspaper the quality of this camera is just
> fine. It was matched perfectly for the job you see. If you try to make
> anything more of it than that, then this camera is not for you!

Never heard about this press origin before, but it surely makes 
sense....any idea how many they produce annually?


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Willem-Jan Markerink


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