[Frameworks] Exposing 3374 as reversal

[Stephanie Wuertz]

Thanks, Scott. This is very helpful.





On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:

> > What precautions should one take with estar stock?
>
> Mostly, use a camera that doesn't have a lot of motor torque, and be
> very, very careful it's threaded right.
>
> The problem is that the ESTAR stock won't break... it is very rugged,
> which is why they use it for print stock.  (They use it for sound recording
> stock mostly because it doesn't expand and contract so much with
> temperature
> and humidity).
>
> This means if there is a camera jam or the magazine jams, the film will
> not break, instead the camera will break.
>
> If you have a Bolex you're probably just fine... the Bolex spring doesn't
> have enough torque to do much damage if something goes wrong.  With a high
> speed Mitchell, if the magazine jams it'll bend the registration pin, tear
> the claw, and do all kinds of damage because the Mitchell motor has enough
> torque it'll keep going after it jams.
> --scott
>
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