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Posted by Robert Neia (Member # 890) on November 18, 2007, 02:51 AM:

Hello, I have an Auricon camera but I dont know what type of a galvometer it has? Is there any way of telling what type of a galvometer it has just by looking at the camera? Or is there a common type of galvometers that most auricon cameras have? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Posted by John Whittle (Member # 22) on November 18, 2007, 10:25 AM:

There were three different galvos that Auricon made. The first (and most common) was the unilateral. A non modulated track would just be half white and half black. Any modulation would only produce a single wavy line.

The next was a shuttered unilateral track. This closed down the track to a single white line when unmodulated and then would open on one side while the other side would be wavy.

The thrid was a variable density galvo.

The second two types will be marked on the camera serial number spec plate under galvo type as VD for variable density or S for shuttered noise reduction. The "S" type will also have a little box alongside the lens where the shutter is located.

Each of these galvo requires the proper amp with the right circuity to run it and as far as I know, they all ran on batteries although Auricon did make a battery eliminator.

The exception was the studio mixer/amp that they made for the sound recorder (RA-1200?) which could also be used with the Super-1200. Again you had to order the right model for the galvo you were using.

John

Posted by Robert Neia (Member # 890) on November 19, 2007, 10:55 PM:

Hi Mr. Whittle, thank you very much for all of your help. I found no serial number plate on my camera so I am still lost with what type of a galvo I have. I dont think its an S type becuase I found no box by the shutter. Would it be possible to send you a few pictures of the galvometer so you can take a look and see what type of a galvo it might be? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Posted by John Whittle (Member # 22) on November 21, 2007, 03:17 PM:

Robert
The only camera I have is an Aurico Pro 200 with the S galvo. There is no external difference between the standard unilateral area track and the density track.

Do you have the optical sound amp recording amp? That will have a code on it somewhere. If your camera has no plate, is it possible that the galvo was disabled for a magnetic conversion? Besides the Auricon Filmagnetic there were other people that made mag conversion. Those amps will not work for optical. Also the camera will need a large multipin cannon connector that goes between the camera and the amp. Post a picture of your camera and we'll see what we can determine.

John

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