by marop » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:13 pm
Nice camera. Too bad the front was altered but common for cameras that were used in animation. If it is a standard, it likely has bronze sleeves, not bearings. The grease gets old and dry. You would want to make sure that you oil all the correct spots to oil theses cameras. I have a diagram somwhere that shows where to oil a GC (high speed, which has bearings). When I bought my Standard, I knew it was frozen but sent it straight off to Ken Stone. Fortunately it was not damage but Ken had a heck of a time freeing up the movement. He also had to replace some screws and I think a register pin, special to Paramount cameras. I would also recommend Richard Bennett of Cinemagear, who was already mentioned, if he has time.
I think I have looked up serial number 167 before, are you a new owner, or the person I gave the info to of the first buyer? I have copies of the Mitchell sales records and look up info for collectors. I also enjoy researching history of these cameras, which is not common and is quite challenging. I have so many numbers in mind head I just can't keep track. I own one camera, not a Mitchell, that has two different numbers and I kno a few people that own cameras with 2 different numbers.
Mark
Nice camera. Too bad the front was altered but common for cameras that were used in animation. If it is a standard, it likely has bronze sleeves, not bearings. The grease gets old and dry. You would want to make sure that you oil all the correct spots to oil theses cameras. I have a diagram somwhere that shows where to oil a GC (high speed, which has bearings). When I bought my Standard, I knew it was frozen but sent it straight off to Ken Stone. Fortunately it was not damage but Ken had a heck of a time freeing up the movement. He also had to replace some screws and I think a register pin, special to Paramount cameras. I would also recommend Richard Bennett of Cinemagear, who was already mentioned, if he has time.
I think I have looked up serial number 167 before, are you a new owner, or the person I gave the info to of the first buyer? I have copies of the Mitchell sales records and look up info for collectors. I also enjoy researching history of these cameras, which is not common and is quite challenging. I have so many numbers in mind head I just can't keep track. I own one camera, not a Mitchell, that has two different numbers and I kno a few people that own cameras with 2 different numbers.
Mark