Steve Fishwick.
Thanks for that. I had not got around to reading up on the G1.
Yes. That is a Moviestuff Mark II with 8mm and 16mm guides.
I have an archive to preserve before the vinegar finishes it off. Afterwards, if there are enough folk wanting transfers done, I will see if it can earn its way, otherwise I will resell it.
I have been doing a few mods to draw closer to the newest version with its better illuminator and camera. So there is a new LED lamp and separate power in it, plus a 5 micron groundglass-finished piece of microscope slide for a diffuser versus the original lucite panel.
There is a BM Ursa camera IR filter disk to deal with what seems to be an IR influence which is skewing the colour rendition in the blacks to a stronger blue when neg is inverted. Any benefit may be imagination on my part but there seems to be a cleaner effect when it is in the optical path.
It is to be used for scanning negatives. That learning curve has been a bit of a struggle. Inversion of neg without increasing lots of film grain and imaging camera sensor noise is a craft well worth my learning.
I am getting there slowly. This practice piece was scanned off film which had been stored before recent use since 1994. The jitter is the unavoidable side-harvest of scanning old film, not due to the camera which is rock steady.
Stabilising it will be a challenge as the CP16R gate is not in focus as the film rides on two rows of chrome balls. The frame line therefore is not sharp.