[Frameworks] Super 8 camera BROKE!!!!!

[Buck Bito - Movette]

Ben,
You can see if those carts are seized by trying to pull down a few frames.
Hold the cartridge with the pressure plate (film) facing you and the label
side to your left (label text should be right side up), and try sliding a
few frames down. There should be only a little bit of resistance -
basically just enough to keep the film stationary when its not being
pulled by the claw.
It the film doesn't move with moderate finger pressure, the cartridge is
seized and you might try smacking it a couple of times before repeating
the test.
-Good luck!
---Buck Bito


On Wed, August 20, 2014 4:45 pm, ben.weinstein at mindspring.com wrote:
> I tryed 3 different cartridges and they all did the same thing
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Buck Bito - Movette <buck at movettefilm.com>
>>Sent: Aug 20, 2014 7:10 PM
>>To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera BROKE!!!!!
>>
>>As I recall, seizing cartridges were a big problem...<snip>
>>-Good luck!
>>---Buck Bito
>>
>>Lawrence "Buck" Bito
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>>
>>On Wed, August 20, 2014 3:53 pm, Ryder White wrote:
>>> I'd agree with the others..try another cartridge. The same thing
>>> happened to me on a couple different cartridges I got from the
>>> same case...it seems
>>> like a manufacturing defect made the hub seize up.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are you sure it's a bad camera and not just a bad mag?
>>>> --scott
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