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Lens/Motor Gear extension thing


Kyle Fasanella

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I have this gear thing which I am not sure the exact name for.

 

I have not found a situation where I need it to allow the motor to reach the lens gears.

 

Can anyone post their situation where a device like this was useful? If not camera setups maybe something else?

 

Thanks,

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I have a box of stuff that I kept for "just the right moment" or "just in case" ...

 

I had one of those gears, they used to be "useful" with the old FMG or Heden Motors... I really, for the life of me, couldn't think what you would use that thing for with a modern motor or set up... I never used it in all the years I had it sitting in my kit... but then again... we are dealing more and more with prosumer gear... so there might be a use for it. If you have space for it keep it.

 

Yeah I remember the time when I ripped out the lens mount on a Canon XL-1 with my Preston Motor... good times...

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It looks like an idler gear for a Heden M26P motor but the mount looks like it would be mounted independantly of the motor instead of mounted to the motor as normal. The M26P was a horizontal motor and usually needed an idler gear to reach the lens but the standard ones mounted to the motor itself.

 

Weird.

 

Jim Bartell

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