Electric
motors
offer
continuous
constant
speed,
unlike
some
spring
wound
cameras
that
drop
from
24 FPS
to zero
as their
spring
winds
down.
An electric
drive
is referred
to as
a "wild
motor"
because
even
a small
speed
variation
can
throw
an audio
recording
out
of synchronization
with
the
picture
(which
may
or may
not
be repairable
in editing).
This
limits
an electric
drive
camera
to silent
shooting
too
but
can
sometimes
be adapted
to crystal-sync
operation.
Cameras
in this
category
include
the
light-weight
Beaulieu
R-16,
the
Arriflex
16S
(it's
obsolete
but
it's
the
best
"cheap"
16mm
camera
around).
For
35mm
shooting,
there
is nothing
like
the
obsolete
Arriflex-2C.
This
used
to be
THE
work
horse
of 35mm.
It is
everything
you
could
hope
for
in a
basic
camera
with
an outstanding
reflex
viewing
system.
This
camera
exceeds
the
Eyemo
in every
aspect
but
two,
it needs
a battery
and
an external
magazine.
More
low
budget
theatrical
and
guerrilla
films
were
made
with
this
loud,
clanking
camera
than
any
other.
The
Arri-2C
can
be adapted
to crystal-sync
but
still
sounds
like
a coffee
grinder,
so sound
shooting
is still
impractical.
