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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 06, 2014, 02:48 PM:
What is the range given by the Bell & Howell Filmovara attachment which screws into the basic lenses of their later 16mm projectors?
On the Internet and eBay there is confusion because some people think that the Bell & Howell zoom lens for 16mm projectors can also be called a Filmovara.
This may be the fault of Bell & Howell themselves which use the term Filmovara for the zoom lenses on their 8mm projectors.
Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on August 06, 2014, 04:02 PM:
The manual for models 2585/2592 states 0.875 to 1.125
http://www.acofs.org.au/bell_&_howell.htm
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 07, 2014, 02:19 AM:
Thank you, Paul
For use with the basic 2" lens this will give a range of 1.75" to 2.25" (44.45mm to 57.15mm). Nowhere near the range of the B & H zoom lenses.
Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on August 07, 2014, 04:25 AM:
Not much of a range I agree. 0.8 to 1.2 would have been more useful.
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 07, 2014, 10:11 AM:
I have just checked the Zoom Converter-16 on my Elf ESL-2 and it has a range of 0.75 - 1.25 X. This is a definite improvement on the version from Bell & Howell.
Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on August 08, 2014, 02:51 AM:
One advantage of the Filmovara is that it can be used with a 1 1/2 (38mm) lens as well as the 2 inch.
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